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May 13, 2021
On Tuesday, Oracle America Inc. and Oracle International Corporation filed suit against Envisage Technologies LLC for misappropriating a version of Oracle Database, its proprietary data storage, retrieval, and manipulation software. The San Francisco, California lawsuit contended that Envisage is using its unlicensed access to Oracle’s product to obtain subscription revenue from its customers.
According to the filing, Envisage is an independent software vendor that specializes in developing, marketing, and selling software solutions. As such, it reportedly “hosts data for large customer accounts, including federal, state, and local government entities that typically have large workloads.”
Oracle stated that in 2006, Envisage purchased a perpetual license and support services for Oracle Database Standard Edition 1 (SE1) for $8,500, as an initial pilot for one account. Reportedly, that license permits Envisage to run SE1 on two processors, w
Imagination announces a series of major updates Imagination Technologies has released Version 21.1 of the PowerVR SDK and Toolkit, adding new features and ray tracing support enhancements to increase functionality and enhance the workflow across a variety of disciplines.
Available on the company s new Developer Portal accessing the full PowerVR tools suite is now easier and it has been designed specifically to support Imaginationâs growing developer community. It contains new dedicated training materials, showcasing the versatility and features of the SDK.
Commenting Chris Smith, VP of Software Engineering, Imagination Technologies said, âWith over 33% of all mobile handsets sold worldwide containing Imagination GPU IP and a strong presence in many other sectors, from DTV to the desktop space, we have a huge ecosystem of developers to support. The PowerVR Toolkit has always provided a robust and well-featured set of tools to allow developers to
May 6, 2021
Newsy investigation spotlights loophole that allows fired federal officers to go undetected in next police job hunt.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection fired four people in 2019 who were accused of being part of an offensive and secret Facebook group.
There is a national list of law enforcement officers terminated for misconduct like this, but we learned CBP does not report any of the dozens of agents fired each year for bad behavior. Everything from mistreating suspects, to corruption, to engaging in crimes, said Alex Nowrasteh, a scholar at the Cato Institute who has studied misconduct within the ranks of CBP.
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London: Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has today (Wednesday 5 May 2021) announced the appointment of Indro Mukerjee as the new Chief Executive of Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency.
Indro Mukerjee is a highly experienced technology executive and business leader with a track record of leading innovation and technology commercialisation at businesses of all sizes across the world – from publicly listed and multinational corporations to new venture and private equity backed technology companies.
Mukerjee will take up the post immediately and will be tasked with transitioning Innovate UK from a grant funding body to an agency focused on driving economic growth by working with companies to de-risk, enable and support innovation, while unleashing private sector investment into research and development. As part of this, he will develop and implement strategies for investments that promote the UK as a global leader in R&D and technologies of the future, while cementing t
Alphawave IP Group IPO: Everything you need to know about Alphawave
Joshua Warner May 6, 2021 2:31 PM
Alphawave IP Group, which designs tech used in semiconductor chips, plans to launch an IPO in London before the end of the month in what could be one of the hottest listings of 2021. We explain everything you need to know about the company. Share:
When is the Alphawave IPO?
Alphawave IP Group confirmed in April that it intends to launch an initial public offering to list on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange sometime in May 2021. A specific date has not yet been confirmed.