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Articles in January, 1994 issue of Software Industry Report

• Lotus makes critical 'suite war' sale to Coopers & Lybrand.
• GSA 'reinvents' method for federal agencies to buy hardware/software. (General Services Administration)
• Multimedia Bookstores. (electronic publishers try marketing software in bookstores)
• SkyTel and General Magic to give 'smart' features to wireless messaging.
• Big sales/licensing deals. (Open Systems Software, Pro/ENGINEER, SalesForce, PenDOS-Handwriter Recognizer computer programs)(Market Watch)
• Dun & Bradstreet Corp. of New York. (inaugurates Dun & Bradstreet India Private Ltd., Bombay, India)(Global Software Marketing)
• Verdix, Rational merge.
• Sunsoft, the Mountain View, Calif., subsidiary of Sun Microsystems Inc. (contract with IONA Technologies for development of Solaris Distributed Object Environment for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT-based systems)(Global Software Marketing)
• General Magic intros 'intelligent agents' to change daily life; this summer, AT & T will launch service to exploit revolutionary technology. (Product Announcement)
• Rueters buys integrator. (Reuters Holdings PLC acquires Teknekron Software Systems Inc.)
• Windows-to-Unix tool. (Rasmussen Software Inc.'s AnzioWin file transfer and terminal emulation program)
• MOR Systems has new tool to simplify move to open systems. (MOR Systems' Prophet)
• DEC signs up with USA Video for trial of video on demand. (Digital Equipment Corp., test of Bell Atlantic's Video Dial Tone)
• USPTO asks for 'prior art,' says it will re-examine Compton's multimedia patent. (US Patent and Trademark Office, Compton's New Media patent)
• Microstar Software Ltd. of Ottawa. (contract with Norsys Technology AB for marketing Near & Far and CADE Groupware products in Norway and Sweden)(Global Software Marketing)
• Informix Software Inc. of Menlo Park, Calif. (contract with Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG)
• ParcPlace tool on Alpha. (contract with Digital Equipment Corp. for marketing VisualWorks computer program on Alpha AXP platform running DEC OSF/1 and Windows NT systems)(Mergers/Acquisitions/Alliances)
• Software distributor bought. (Tech Data Corp. to purchase Software Resource Inc.)(Mergers/Acquisitions/Alliances)
• Rational of Santa Clara, Calif. (joint venture with CelsiusTech Systems)
• Kanematsu Corp. of Tokyo. (distribution contract with Chronologic Simulation)
• Softbank bundling deals. (agreement to bundle with five hardware manufacturers)
• Bell Atlantic and Oracle to launch interactive service in Washington area. (Bell Atlantic Video Services Co.)
• Software patents on CD-ROM. (Rapid Patent introduces Patent Explorer, collection of US software patents on CD-ROM)(Market Watch)
• Platinum expanding. (Platinum Technologies Inc. purchased Datura Corp.)(Mergers/Acquisitions/Alliances)
• Focus gets more Mac tools. (Focus Enhancements Inc. merges with Lapis Technologies)
• Bell Micro into UNIX. (Bell Microproducts Inc. purchases some assets of UNIX Central)(Mergers/Acquisitions/Alliances)
• Apple working hard to get developers behind new RISC-based Macintosh. (Apple Computer Inc.)
• Cadence sells ASI div. (Cadence Design Systems Inc., Automated Systems Inc.)
• Oracle and Washington Post to market multimedia software/services.
• Low-priced Hewlett-Packard machines introed with critical software.
• Computervision Corp. of Bedford, Mass. (forms joint venture with Finmeccanica S.p.A.)(Global Software Marketing)
• Image Business Systems of New York City. (contract with Grupo TEA)
• Compton's gets record deal. (Compton's New Media's contracts with Rhino Records)(Mergers/Acquisitions/Alliances)
• Design automation merger. (Synopsys Inc. and Logic Modeling Corp. to merge)(Mergers/Acquisitions/Alliances)
• Globalink Inc. of Fairfax, Va. (introduces Power Translator for Windows, a language translation program) (Product Announcement)
• Scientific Software-Intercomp Inc. of Denver. (contract with China National Petroleum Corp. for WorkBench computer program)(Global Software Marketing)
• Computervision Corp. of Bedford, Mass. (distributor Korea Computer's contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries)
• Pentagon money used to back development of new educational software. (Pentagon Advanced Research Project Agency's contract with Houghton Mifflin Co. and Apple Computer Inc.)
• Hewlett-Packard buys equity stake in Taligent.
