Open call for support for the Development of Software Industry

Mexico City .- To promote the development of the sector of Information Technology (IT) and related services, the Ministry of Economy launched the 2011 call for applications to support the Programme for the Development of Software Industry (Prosoft ).

The closing date of the Call 2011-4, open from Tuesday, will be based on the type of projects submitted which will provide more breadth to the participants.

For projects related to Development Project Industry Information Technology MX-7571, conducted by the Ministry of Economy with the World Bank, have two closures, the first on August 5 and the second August 31 this year.

For all other projects, the opening of the Convocation was the July 14, 2011 and closing date is 31 August.

It is noteworthy that in 2009, to obtain technical assistance to accelerate and expand the scope of PROSOFT 2.0, was designed in conjunction with the World Bank, the project mentioned, whose loan was equivalent to 80 million dollars from the WB .

In this project, Prosoft fund was established to operate as a mechanism for the loan on the basis of resource allocation rules of operation thereof.

2011-4 The call is directed to both individuals and corporations doing business in the IT industry, agencies, business groups, integrating companies and civil associations, and the camera in the IT industry.

They can access resources PROSOFT, academic institutions and entrepreneurs, also from the IT sector, in addition to the public, private or mixed among whose objectives is the development of this sector.

The items that supports Prosoft, ranging from training and certification and qualification of human capital and technological equipment to support IT users who sign companies established in Mexico.

These items of expenditure, and the format of the application may be consulted in the arrangements for which are given to know the Rules of Operation Programme for the Development of Software Industry for the fiscal year 2011, which were published in the Official Gazette on March 23, 2011, and also on the site www.prosoft.economía.gob.mx

Those wishing to submit their Application Support Agency shall elect a licensed promoter and entering the system through the fund. To know the bodies authorized Promoters, please consult the website www.prosoft.economia.gob.mx

Construction Malespín sentenced for illegal software

The Justice Department and the Business Software Alliance got a final rulingagainst software piracy in the civil construction company, Constructora Malespín.The ruling of the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of the Province ofSanto Domingo, last May, and not be appealed, became final.

According to the verdict, Mr. David Parra as administrator of MalespínConstruction and the company will have to pay a fine of 25 minimum wages, a figure which can amount to 500.000 billion pesos, according to the calculation applying the penalty the judge . Now you know the assessment of damages forillegal software use.

The Business Software Alliance had denounced the company in 2008 and the Office of the province of Santo Domingo, conducted the inspection in August 2008, being over 20 computers which were 37 programs without licenses.

"This amount for which they were convicted is unprecedented in DR and sends astrong message to both potential offenders and owners and lawyers of thejudgments that are still developing," said Montserrat Duran, Director of LegalAffairs Latin America to the BSA. "This greatly strengthens our actions in DR."

At home, the piracy rate dropped this year to 76%, thanks to joint efforts by the Dominican authorities. The loss of the software industry in the Dominican Republic is estimated at $ 87 million.

EMC software firm announces integration solution in the cloud with VMWare

The software firm EMC Corporation announced the full support of technologies and services, and maximum integration with the new suite of cloud infrastructure VMware, including VMware vSphere 5, VMware Site Recovery Manager 5 VirtualCenter and VMware vCloud Director 1.5, available for public in general.

This provides immediate and extended support more validity to EMC as the storage provider sector especialziado in virtual environments and cloud VMware, while highlighting the commitment of EMC to respect the vision he shares with VMware to accelerate the path of customers to the cloud and extend their technology investments.

Customers can enjoy faster and easier availability, manageability, performance, safety and cost reduction benefits of virtualization environments, mission critical applications.

RSA, The Security Division of EMC, VMware announced the collaboration with vShield 5 enabling them to provide for the first time, data loss prevention (DLP) functionality built using VMware vShield Data Security.

EMC is the supplier able to provide support to each recovery point objective, each and every price escalation to full integration of VMware Site Recovery Manager vCenter 5 to provide quick and efficient virtualized servers and mission-critical applications online, and recovery selected virtual machine with a single click to return to the main site, so that provides more value to mutual customers.

