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SOA: The New Software Bazaar (The Motley Fool via Yahoo! News) - The Software Bazaar is boisterous again, and the merchants have a new cry. It's SOA (rhymes with Boa) or, in full, service-oriented architecture. Vendors promise flexible, friendly software, and business agility. Is it the new big thing? And what does it mean for customers, and investors in enterprise software and services?

Adobe Updates Acrobat Software (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News) - Adobe is providing some new collaboration tools with the release of its Acrobat 8 upgrade. The PDF pioneer also released Acrobat Connect today, a new product line that enables users to conduct Web conferences through online meeting rooms using Flash Player software.

Sony, Gracenote warn on software security (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Sony and digital music database provider Gracenote said on Monday customers should update software to prevent hackers from breaking into their personal computers.

Shamrock Discloses 5% Stake in Agile Software (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance) - Lon Juricic submits: In a 13D filing on Agile Software Corp. , Shamrock Activist Value Fund disclosed a 5.01% stake in the company. Shamrock said it has no current plans or proposals with respect to the Company or its securities.

Volvo Cars Selects XPower and Progress Software to Drive Superior Customer Service (The Auto Channel) - Progress Software Corporation , a provider of leading application infrastructure software to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications, today announced that Volvo Cars Belgium has deployed the XDMS Dealer Management System (DMS) from XPower Automotive Software, a Progress Application Partner (AP). This service-oriented architecture (SOA) enabled system, based on Progress

Cognos software goes mobile with BlackBerry launch (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Cognos Inc. is preparing to unplug its business analysis software from the desktop PC and make it mobile, with plans for its first launch on BlackBerry devices in early 2007.

SOA: The New Software Bazaar (The Motley Fool) - An avalanche of white papers and pitches tout the new big thing -- SOA, or service-oriented architecture. Along with open source, outsourcing, utilities, and SaaS, it's reshaping the enterprise software and IT services industries.

Guidance Software Files for IPO (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Guidance Software Inc. registered Friday for an initial public offering of up to $80 million in common stock, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

EMC's software spree takes shape (CNET) - Looking to diversify, EMC becomes a software industry consolidator as it crafts its "information management" strategy.

HPC software startup rolls platform, nabs $17M in funding (EETimes) - PeakStream Inc., a vendor of software application platforms for high performance computing, unveiled a new platform for programming next-generation multicore processors. The company also announced the infusion of $17 million in venture funding.