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Public Council Teleconference: Application Rationalization — Hidden Costs and Smart Decisions
November 17 at 11:00 am US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Honorio Padrón, of The Hackett Group, who will share the drivers for companies to tackle application rationalization and the results of research that define the hidden cost of complexity. Additionally, we will discuss key decision milestones—to start or not, holding the course steady and fulfilling expectations.
Virtual Desktop Cost-Benefit Analysis — Michael Jacobs, Catlin Group
The analysis contained in this presentation measures the cost of everything from the machines and licenses to the infrastructure for virtual vs. traditional desktop environments.
Honor your best senior team members - Apply for the CIO Ones to Watch Award
Get well-earned public recognition for your top up-and-coming team members, your IT organization and your enterprise. Award winners will be announced, publicized and feted in May 2010, great timing to help attract new IT recruits to your company.
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Immersion to Pay Microsoft $20 Million to Settle Patent Suit
A company that makes touch sensors for interacting with computer applications and games has agreed to pay Microsoft more than US$20 million to settle a patent suit.
August 27, 2008 — IDG News Service —
A company that makes touch sensors for interacting with computer applications and games has agreed to pay Microsoft more than US$20 million to settle a patent suit.
Microsoft sued Immersion, based in San Jose, California, in June 2007 in Western District Court of Washington to collect part of the patent-settlement fees Sony agreed to pay Immersion in another case.
Microsoft claimed that it deserved some of Sony's patent settlement to Immersion because of a previous deal in which Microsoft became a sublicensor of certain patents Immersion held. The patents in question were part of the Sony settlement.
In an e-mail, Steve Aeschbacher, associate general counsel at Microsoft, confirmed a $20.75 million payout from Immersion and said Microsoft was pleased to have reached a resolution to the dispute.
Immersion CEO and President Clent Richardson echoed that sentiment in a press statement made Tuesday, saying he was pleased to "put this litigation behind us."
In an e-mail Wednesday, a representative from Immersion's public relations firm said Immersion also becomes a member of Microsoft's Certified Partner Program as part of the settlement.
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