The EMC replication software supports industry-leading VMware Site Recovery Manager vCenter 5 and includes EMC SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility) and EMC RecoverPoint: an integrated cross-platform replication with VMware VirtualCenter Server to provide a unique ability to replication information displayed at the virtual machine on a common management console.

EMC Global Services has extensive experience in the effective integration of VMware Site Recovery Manager VirtualCenter environments customers' business continuity in order to gain agility, flexibility of application, availability, efficiency and security infrastructure. The methodology of the end-to-end EMC employs best practices for business continuity and virtualization disciplines, providing cost-effective recovery strategies for VMware environments.

BNET: You receive the certificate Babylon.com GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS (R) for their translation software downloads

NUEVA YORK, July 19, 2011Babylon.com get elcertificado Guinness World Records (R) by its number of downloads translation software with over 100 million users in conjunction with the entry in the list of the 100 most popular websites in the world

Babylon.com, the leading global provider of language solutions [http://www.babylon.com], such as dictionaries [http://www.babylon.com] and software Translation An [http://www.babylon . com] more popular today announced that it has passed a major milestone of over 100 million users, entering the list of 100 top websites and officially becoming the software of desktop language translation with Guinness World Records achievement (R) with the highest number of downloads translation software. The above record has been provided courtesy of Guinness World Records Limited.

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Rob Molloy, Director of Guinness World Records TV, said:

"This new Guinness World Records title reflects the scope and popularity highlights the Babylon translation services. This is a milestone for Babylon and comes just after recent records for Firefox, Facebook and Ustream. We have seen how Firefox 3.0 earned the title of largest number of software application downloads in 24 hours, Facebook claimed its highest title of the likes of Facebook and Ustream page was chosen as the fastest growing online service in the video content. After the records highest and lowest people in the world, digital records are the most inquiries received, and it is clear the importance they play these records to keep growing and growing. "

This is the celebration of Babylon.com 100 - becoming one of the top 100 websites with over 100 million users, in addition to providing support to 100 daily requests for translation.

"Back in 1997, Babylon dictionary software released her, and never could have imagined that over 100 million people in over 200 countries and territories use the software," said Alon Carmeli, Babylon's CEO.

"The fact that a new record in Guinness World Records turns it into something lasting in history. We are proud to have finally achieved," added Carmeli.

"Over the past 14 years we have been, and we remain committed to market solutions in the language. The growth in popularity and usage of Babylon have served to get our leadership position as the most suitable method for the millions of people around the world who want to save the language barrier, "added Carmeli.

"Our experience and ability to continuously innovate our products to appear in a number of users increasing, it makes us in Babylon, are sure that we have to provide additional value in the coming times "Alon Carmeli concluded.

About Babylon.com [http://www.babylon.com]

Babylon.com is a publicly traded company founded in 1997. The company is a leading provider of language solutions, such as online dictionaries and translation software, translation services, language learning solutions, improving English writing, and more. The Babylon.com user base exceeds 100 million desktop installations in more than 200 countries and territories in 75 languages.

SAP helps small businesses increase their business efficiency

In an effort to meet the needs of organizations, including the smallest, SAP announced the availability of 'starter package' of SAP Business One now, the SAP partner network can offer an alternative with full guarantees and fixed price at smaller companies that need to automate your business with a software company.

   According to the company said in a press release, the 'starter package' SAP Business One enables the rapid deployment (3 to 10 days) core business processes at a fixed price, five companies of software users. This pre-configured software handles the basic processes of accounting, finance, sales management, customer relations, purchasing and inventory.

   SAP says it is ideal for companies who need more than standard accounting tools or software without integrating business and looking to gain efficiency, visibility and control solution that offers a fully integrated business management able to grow as do the needs of the company and can add more users, simply upgrade to standard users at any time, without having to reconfigure the software.
ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPAIN

   According to data published by the Directorate General of Small and Medium Enterprises, an agency under the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, the last Central Business Directory (CCD), to January 1, 2010, the Spanish economy hadover 1,489,206 companies employing up to 50 employees, representing more than 45 percent of the companies in the business in our country.

