In fact, SAS is the largest private software company in the world.
As private software companies compete to provide more genomic "findings" to a medical culture that is trained to search for diagnostic fire when they smell the smoke of disease risk, there are potential benefits.
The most active private equity software acquirer in 2012 was Vista Equity Partners with 12 transactions.
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But breaking down the results between U.S. government and private sector software, the government programs, 80% of which were built for federal agencies rather than state or local, came out worse.
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We're still not sure whether it's good enough to hold private keys in software, whether today's smart cards are sufficiently secure and convenient, or whether we need new devices, such as mobile phones, to act as smart cards.
The telecommuting boom has been driven in part by the rapid penetration of broadband in the home, easier and cheaper forms of IP telephony, more robust VPN (virtual private network) software, plus a new generation of powerful laptops that are true desktop replacements.
It was only in the 1970s, as computing spread, that firms such as Microsoft started to withhold the source code, making software truly private.
But the EDI system requires proprietary software and private networks which most small Asian manufacturers can't afford, says Joe Sweeney, research director in Hong Kong for the Gartner Group.
As well as the big firms, there are plenty of private producers of HR software, such as Silicon Valley Workday, founded by ex-PeopleSoft executives, which filed for an initial public offering recently.
The software is in private beta now and will be launching publicly this fall.
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In the future, corporations won't have private data centers or desktop software.
At last check the community devoted to the creation of open source software for building private and public clouds now numbers more than 6024 members from 84 countries.
For example, Microsoft and Apple digitally sign software updates with their private keys.
The firm decided it wouldn't be ethical to use automated software to log into private message boards to scrape them.
Costs though have been kept low, first, by adopting an open policy in selecting devices and software and encouraging multiple private vendors.
The main difference between Claroline and Dokeos is that a private company named Dokeos supports the Dokeos software and helps organizations launch and develop blended learning programs.
Vantage Reporting specializes in software for alternative investing such as private equity and venture capital.
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Unknown hackers, perhaps a world away, had inserted malicious software into the computer networks of private-sector companies that operate most of our transportation, water and other critical infrastructure systems.
But true office Machiavellis will be pleased to learn that private chats are also possible, since the software can work out who is within earshot of whom, and will transmit sound only to those who should be able to hear it.
"We take pride in the work we've created and are committed to helping reduce copyright infringement and software piracy, " said a spokesperson, who claimed that the firm handled many complaints from gamers who have been exposed to malicious software or fraud after joining a private server.
With private clouds, enterprises maintain all the equipment and software, while seeking to offer resources through a virtualized service layer.
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Cloud computing risks vary, dependent in part on whether the cloud is public, private or a hybrid and whether it includes the software, hardware or total infrastructure.
Private businesses spend years developing and refining such consumer software.
The Cybersecurity Act would create a framework for federal agencies and the private sector to share information about cyberthreats or malicious software that can destroy computer networks if it's not detected.
And that same seamlessness, he said, should extend across not only public and private clouds but also hybrids and on-premise software: to everyone above the administration layer, the underlying platforms should be unknown, nondisruptive, and irrelevant.
According to the latest Forrsights Surveys nearly half of all enterprises in North America and Europe will set aside budget for private cloud investments in 2013 and nearly as many software development managers are planning to deploy applications to the cloud.
Broadvision (BVSN), Jive Software (JIVE) and Novell (a private company) were other named defendants in the suit.
Leverage firewalls, virtual private networks, anti-virus and anti-spam software and secure mobile solutions to secure network access and mobile devices.
Boards need to curb dangerous recreational activities because a public-company chief executive has "a responsibility that goes beyond your private life, " insists Bill McCracken, CEO of software company CA Inc.
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So there is a project out there to use available technology and develop technology where software systems can be intermingled and we can develop the access to use software systems, both in government and in private industry the way private industry is doing already now in many cases, in other words, to come all this information.
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