Friday, May 30, 2008

Acquisitions and Mergers Oh My

Acquisitions and Mergers are not new to the business world or to the technology world but today's major acquisition of two nonprofit centric companies brings the topic to the forefront again.

"Charleston, S.C. – May 29, 2008 – Blackbaud, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLKB), the leading provider of software and related services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, announced today that it is acquiring Kintera, Inc. (NASDAQ: KNTA), a pioneer and leading provider of a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution to the nonprofit and government sectors."- http://www.blackbaud.com/default.aspx?pgpId=2531&PRID=260

This acquisition highlights the importance of moving applications to the Internet for greater access and mobility but it also shows that the bigger will eat the big and the faster will eat the fast in our economy.

Friday, May 16, 2008

A New Security Feature

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y510 notebook PC even offers an integrated 1.3 megapixel camera that combined with Lenovo’s unique VeriFace face recognition software, can control access to your notebook by recognizing when you are sitting at the keyboard. It can even lock the system if it determines that you’ve stepped away!

I am not sure what I think about my computer watching me. Security is important but we will see about this one.