   Thinking about this important group of companies, SAP has launched in Spain this 'starter package' SAP Business One, making this country one of the first markets to receive this solution globally. SAP Business One solutions for small businesses have enjoyed rapid expansion and acceptance in the Spanish market since its launch in late 2003 and currently has more than 1,500 customers of the solution in our country.

   During this time, SAP has maintained its commitment to this segment by providing innovative solutions that help meet their needs in management and help increase their competitiveness, a critical aspect when taking into account the current economic situation and how it is affecting small businesses.

   In this sense, with the launch of 'starter package' Business One, SAP aims to further facilitate access to IT in this market segment, helping them become more competitive and efficient in managing their businesses.

   The new solution arises thanks to the good who have had other simplified SAP applications in this segment. The 'starter package' SAP Business One is available now and will support the strong network of partners of the company.

   The solution is supplied and supported by ecosystem partners SAP authorized and has the support and satisfaction of thousands of customers worldwide.

   Unlike most small-business solutions that exist in the market today, SAP Business One is a unique application that eliminates the need for separate installations and complex integration, the company says.

Chamber warns about the risks of free software

A warning light has lit the Chamber of Information Technology of Paraguay (CTIP) against the imposition of Free Software in the ICT policy of the State, because they feel it is a threat to the private sector, specifically for software companies.

From the CTIP, indicate that this option is taking an "extreme fanaticism," without considering what is best for a country that wants to develop not close to any kind of technology.

In this sense, the CTIP is driving the "technological neutrality, which means the right to free choice of appropriate technologies for each case and Interoperability as a condition in which disparate systems can exchange data and processes."

This was spelled out in a letter sent late last month ICT Policy Advisor of the Presidency of the Republic, Nicolas Pereyra, realizing the position of the sector.

The letter is signed by the CTIP, the Paraguayan Chamber of Internet, the National Chamber of Commerce and Services of Paraguay (CNCSP), the Chamber of Wholesale Computer Asunción, the House of Call Center, the Paraguayan Chamber of Informatics and Communications, the IPU, and the Sectoral ICT Rediex.

"ICT companies and organizations that represent them, approve the initiatives that the Government is doing to the incorporation of information technologies in the public sector. As guests we have participated in the presentations given by the ICT Master Plan and we understand that part a national project that seeks the benefit of all inhabitants of the Republic and its growth, "pointing to the document.

But, they add, "that understanding, they were told that we will ensure that these policies respect the neutrality and the use of interoperable standards for all ICT projects in the state."

"These principles mean: no privileges, not monopolies, improved technologies, lower costs, equal opportunities for all and technological growth industries to promote sound, competitive and mature" end.

EXECUTIVE POSITION

"It is the Government's interest to achieve sovereignty and technological autonomy, and a significant saving of public resources and the free software and open source in many instances is a tool for achieving this goal," the 4911 Act (August 2010) creating the Commission for the incorporation of ICT in national education system.

Software Company generate 200 jobs after signing with the ISSSTE For Ivanova De los Reyes / Political Dossier

The company 100 percent Sonoran SC Novutek provider world-class software products, namely a contract of 450 million pesos with the Institute of Security and Social Services for State Workers (ISSSTE), over the next three years, whichgenerate 200 jobs, reported Secretary of Economy in Sonora, Moises Gomez Reyna.

Accompanied by the rector of the Technological Institute of Sonora (ITSON), Gonzalo Rodríguez Villanueva and CEO of SC Novutek, Manuel González Montaño, the state official, emphasized the close cooperation between this company Sonoran ITSON and the State Government, through the Ministry of Economy, receiving support and infrastructure services by the Software Technology Park Soft Sonora, located in Ciudad Obregon.

"Through this agreement of 450 million dollars and generating 200 jobs, will allow the company to provide service to over 100 hospitals and 567 medical units in its 32 delegations and attend the services of social and economic benefits to 12 million beneficiaries who have the ISSSTE "he said.

