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RIM buys software developer, releases new server (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Research In Motion Ltd. said on Friday that it has acquired a privately held software firm and released an updated version of its corporate server, giving it new tools to more tightly connect its BlackBerry to corporate phone and data services.

RIM buys software developer, releases new server (Reuters) - OTTAWA (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd. RIM.TO RIMM.O said on Friday that it has acquired a privately held software firm and released an updated version of its corporate server, giving it new tools to more tightly connect its BlackBerry to corporate phone and data services.

Technology News Daily: Open Source Software and Developing Countries (Linux Today) - "The growth of free, open-source software presents developing countries with an opportunity to escape from technological dependence on developed countries, but also a challenge to build up local expertise, United Nations University experts say.

Autodesk Chief Accounting Officer Andrew Miller to Present at the UBS Global Software & IT Conference (SYS-CON Media) - Autodesk, Inc. today announced that Andrew Miller, Vice President Finance, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller, will present at the upcoming UBS Global Software and IT Conference in London on March 14th at 2:45 p.m. GMT. A live webcast and audio archive will be available on http://www.autodesk.com/investors. For additional information, please call Autodesk Investor Relations at

Intuit Raises Forecasts on TurboTax Software Orders (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) - March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Intuit Inc., the world's largest maker of tax-preparation software, raised its fiscal third- quarter sales and profit forecasts on higher-than-expected orders for its TurboTax products.

Epicor(R) Garners Software Company of the Year Honors Two Years in a Row (SYS-CON Media) - Epicor Software Corporation , a leading provider of integrated enterprise software solutions for the midmarket, today announced it has been named Software Company of the Year for the second year in a row by the Software Council of Southern California.

Serena Software Shareholders Approve Acquisition by Silver Lake Partners (Money Sense) - Serena Software Inc. said Thursday its shareholders voted to approve its acquisition by private equity firm Silver Lake Partners for $1.2 billion, or $24 per share.

BOND INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE - BDI (ShareCast) - Mon 30 Jan 2006 HR and recruitment software specialist Bond International Software reassured that results for last year will be as expected. Fri 16 Sep 2005 HR and recruitment software specialist Bond International Software has clinched a £0.4m deal with recruitment firm right4staff.

Report: Commercial supercomputing software is scarce (FCW.com) - Industry is not producing enough commercial supercomputing software to keep American companies competitive, according to a study by the nonprofit Council on Competitiveness. The first-ever report on the state of application software for high-performance computing (HPC) systems shows that market forces and technical challenges in recent years have led software vendors to turn their focus

SSA Global acquires Provia Software, extends supply chain execution capabilities (Computerworld Singapore) - SSA Global Technologies has announced the acquisition of Provia Software, a leading provider of order-to-delivery supply chain execution (SCE) solutions.