Intel completed its acquisition of McAfee recently, establishing itself as one of the leading security software providers.
On July 23rd, eBay said it was launching a special service which would recommend auction-software providers to larger merchants.
Both of these companies aim to be much broader than mere software providers.
Using Okta, employees get a single sign-on that clears them to retrieve software from a diverse array of software providers.
Defcon said it notified the two largest anti-virus software providers, McAfee and Symantec, about "Race to Zero, " but the companies declined to participate.
In the years since, all the content owners, device makers, carriers, and software providers have assembled into several large edifices insurmountable for normal people.
On the other hand, increasing numbers of schools are adopting blended-learning models that have each student working with multiple software providers within one subject.
The OFT said it wanted to hear from any interested parties, including online retailers and software providers, and would publish its findings in spring 2013.
Oracle is one of the largest database and enterprise software providers.
As the story seems to take on a life of its own, frustrated taxpayers have been complaining about delays using tax preparer offices and other software providers.
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In the past, several software providers have offered ways to track sell-side research and its results, but narrowly focused research evaluation systems are not sustainable, he explained.
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Other cloud software providers, like Zoho and SalesForce, said that while they welcomed Microsoft's move into the space, they do not consider it a major threat to business.
Plus, software providers need to evolve to become data center operators a different type of business, with more demanding, time-sensitive requirements than simply servicing their own staffs.
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The Intel Learning Series brings together a strong ecosystem of PC manufacturers, operating system vendors, education service providers, content and software providers to deliver a complete, end-to-end education solution.
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Further delays were feared when EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes asked for changes to the European edition of the operating system to better open it up to rival software providers.
Defcon said it notified the two largest anti-virus software providers, McAfee (nyse: MFE - news - people ) and Symantec, about "Race to Zero, " but the companies declined to participate.
Storing this information and utilizing connections between the different pieces of information is an important driver of the modern information economy and a rich prospect for hardware and software providers that serve this market.
Second, and arguably more important than an elegant design, Home has the potential to shake up relationships between carriers, mobile software providers, advertisers and consumers by making free mobile VoIP calls as mainstream as Facebook itself.
B2B spin-out, the executives of such firms are easy targets for fast-moving e-business software providers such as Commerce One (the aerospace victor), Oracle and Ariba, which often propose the deal and promise to do most of the hard work.
They can partner with software platform providers and network management providers to bring together three, critical M2M elements: the platform, network management and network provision.
Intel also provides a product called Intel Data Center Manager (DCM) which allows software solution providers to manage power and thermals for large groups of servers.
With the world economy and stock markets working against them, we saw great results over several years from the merger of two centuries-old tobacco companies in Europe (Altadis), an Indian soap-and-cooking-oils maker that has become of the world's leading software services providers (Wipro) and a for-profit school system that owns an incredibly successful dot.com (Apollo Group).
While offering huge advantages to drivers, creating connected cars will require complex interactions between multiple software and service providers.
Ready-made software, service providers as well as in-house solutions are now providing business-grade security to a significant amount of business data.
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You get access to the same kind of software that service providers are using, if not exactly the same, if you want it.
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With AWS Marketplace, software and SaaS providers with offerings that run in the AWS Cloud can benefit from increased awareness, simplified deployment, and automated billing.
While CSPs may not be built from the ground up for the digital age, they can partner with software and infrastructure providers to help power the next business revolution with M2M technologies.
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The standard's global deployment is pervasive, and the span of stakeholders in its ongoing development is sweeping, including network component and system manufacturers (optical transceivers, cabling, integrated circuit, powering devices, switches and network interface cards, for example) and network, software and bandwidth providers, as well as LAN and Internet users worldwide.
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Most of Britain's online gaming service providers use software by the GB Group, which specialises in this area.
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