Microsoft to buy corporate group-chat provider
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Microsoft Corp  agreed to acquire Parlano, which provides technology to allow companies to create group chat sessions for employees, and add the application to its portfolio of communication offerings.
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IBM has acquired a Web conferencing service provider WebDialogs, will add it to software-as-a-service offerings.
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Microsoft said Friday it had offered to buy struggling Internet firm Yahoo for 44.6 billion dollars (30.0 billion euros) in a bid to take on Google in the crucial battle for online revenues.
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Software maker plans to add Parlano's MindAlign group chat functionality to several of its products.
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Microsoft Corp   offered to buy Yahoo Inc  for $44.6 billion, in a bold  bid to transform two ailing Internet businesses into a worthy  competitor for market leader Google Inc .
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InfoWorld - A Microsoft partner has become the first to offer Microsoft's new unified communications software as a hosted service.
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On Wednesday, Microsoft said it will acquire Chicago-based Parlano and will integrate the company&#39;s enterprise group chat technology, known as MindAlign, into Microsoft&#39;s unified communications products.
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US software giant Microsoft said on Tuesday it would offer to buy the Norwegian Internet search company Fast Search and Transfer for 1.2 billion dollars (836 million euros).
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Gizmo Project VoIP software now lets you chat with AIM and MSN Messenger users on the same network.
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Microsoft Corp. and Polycom Inc. have struck a multi-year agreement to link Microsoft&#39;s Office Live Communications Server with Polycom&#39;s conferencing products, the companies plan to announce Tuesday.
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One ring to rule 'em all IBM and Microsoft are both launching unified communications bundles - software which will allow management of email, VoIP calls, instant messaging, and video conferencing.â¦
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Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it will buy a small Chicago-based technology company and add its group-chat software to a broad vision for integrated office communications programs.
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Microsoft Corp. agreed to buy search engine company Fast Search & Transfer ASA for $1.2 billion Tuesday, adding software products that help companies trawl for information on the Internet.
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Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it agreed to buy a Norwegian search company for $1.2 billion, aiming to shore up its search technology for businesses against competition from Oracle Corp. and IBM Corp.
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REDMOND, Wash. Oct 26, 2004 - Microsoft Corp. plans a Dec. 1 release for the latest version of its server software that aims to give companies more secure instant messaging and other corporate communications tools.
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Washington Post Co. on Tuesday said it  would buy Microsoft Corp.'s online magazine Slate, whose mix of  politics, news and culture has built a loyal following but  failed to yield significant profits.
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Parlano sells MindAlign, a group chat application that allows groups of people in an enterprise to maintain a discussion over instant-messaging that persists over time.