Companies plan to offer unified communications but face growing interest from the likes of Microsoft, Cisco, and Nortel.
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While software as a service and open source gain more traction in 2006, large software companies will have to adapt and change.
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Jamcracker: The dominatrix for Web apps
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Dealflow: Hatteras Networks bucks the odds with second-round funding; Santarus will ease that burning sensation; Idealab winds down its Silicon Valley outpost; Enterprise Supportal pitches; and more.
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Despite the public market's distaste for application service providers
(ASPs), private investors can't get enough of Jamcracker.
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Exodus founder K.B. Chandrasekhar's latest startup allows IT managers to sample and order pretested applications from ASP vendors.
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