======================================================================== TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS DAILY SCOOP http://www.infoworld.com ======================================================================== Monday, November 8, 2004
TOP NEWS STORIES ======================================================================== * Update: Microsoft settles antitrust cases with Novell, CCIA * Silicon Valley looks to Europe for brighter outlook * GE to sell 60 percent of Indian BPO operation * In Brief: Centive unveils on-demand SPM solution * Messaging security cuts wider swath * CA integrates PestPatrol anti-spyware ADVERTISEMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- UNDER THE RADAR *Produced by IBDNetwork | November 17, 2004* Under the Radar will feature emerging private companies in 8 technology sectors. A panel of VC judges and audience members will pick 5 overall winners. Register now to save $100 at http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9D1C17:2B910B2 For more information, please visit http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9D1C16:2B910B2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- UPDATE: MICROSOFT SETTLES ANTITRUST CASES WITH NOVELL, CCIA ======================================================================== Posted November 08, 2004 8:25 AM Pacific Time Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced antitrust settlements with Novell Inc. and the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA), ending years of legal wrangling. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9D1C0E:2B910B2 SILICON VALLEY LOOKS TO EUROPE FOR BRIGHTER OUTLOOK ======================================================================== Posted November 08, 2004 8:08 AM Pacific Time LONDON -- You know Silicon Valley companies have endured some stormy weather over the past several years when they show up in London looking for brighter skies. But that was the mood when a host of California's IT companies gathered with potential European investors and partners at the ninth annual Cal-IT Europe Forum on Monday. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9D1C0F:2B910B2 GE TO SELL 60 PERCENT OF INDIAN BPO OPERATION ======================================================================== Posted November 08, 2004 8:01 AM Pacific Time BANGALORE, INDIA -- General Electric Co. (GE) is selling a 60 percent stake in GE Capital International Services (GECIS), its business process outsourcing (BPO) subsidiary in India, for about $500 million, the company said Monday. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9D1C10:2B910B2 IN BRIEF: CENTIVE UNVEILS ON-DEMAND SPM SOLUTION ======================================================================== Posted November 08, 2004 7:57 AM Pacific Time Centive on Monday launched Centive Compel, an on-demand, hosted sales performance management (SPM) solution. The application, which is designed to be affordable and easy to implement, aims to help executives increase performance and profitability by better organizing sales teams and motivating individual sales representatives. Centive Compel provides "at-a-glance" reporting and analysis via dashboards that can be customized to help executives quickly identify trends and spot strengths and weaknesses within the sales organization. In addition, Compel offers secure and auditable data management capabilities demanded by Sarbanes-Oxley regulations. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9D1C13:2B910B2 MESSAGING SECURITY CUTS WIDER SWATH ======================================================================== Posted November 08, 2004 6:00 AM Pacific Time Enterprise security products that once focused solely on spam are broadening scope to tackle messaging issues, compliance violations, phishing scams, and viruses. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9D1C15:2B910B2 CA INTEGRATES PESTPATROL ANTI-SPYWARE ======================================================================== Posted November 08, 2004 6:00 AM Pacific Time Computer Associates International (CA) will announce Monday that it has integrated an anti-spyware product from its purchase of PestPatrol with its own eTrust Security Management portfolio. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9D1C11:2B910B2 ======================================================================== The X Man It's more than intrigue, it's information. If you're looking for the inside story and computer industry gossip you won't find anywhere else, check out "Notes from the Field" by InfoWorld's mystery man, Robert X. Cringely. E-mailed to you every Tuesday. 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