He further stressed that Novutek has undertaken a process of re accreditation by the SEI (Software Engineering Institute) for updated production processes in accordance with CMMI level 3 version 1.3, and at the end of this process in the month of septembre be part of a select group comprising 20 companies worldwide to achieve this accreditation.

What's become the first Mexican company to reach it.

The transmission line music on Spotify goes to the U.S.

With several twists and turns, finally confirmed the arrival of streaming music serviceSpotify on line the United States. For now, the platform is by invitation only and subscription, according to a statement released by the company.
Founded in 2008 in Sweden by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon, Spotify became alegal alternative for Internet content distribution in various mobile devices.
The service has a catalog of 15 million songs to which 8.4 million customers in Spain,Finland, France, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK can play for free. To do this, record companies have given the rights to broadcast songs for several initiatives like Spotify, to reverse a decade of declines in revenue due to piracy and lower sales.
Spotify detail that has 1.6 million subscribers at the different plans that offeruninterrupted access, at a cost of 4.99 and $ 9.99.

The Spanish Congress asks to remove the digital canon

The house of parliament urged the government to an order to repeal the rule thatimposes a tax on electronic media and devices

The digital canon implemented in Spain suffered a setback following the approval of a request for annulment of the standard driven by the Chamber of Deputies. With 331votes in favor and 2 abstentions, Congress urged the government to repeal the tax on devices and electronic storage and playback of content.
"Compensation for copy is worn and inefficient in terms of compensation for creators," said José María Lasalle, a spokesman for the Popular Party, quoted by Spanish daily El Pais.
In October, the Court of Justice of the European Union considered that the digitalcanon in Spain is a rule that imposes excessive compensation and should be appliedonly to end consumers of media and electronic devices for private use, excludingprofessionals or companies.
For its part, the Socialist Party spokesman Jose Andres Torres Mora justified thesupport request, but said he does not seek to suppress the digital canon, but other standards should be developed according to the ruling that established the Court ofJustice of the EU .

VENEZUELA: New application of Lexmark Document Capture

In Branch Banking and Reduce Error Rate Increases Security, Privacy and Regulatory Compliance Branch Capture Solution Lexmark reduces manual work to officials, eliminates the problems associated with paper-intensive and offers time and cost savings Lexmark International, Inc . (NYSE: LXK), a leading global provider of imaging products, software, solutions and services, announced Lexmark Branch Capture Solution, a powerful tool that enables financial institutions and banks to automate workflow and eliminate paper-based high Most of the problems associated with business processes paper-intensive processing such as loans and opening new accounts. This new application from end to end is good news for CIOs in large financial institutions, who recently reported on a global survey of trends in banking technology, they were less satisfied with the "paperless initiatives" and "document management "When asked about satisfaction and IT investment priorities (1). Both the bank's management and employees of bank branches will be the beneficiaries of the new solution Lexmark Branch Capture Solution reduces manual work for employees, while helping to ensure that the documents are following the regulations.The process involves extracting data when they go into electronic documents centralized processing center, in this way, documents are processed directly through a workflow or a file. Those documents that do not comply with regulations, are marked for later review. The solution also records an audit trail of documents and actions for future reference. With Branch Capture Solution Lexmark, financial institutions can also capture, manage and access electronic documents related to the daily activities of the branches. The solution offers cost savings and time, which translates into quality service to customers. Lexmark Benefits Branch Capture Solution These are the benefits of the new Lexmark solution: Automate manual processes of validation and data entry of paper-intensive Eliminates postage, courier, delays and lost documents electronically capture documents Improved repository audit preparation and compliance Lexmark To learn more about Branch Capture Solution, click here or visit Lexmark.com / finance. About Lexmark Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) provides businesses of all sizes a wide range of products, software, solutions, and printing and imaging services that help customers print less and save more.Perceptive Software, an independent software company in Lexmark is a leading provider of software for enterprise content management that helps organizations manage effortlessly entire lifecycle of your documents and content by simplifying their business processes and driving greater operational efficiency. In 2010, Lexmark sold products in over 170 countries and reported more than $ 4 billion in revenue. To learn more about Lexmark, please visit www.lexmark.com. For more information about Perceptive Software, please visit: www.perceptivesoftware.com. For more information about Lexmark, Lexmark see page on Facebook and follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com / LexmarkNews. For more information about Perceptive Software, please visit the company's profile in Facebook and Twitter. Lexmark and Lexmark with diamond design are trademarks of Lexmark International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. All prices, features, specifications and capabilities are subject to change without notice. All currency amounts are expressed in U.S. dollars - actual prices may vary.

