Wipro Launches w-SaaS for Software Companies

In a move aimed at expanding its cloud computing service offerings,, Wipro announced the launch of w-SaaS which will enable software firms to offer their applications in a multi-tenant model.

The service runs on Oracle’s computing technologies, which includes Oracle databases, middleware, and virtualization software. Wipro says that the adoption of such a model by the enterprise segment will result in cost savings of around 10-20 %.

"We are delighted to team with Wipro to provide SaaS solutions," said John Gawkowski, VP of platform technology solutions at Oracle, in a statement. The partnership will "help our joint ISV customer base in their adoption of SaaS," he said.

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Software Company Sues Google For Trademark Infringement

Rosetta Stone, maker of the popular foreign language software, filed a federal trademark suit against Google in Virginia today, alleging that one of the Web giant’s major advertising programs allows companies to confuse consumers.

The suit, filed by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partner Terence Ross at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, is just latest to target Google for its AdWords program, which lets companies buy advertisements that run alongside its search engine results. The ads are triggered by certain keywords, and show up as “sponsored links.”

According to the complaint, since 2004, Google has let companies attach their ads to trademarked keywords they do not own. So a search for Rosetta Stone might bring up the company’s official Web site, as well several paid advertisements for its competitors. Google also allows companies to use those trademarked terms in the headlines of their ads.

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Major software companies sued for patent infringement

Twenty-two major software and security companies are being sued for alleged patent infringement by a little-known entity now controlling the two patents in question.

Information Protection and Authentication of Texas (IPAT) filed suit on Dec. 30 against companies such as Microsoft, Symantec and CA, alleging infringement of U.S. patents No. 5,311,591 and No. 5,412,717.

Patent 5,311,591 is called “Computer System Security Method and Apparatus for Creating and Using Program Authorization Information Data Structures” and was granted in May 1994. The inventor is credited as Addison M. Fischer of Naples, Fla. The innovation is intended to allow a computer user to control how an application behaves in order to thwart other malicious software.

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When will Microsoft regain its identity?

Remember the days when everyone knew that Microsoft was a software company? The company's focus was placed squarely on Windows, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Office, and no one even considered the possibility of it becoming an online firm or providing any other service outside of the software industry.

But now, everything is different.

Instead of focusing all its attention on the software space, Microsoft has decided that it needs to split its attention into different markets in order to stay successful in the industry. Now, it's not only a software company, but it runs a video game business, and has consistently tried to cement itself in the online space. And even in that online space, it can't decide if it wants to focus all its time on Live Mesh, search, or advertising.

Microsoft focusing its attention in other markets isn't necessarily a bad thing. After all, it's one of the most important and prominent companies in tech and to think that it shouldn't expand outside software is ludicrous. But the main problem I have with Microsoft's identity problem is that it doesn't know how to focus.

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Is the New York Times (becoming) a software company?

Nothing is more old news than the good old newspaper from yesterday. Silicon Alley Insider reports on the New York Times' attempt to counter the continued print media decline by establishing new revenue streams through its online initiatives. Marc Frons, chief technology officer of the Times' digital operations, provides cues as to where the company is placing its bets: "Widgets, iPhone apps, APIs, and more."

In essence, this means the Times is turning into a software company, applying the same business model philosophy "as many start-ups in Silicon Valley:" "Build neat tools, get traction, and then figure out how to make money off them later," as the Silicon Alley Insider describes it.

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Microsoft to host partner software

After announcing that it will offer hosted versions of Exchange and SharePoint, Microsoft is detailing plans to host third-party applications for partner companies.

Microsoft will soon detail ways that partner companies will be able to deliver their services based on Microsoft's hosted services, the software company said on Tuesday.

When Microsoft earlier this year announced that it will host its Exchange and SharePoint software for businesses of any size, some third-party software providers wondered about their futures. Companies that offer software that runs on SharePoint, for example, were worried that they wouldn't be able to offer products to customers of Microsoft's hosted service. But on Tuesday, Microsoft said that it plans to host third-party applications for partner companies so that customers of its hosted services can use those applications.

"We'll allow our partners to build applications that we'll host for them and take that to SMBs," said Kevin Turner, COO for Microsoft, speaking to a group of reporters at the company's headquarters in Redmond.

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