Before that can happen, however, the company wants to implement two key software updates designed to address system performance issues.
When first announced Silverlight was portrayed as a rival to Flash and key to getting Microsoft software running on many different devices.
After Gerstner granted approval for a new, independent software business, the organization's first decision -- described by insiders as "gut wrenching" -- was to put its key software products, most notably CICS, MQSeries and DB2, on its competitors' platforms, specifically Microsoft's NT.
The government wants vendors to develop encryption software that includes a key recovery mechanism whereby the government could get access to the algorithm to decode a message for law enforcement purposes.
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The Lund site is planned to become a key site for Nokia's imaging software for smartphones, in addition to Nokia's existing locations in Espoo and Tampere, Finland.
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The hash number is a device which permits the software evaluating the key to know whether the key has been tampered with since it was last written.
Easy access to downloadable upgrades, both software and firmware to existing devices will be key to early success.
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According to Cisco, one of the key functions of the SCV client software is handling the various connections a vehicle is expected to have in the near future.
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And as Huberman contends, the key to the NAS market is in the software that you layer on top of the hardware.
Microsoft has identified this sort of software as a key threat to its business, which relies on the healthy margins it earns from Windows and its Office productivity suite.
It recently hired high-ranking software veterans to fill several key executive positions.
Former prosecutors said investigators run sophisticated software to identify names, key words and phrases embedded in e-mails and other communications, including text messages, which could lead them to suspects.
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On Monday, it made an attempt to penetrate into another key market, releasing software co-developed with Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) for small- and medium-sized businesses.
The Yandex browser platform has through a technological partnership with a key long term partner been expanded to incorporate Opera Software's Turbo technology, which allows to boost the browser's page loading capacity even with a slow connection.
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Over the longer term, however, the key to understanding Apple is simple: watch the software.
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Vernor argued that the key factor is whether the software customer is entitled to retain possession of their copy of a copyrighted work indefinitely.
Key to handset hacking, he said, was installing software on a device either by getting physical access to the mobile, tricking its owner into downloading a booby-trapped application or making them visit a page that inserts malware onto a device.
H-P said then that Autonomy was key to its transformation into a higher-margin seller of software.
But when technical problems occur with a key hardware or software component all business can indeed grind to a halt.
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Bill Gates isn't yet officially gone from Microsoft, but the reign of Jeff Raikes, a little-known but key veteran executive, came to a close Thursday when the software giant announced that he is retiring.
For instance, requiring encryption software and hardware makers to hold a decoding key in "key escrow" is the equivalent of asking a bank to hold an extra set of safe-deposit-box keys.
In addition to showcasing the PCIe-based Vector Series, OCZ will also present its portfolio of enterprise and consumer SSDs, as well as enterprise software used to cache, virtualize or accelerate key applications and associated data.
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But it will face tough competition from BAE Systems, the only company that managed to be a key player in all of the originally conceived software-defined radios that would have been used by Army helicopters, ground vehicles and dismounted troops.
The collaboration, which began in 2006 and resulted in two premium mobile phones being introduced in 2007 and 2008, focuses on key elements within the smartphone, including software and user interface down to its design and packaging.
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Microsoft has hired another outsider to fill a key executive role--one more sign that the software giant's promote-from-within culture is fading.
On Thursday, Web site administrators for major sites including the Washingtonpost.com, Techcrunch, and Engadget (as well as Forbes.com) found that their "pagerank"--a number that typically reflects the ranking of a site in Google results for key search terms--had dropped precipitously according to Google Toolbar, a software program that tracks Google's assessment of a site.
On Thursday, Web site administrators for major sites including the Washingtonpost.com, Techcrunch, and Engadget (as well as Forbes.com) found that their "pagerank"--a number that typically reflects the ranking of a site in Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) results for key search terms--had dropped precipitously according to Google Toolbar, a software program that tracks Google's assessment of a site.
The CTO in a software company is one of the key players in figuring out how to explain a product to potential buyers.
Several Asian third-party manufacturers are rumored to be tinkering with the software, and these companies might offer key partners a first glimpse.
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