BMC Software is dumped into the canal to continue to grow double digits

Just begun its fiscal year, and having grown 10 percent in the previous year, BMC Software aims to maintain this progress, for what will rely on its range of solutions, especially in the areas of process automation and cloud, where already has 50 customers in production worldwide.
In the marketing of these solutions, the partners are a strategic element for the company, as in any project, about 80 percent of the team are partners who help provide support for all types of customers. Not surprisingly, account for 60 percent of the business of BMC Software, a figure which reaches the region of Iberia to 65 percent. In this sense, Paul Cannot, CEO of BMC Software for Spain and Portugal, said "we are investing in technologies to channel resources to support not only in sales but in the implementation and maintenance of the solution, and that can market the complete catalog of BMC. "

This commitment to the channel, BMC Software will dump their efforts in both global partners such as resellers and strategic partners in each country, among other figures. So on the one hand, the company will continue to work with Accenture and Cisco's global partners, with whom we are joined by a very close relationship, and whose number is expected to expand, while at local level working with leading systems integrators such as Bull, IECISA, Indra, ITC, Fujitsu and Unisys, many of whom are also customers of BMC, and other resellers who have a deep knowledge of solutions. "We have already visited the major strategic partners to try to work more closely aligned and grow together," said Paul Qty




For the new fiscal year, BMC Software will continue to invest in resources to its channel, consisting of global partners, resellers and strategic partners, in order that itcontinue to provide about 60 percent of company revenue.







The managed service providers who work in vertical markets are another betting company, along with regional strategic partners, which will allow BMC Software to expand its range of action in areas such as northern and eastern Spain and Catalonia. In contrast, BMC will continue without wholesalers, because their solutions are more focused on large account.

On this basis, BMC is proposing this year to more focus on the public sector, both through national and regional partners, a market that represents about 25 percent of company revenues, and where there are great opportunities in areas of automation and cloud. "Traditionally, BMC Remedy solutions are the most sold by partners, but the greatest growth during the past fiscal year has been in the areas of automation and cloud," he adds Qty
Finally, as regards Portugal, Cannot commented that one hundred percent of the turnover comes from sales through partners, and for this fiscal year 2012, BMC Software plans to increase turnover and to introduce direct sales.

Schneider Electric Introduces Management Software for Data Centers

Mexico .- Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, presented the package management software "StruxureWareâ" ¢ Data Center, "which has applications for Blackberry and iPhone, available now, which aims to providemanagers Data Centers an active tool where you can deal alerts, reviewing records, reports and performance of the devices, according to reports provided by the company in Mexico, although this presentation was held in Copenhagen, Denmark.

"Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, today introducedStruxureWareâ" ¢ Data Center, a management software package designed exclusively to address all aspects necessary to maximize the availability and efficiency of the physical infrastructure of a Data Center, "the data released Monday.

He adds that "StruxureWare Data Center combines the proven tools software DataCenter Infrastructure Management (DCIM) and Data Center Facility Management (DCFM) to provide greater data storage capabilities, monitoring and automation, as well as planning and implementation functions, enabling an integrated andmultifaceted systems of all critical data center. "

This new offering strengthens the Data Center Managers by giving them access to all the tools necessary to operate a data center a reliable, efficient, productive, safe and green, Schneider Electric stressed in Mexico through a statement.

"Available worldwide, Central StruxureWare v6.3 StruxureWare and mobile applications for iPhone and Blackberry Central are the first products already available from StruxureWare package for data centers," says the letter.