• New NIST 'virtual library.' (National Institute of Standards and Technology and Adobe Systems Inc. to develop technology enabling library users to exchange documents electronically)(Market Watch)
• Loral buys IBM Federal and inherits a huge FAA software snarl. (IBM Federal Systems Co. division, Federal Aviation Association)
• 'Dark Horse' coming soon. (Algor Inc. software product development) (Product Announcement)
• Microsoft links with Sega to move more solidly into entertainment software realm. (Sega Enterprises Ltd.)
• $99 VR tool for Mac, Windows. (Virtus Corp.'s Virtus VR, computer program for Macintosh computers running Microsoft Windows)(Market Watch)
• Ovum says Euro Case market is stalled by recession era budgets.
• Dataware buys distributor. (Dataware Technologies Inc., Megalith Technologies Inc.)
• PCB software buy. (Mitron Corp. purchased Intaq Inc., developer of software for printed circuit board manufacturers)(Mergers/Acquisitions/Alliances)
• Dataquest says 1993 was year application suites burst into lead.
• Symantec into client/server. (client/server software applications developement)
• Gore details White House plan for measure boosting information superhighway.
• Bid to create open API for Windows applications moving ahead rapidly. (Amdahl Corp., Oracle Corp., ASK Group, Scottish Enterprise of Britain and Cybersource to develop Public Windows Interface for Microsoft Windows usage)
• ASK Group Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif. (inaugurates new subsidiary in Vienna, Austria)(Global Software Marketing)
• ASK Group Inc. of Mountain View, Calif. (contract with Post Office of the United Kingdom)
• Mental Health ROM card. (Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc.'s contract with American Psychiatric Association for publishing 'Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders' as a ROM card for Franklin's Digital Book System)(Mergers/Acquisitions/All
• Attachmate acquires KEA. (KEA Systems Ltd.)(Mergers/Acquisitions/Alliances)
• Systems Science Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif. (OEM agreement with GenRad Design Automation Products)
• Platinum Technology Inc. of Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. (to open subsidiary in United Kingdom)(Global Software Marketing)
• Sony launches video game operation in Europe. (Sony Software Corp., Sony Electronic Publishing Ltd.)
• Ross ports to RS/6000. (Ross Systems Inc.)
• Microware of Des Moines may become giant in new multimedia era. (Microware Systems Corp.)
• Ray Dream ready for PowerPC. (to develop Ray Dream Designer, computer program for Power PC processor-based Apple Macintosh computers)(Market Watch)
• Canadian VR startup. (Forte Technologies Inc. and Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd. to form joint venture to manufacture virtual reality systems)(Mergers/Acquisitions/Alliances)
• Apertus gets SSI from AGS. (Apertus Technologies Inc. acquires Systems Strategies Inc., AGS Computers Inc.)
• GDT buys plotter solutions. (GDT Softworks Inc. buys Palomar Software technology)
• Wang gets Xerox OCR tech. (Wang Laboratories Inc.'s contract for Xerox Corp.'s TextBridge optical character recognition software)(Mergers/Acquisitions/Alliances)
• Borland wants query tool. (to purchase ReportSmith Inc., developer of ReportSmith computer program)(Mergers/Acquisitions/Alliances)
• MCA forms interactive software studio to boost entertainment options. (Universal Interactive Studios)
• PCN triples customer base. (Physician Computer Network Inc. purchases Wallaby Software Corp.)
• Text-to-speech E: mail. (Visual Cybernetics E Ware division's eNote messaging software to be front-end to Lotus Development's cc:Mail)
• Oracle, Microsoft in group to influence how info superhighway develops.
• Arcada, Quest merge. (Arcada Software Inc., Quest Development Corp.)(Mergers/Acquisitions/Alliances)
• Cadkey Inc. slashes prices, saying 'this is the real world of the 1990s.'
• The Santa Cruz Operation Inc. of Santa Cruz, Calif. (to increase trade in South America)
• More mergers. (Enatech Software Systems Inc. and Wonderware Corp., ISG International Software Group and Cortex Corp.)
• Autodesk taps Xaos for effects. (contract with Xaos Tools Inc., manufacturer of computer special effects, for development of high-end image-processing software)(Mergers/Acquisitions/Alliances)
• VMARK to get HyperSTAR. (VMARK Software Inc. to purchase Constellation Software Inc., developer of HyperSTAR computer program)(Mergers/Acquisitions/Alliances)
• Japan giving second thought to software copyright law changes.
• CompLink expands messaging. (purchases Technology Development Systems' assets)
• Talking spreadsheet. (Davidson & Associates' The Cruncher spreadsheet software for kids)
• WP, Borland Revamp Office. (WordPerfect Corp. and Borland International Inc. introduce Borland Office 2.0 for Windows computer program)(Market Watch)

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