usa visa: Technology and Business Daily Scoop March 23, 2005

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IN THIS ISSUE

* Ericsson, Sendo begin antitrust legal fight * BMC buys OpenNetwork for $18 million * Novell to buy asset management company Tally Systems * IBM offers VMware apps * NEC developing network security analysis system * Yahoo desktop search reaches beyond the PC

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ERICSSON, SENDO BEGIN ANTITRUST LEGAL FIGHT

Sweden's Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson on Wednesday launched a patent infringement lawsuit against U.K. mobile phone maker Sendo Holdings, the same day Sendo filed documents with the European Competition Commission accusing Ericsson of anticompetitive practices.

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BMC BUYS OPENNETWORK FOR $18 MILLION

Enterprise management software company BMC Software is continuing its identity-management buying spree, announcing Wednesday that it is buying OpenNetwork Technologies, a maker of Web access management and single sign-on technology, for $18 million in cash.

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NOVELL TO BUY ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY TALLY SYSTEMS

Novell has agreed to acquire IT asset management company Tally Systems for an undisclosed sum in order to expand its Zenworks product line, it said Wednesday.

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IBM OFFERS VMWARE APPS

Hoping to inspire more enthusiasm among corporate and smaller users alike for virtualization technology, VMware signed a deal to bundle evaluation copies of its entire virtual infrastructure software line with all IBM Intel-based eServer BladeCenter servers.

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NEC DEVELOPING NETWORK SECURITY ANALYSIS SYSTEM

NEC is developing a network security system that will automatically monitor and analyze the configuration of security tools deployed in a network and suggest changes to fix vulnerabilities and any redundancies that exist between them, the company announced Tuesday.

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YAHOO DESKTOP SEARCH REACHES BEYOND THE PC

Yahoo is expected to launch on Wednesday the first upgrade to its desktop search tool, adding the ability to index data from Yahoo's instant messenger archives stored on users' PCs and from users' address books residing on Yahoo's servers.

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