Two entrepreneurs will go to Silicon Valley Cantabria, the birthplace of 'software'

Technological innovation projects developed by Javier Lopez and Jaime Sendra have been chosen for the initiative to represent Cantabria Yuzz

Young entrepreneurs Jaime Sendra Cantabria (20 years) and Javier Lopez (28 years) have been rewarded with a trip to Silicon Valley (San Francisco) thanks to two innovative projects that have developed over the last six months at the center Yuzz. An initiative of the Fundación Banesto, with Ejecant (School Youth Entrepreneur of Cantabria) as local partner. The project started in 2009 Yuzz two centers (Barcelona and Madrid) and in the second edition have already joined the program 16 new cities.
Jaime Sendra, business student, was doing the Camino de Santiago when he learned that his project had been selected the winner and takes you to visit the cradle of technological innovation. "At first I was shocked because there were other projects that were real, while mine was just an idea," he says.
It is only three steps to get to Santiago but has his head in another destination thousands of miles: California. "I'm excited for all you have told us in the center Yuzz for meeting other young entrepreneurs and see how companies that have set trends, such as Google, Microsoft and Facebook," he says, but as good entrepreneur facing experience as an opportunity to grow and not as a pleasure trip, "I will learn, to try to soak up everything so you can apply it to my company's future," he admits with a sense of responsibility beyond her 20 years.
Exudes optimism on all sides and argues that being an entrepreneur in Cantabria is no chimera. "It's easier than it may seem from the outside. If you have an idea and think it can take it out wherever you are. It is good to live in a globalized world like ours. "
A prize of 10,000 euros
After the rounds of the final project presentation, held between 20 and 22 June, jurors found in each locality of the program Yuzz selected the thirteen best young entrepreneurs nationwide. Besides the trip to Silicon Valley, the best project across the country will receive a cash prize of 10,000 euros to implement his idea. Cantabria is more likely than the rest because it is the only center where the two projects have been selected.
The other entrepreneur award in Cantabria, Javier Lopez Gonzalez, acknowledges he did not expect recognition. "When we made presentations of the projects I thought that the work of my teammates was great, so the initial confidence wobbled a little."Hence, values ​​the opportunity as a stimulus rather than a prize. "When I saw it was one that had won was a huge rush, especially because it helped me to recharge the batteries after so many months of work. I needed something to be good to keep trying with all my strength, "he explains.
Javier Lopez worked as a computer programmer at companies such as Semicrol or Dance before embarking on the adventure of the entrepreneur. "I knew that I wanted to start my own company, he asserts, so when the contract ended I decided to go for it. The computer need some freedom and wanted to do my job as I think we should do it. "
You now have the opportunity to visit the birthplace of the 'software' and see first hand how they work the most innovative firms in the virtual world. "The big Silicon Valley companies give freedom to their workers. It is clear that there must always be hierarchies, but those companies are not as closed as the ones here. At least for what they say, "he says. Before the end of July will be in San Francisco to see if he is right.
Start their own business is not easy. "There is much support and people tell you you're crazy," he says. But the same was said of one Bill Gates when he started his company in a garage.

