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    • Dell's enterprise challenge remains after 3Par (AP)
      AP - Dell Inc. doesn't have to start over in its quest to become a significant purveyor of technology for businesses after losing a multibillion dollar bidding contest for an obscure data-storage maker.
    • Google, Skype targeted in India security crackdown (AP)

      In this photo taken on Friday Aug. 27, 2010, a man chats on his mobile as he walks past the hoarding of BlackBerry mobile in Ahmadabad, India. Indian authorities are scheduled to meet Monday evening, Aug. 30, to decide whether to ban some BlackBerry services in India, an official said, one day ahead of a government-imposed deadline for BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. to give security agencies access to encrypted data or face a ban. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)AP - India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications — not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion — to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government to obtain users' data. That would likely affect digital giants like Google and Skype.


    • Onapsis to Release ERP Vulnerability Testing Suite (PC World)
      PC World - An information security company will soon release a tool that will allow companies to test their ERP (enterprise resource planning) software for security threats.
    • With Dell Out, 3PAR and HP Will Rule Enterprise Storage (PC Magazine)
      PC Magazine - Now that Dell is out, HP's acquisition of 3PAR for $2.4 billion will make HP a force to be reckoned with in the enterprise storage space.
    • Plastics company cancels job creation contract (AP)
      AP - A plastics compounding company operating in eastern Texas has canceled its state job creation contract, joining other businesses that have quit or changed their pacts under the Texas Enterprise Fund.
    • Zulu plugin for FileMaker merges databases with iCal (Macworld.com)
      Macworld.com - SeedCode has announced the Zulu iCal Server plugin for FileMaker Pro Server databases. FileMaker offers internal date-handling, but before now, databases that implement a calendaring solution have typically had to use FileMaker scripting and AppleScript in order to export this information to an iCal calendar. Zulu bypasses that by making the live data in a multiuser FileMaker database available directly in iCal.
    • India tells Google, Skype to set up local servers (AFP)

      Indian men chat outside a BlackBerry phone store in Mumbai. India has told the maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, Research in Motion (RIM), that it must set up a server in India to allow security forces to intercept the phone's encrypted messaging system.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - India told Google and Skype on Wednesday that they must set up servers in the country to allow law enforcers to screen traffic, as it widened its security offensive on Internet communications firms.


    • Salesforce.com Rolls out Contact-data Service (PC World)
      PC World - Salesforce.com rolled out a new service on Wednesday that integrates business-contact information with its own CRM (customer relationship management) application and Chatter collaboration software.
    • How to Watch Apple's Streaming Music Event on Your PC (PC World)
      PC World - Apple's music-centric event today promises to bring new iPods, an iTV update, and perhaps a new video streaming service. To capitalize on streaming online video's popularity, Apple will be broadcasting the event live to test its new server farm -- but only on Apple products. So if you have these specs:
    • India says will ask Google and Skype for data access (Reuters)
      Reuters - India on Wednesday launched a clampdown on major Internet communications firms, including Google and Skype, and began accessing some BlackBerry traffic in a campaign driven by security fears.
    • Salesforce and Jigsaw Help Keep Business Data Up-to-Date in Real-Time (Mashable)
      Mashable - Enterprise cloud computing company Salesforce.com is introducing the newest component to its platform, Jigsaw for Salesforce CRM.
    • Complex SAP Project Expected to Succeed (PC World)
      PC World - SAP customer Airgas said Tuesday that its "highly customized" implementation of the vendor's ERP (enterprise resource planning) software is looking like a major success.
    • Verizon Uses VMware for Enterprise Cloud Service (PC World)
      PC World - Verizon Business is tapping into the popularity of VMware technology with a cloud computing service designed to let customers easily move workloads between their own infrastructure and Verizon's cloud.
    • Xsigo Gives Ethernet a Path Into Converged I/O (PC World)
      PC World - I/O virtualization vendor Xsigo Systems is tapping into the most ubiquitous network connections around, offering an appliance that lets enterprises carve many virtual links out of the Gigabit Ethernet or 10-Gigabit Ethernet port built into a server.
    • Oracle's Suit Against Android Could Split Open Source (NewsFactor)
      NewsFactor - Oracle's suit against Google for the use of Java in its Android portable operating system continues to reverberate through the open-source movement. In the newest development, Google has declined to participate in the upcoming JavaOne conference, an event formerly hosted by Java creator Sun Microsystems and now run by Sun's new owner, Oracle.
    • IBM completes acquisition of Storwize (AFP)

      US computer giant IBM said Monday it has completed its acquisition of data storage company Storwize.(AFP/DDP/File/Jens Schlueter)AFP - US computer giant IBM said Monday it has completed its acquisition of data storage company Storwize.


    • Red Hat Board Gets Military Leadership (PC World)
      PC World - The managing board of enterprise open-source software company Red Hat has elected a retired U.S. Army officer, General Henry Hugh Shelton, to serve as chairman, the company announced Monday. Shelton takes the place of Matthew Szulik, who was the former CEO of Red Hat.
    • Nokia Setting up Enterprise Mail Servers in India (PC World)
      PC World - Nokia will set up servers in India by November for its push e-mail service in the country to comply with government regulations, the company said Monday.
    • India Gives BlackBerries a 60-Day Reprieve (Digital Trends)
      Digital Trends - India’s Ministry of Home Affairs has delayed a ban on BlackBerry services for at least 60 days while the Department of Telecommunications evaluates whether India’s security concerns about the encrypted communications services can be allayed by routing traffic through BlackBerry servers located in India, rather than in overseas data centers.
    • It's Not Over: HP Ups the Ante for 3PAR To $2 Billion (NewsFactor)
      NewsFactor - Hewlett-Packard submitted a $2 billion offer for 3PAR on Friday morning, topping Dell's latest $1.8 billion bid for the storage technology provider. Formed in 1999 by a group of server-cluster engineers from Sun Microsystems, 3PAR offers technologies that enable enterprises to service a wide range of applications concurrently from multiple on-premise servers, virtual cloud servers, or hybrid systems that combine on-premise and off-premise elements.