News for Today, Mar 29

Key happenings of recent days:

• RIM and Good Technology brought an end to their legal disputes, with the broad terms being an upfront one-off and ongoing royalty payments from Good to RIM. Both develop wireless email servers and devices, and initiate carrier relationships for bringing the technology to consumers and business people. RIM. Analysis at mercurynews.com, theregister.co.uk, thestar.com, and CNET News


• RIM is working on Version 4.0 of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. The key new feature is remote deployment due to no install code on the desktop, a point that Good Technology was first to offer. RIM is also working with Sprint PCS Group for a BlackBerry deployment, although the deal is predicated on BlackBerry support in the Treo 600. eWeek


• Transform Magazine reports on three key trends in enterprise content management: (1) content management becomes part of the enterprise IT infrastructure, rather than a series of disjointed point solutions, (2) integration between content management and business process management (a super-set of workflow), and (3) more intelligence in dealing with scanned/imaged documents, eg, initiation of appropriate workflows. The article includes a brief description of products that match the three main trends. Transform