The technology at the service of tactics in the selection Colombia

A sophisticated video software to analyze in detail the play of opponents and his own, and is key to the team's technical talks.One of the factors of success have hit upon the approach of the game against Argentina, and marking players as skilled as Lionel Messi and Carlos Tevez among others, was the proper use of a video software that has the selection Colombia here in the Copa America.The software, which bought some time ago the Colombian Football Federation (COLFUTBOL), is a wonder that lets you know, for example, which areas of the court each player moves, how many passes did good and bad, as well as tactical movesteam to analyze and work with the ball still in corner kicks and free kicks.To deal with the Argentines on Wednesday in the 0-0 draw in Santa Fe, and despite the lack of scoring has been one of the best matches for Colombia under the new cycle of Hernan Dario 'Bolillo' Gomez, coaching staff prepared a number of clips it deemed critical to control the opponent.Arrivals, free kicks, corner kicks, recovered balls, goals and Match for Argentina against Bolivia was what was discussed in video, large screen, on Wednesday morning in the halls of the hotel which houses the Selection here in Santa FeThe tactical video session takes all the group and the aim is not only show the strengths and weaknesses of the rival, but for players to participate and present their views on a particular play or a selected clip.The work of selecting and editing material usually borne by Leonel Alvarez, the assistant 'Bolillo' Gomez and who from his playing days was always restless in tactics and strategy. However, video content and then the explanation for them is something that commands the coach.This software also serves to correct your mistakes of the Colombian team, both collective and individual, since it allows, with pictures and statistics, how many passes certain and wrong committed certain player, what their tactical moves in defense and attack and when, for example, hit an improvised action or disobeyed an order previously established.In this case there is no margin for error, because the image does not lie. And it offers the option to improve the planning of a preset on the tactical work, then, in the field, trying to improve with repetition.
 Now, at parties, there will always be human error. But at least this work being conducted by the coaching staff in Argentine territory, confirms that the time devoted to drainage and enlarged, and only look at one's own work without specifying the rival, was in the past. This selection Colombia Copa America goes hand in hand with technology.

News Corp. gives in to Facebook and MySpace

Three years ago, which causes great losses. Rupert Murdoch, the owner, had predicted would raise one billion dollars. Facebook destroyed.


News Corp. will no longer give more battle in the war of social networks. At least, it will not hand over MySpace. After six years of betting this social network and lose large sums of money for three, decided to put it on sale.
This was reported to the Associated Press, a source who is working in the operation.
The sale is accompanied by more bad news. Chances are that after the operation, firing more than half the 500 workers of the website.
It's goodbye to an active inelegant Internet once enjoyed great popularity and which Rupert Murdoch, chief executive of News Corp., predicted four years would generate about 1,000 million dollars in annual revenue. MySpace was never the goal.
The forecast for this year is that MySpace is less than one fifth of that figure due to a drop in advertising sales, according to research firm eMarketer.
MySpace's fall coincided with the emergence of Facebook, who was able to conquer the Internet users with a simpler interface, easy to operate and better integration of other services. While MySpace was associated with musical tastes, was slower than Facebook and full of advertising.
Although their future is not very encouraging, there are still at least three interested in the site: operator online advertising networks Specific Media, the investment fund Golden Gate Capital and Austin Ventures, an investment fund that works with co-founder Chris DeWolfe MySpace.
Although Murdoch has not yet chosen a buyer intends to set a resolution on Wednesday or Thursday to close its fiscal year with the sale.
The All Things D site, owned by News Corp., had reported that MySpace was about to be sold between 20 and 30 million dollars. The source of News Corp. said that the amount of the sale will be much higher and will include a mix of cash and stock.Murdoch bought the social network in $ 580 million in 2005.

Software as a Service is growing at 21%

The turnover generated by the SaaS will be placed this year in the 12,100 million dollars and is expected to nearly double by 2015.

Software as a Service, that is "delivered and managed remotely by one or more providers to customers who pay for use" as defined by Gartner, a large growthcontinues and this year will generate 12,100 million according to forecasts.
This is an increase over 2010 of 20.7%, while estimates for 2015 are estimated atthe analyst 21,300 million dollars.
SaaS is not a new trend. For over a decade has been using this model, but had not experienced such growth due to various factors such as insecurity, the response timeor service availability. This has evolved to meet the needs of companies who see this type of service a way of reducing the costs of traditional software.
During the last few years has been associated with the SaaS cloud computing, but the fact is that the former is only the layer of software providing services in the cloud,although a very important significance for the adoption of such architectures .
As stated by Gartner, CRM software (Management Customer Relationship) remains the largest SaaS market and reach a turnover in 2011 of 3,800 million dollars. This figure would be content as 32% of the total volume for this market.
Meanwhile, the macro-segment content, community and collaboration (CCC) this yearwill generate a volume of 3,300 million dollars.
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Google planning to rename Picasa to Blogger

The company will simplify the identification of existing services such as Blogs andPhotos names, according to news site Mashable

With a redesign of the interface for various services, in line with the announcement ofthe social network: Google, the company evaluates unmark Blogger and Picasa, two ofits popular services, blogging and storage online photo of according to a report fromtech news site Mashable.
The initiative is part of an effort to unify the services that were not developed by the company. Thus, both Blogger and Picasa (acquired in 2003 and 2004) would retain their current benefits, but it would be renamed Google Photos Blogs and Google, respectively.
According to Mashable, the measure has a precedent with services that Google acquired in recent years, JotSpot, and VOIP, which became known as Google Sitesand Google Voice. However, the exception to the rule was YouTube, the online videoplatform acquired in 2006, where the company kept its name on Google Video.
The change would take place within a month and a half, and would mark the ultimate integration of photo storage system and blogging platform to the brand new Googlesocial network +.

They warn that Apple is a target of future cyber attacks

LulzSec Anonymous members and published a list of 26 users and administrative passwords, "It could be our objective, but we're too busy," said the hackers on the company
After the computer attacks that crippled held various online services from Sony, Anonymous now seems to have a new goal. The collective group of hackers unveiled, together with members of the defunct organization LulzSec a document with a number of Apple users and passwords.
Unlike previous actions, which exposed millions of personal data, the attack on Apple's servers revealed only a list of 26 administrative passwords, in response to security flaws in the company's servers, warned of previous form.Before the attack, Apple made no statements to the consultations conducted by The Wall Street Journal."Apple could be a target. But do not worry, we're too busy anyway," were the statements Anonymous from official Twitter profile.The attack on one of Apple's servers as part of a campaign called AntiSec, where members of Anonymous and put under his watch LulzSec Sony, AT & T and various U.S. government agencies, including the CIA.The computer attack suffered by Sony in its PlayStation Network Platform, where he exposed more than 100 million personal data represented a serious setback for the company's strategy, in order to compete with the music catalog that centralizes applications and Apple from iTunes.By recently, Apple announced its commitment to the cloud-based services with the recent presentation of icloud service. The presentation, held at the developer conference of the company, revealed that the company already has 225 million registered users in iTunes.

The risks of betting on Silicon Valley millionaire

In search of the next Facebook or Twitter, investment funds to support projects that do not always come to fruition, the experience of color, the firm raised $ 41 millionwithout a user platform

What if you arm a millionaire party and nobody shows up? A new company called Color knows what it feels like.In March, Color filed its application for sharing photos on mobile phones and revealed that he had obtained $ 41 million from investors before the application had only one user. Despite the wealth of the company, the application had a hard landing, attracting few users and many complaints if they tried it."It would make sense but could not understand how it works," wrote a critic in the Apple Apps store.Since then, color has become a red flag for investors, entrepreneurs and analysts fear that there is a bubble when you bet on new firms. They say this case shows that venture capitalists are desperate to invest in the next Facebook or LinkedIn, are throwing money blindly to new firms that have shown they can create something useful, much less a business that can give good returns on investment.Color, who says he is improving, implementation is just one of the new firms that have the commentators to speak of excess bubbling in Silicon Valley. The Melt intends to sell roasted soup, people can call from their phones. He earned about 15 million dollars from Sequoia Capital, who also invested in Color.Airbnb that helps people to rent rooms in their homes, is seeking venture capital to be valued at 1000 million. Scoopon, a kind of Groupon, the renowned company coupons online United States, earned 80 million dollars, Juice in the City, a Groupon for mothers, met 6 million and SCVNGR, which launched a Groupon for gamers on line, got 15 million. These could of course prove successful businesses.The concern, according to investors, are the prices.They say they have paid two to three times more for their shares in new ventures in the past year. According to the National Venture Capital, venture capitalists invested 5.9 billion dollars in the first three months of the year, up 14 percent over the same period last year, but invested in 51 companies less, indicating that are putting more money in fewer companies."The great success stories, Facebook, Zynga and Twitter, are taking to invest in ideas written on napkins, because no one wants to miss the next important thing," said Eric Lefkofsky founder Lightbank Groupon which also manages a investment fund based in Chicago with a chest of 100 million dollars.