MONTEREY, Calif.—-CyberData Corporation has announced the release of their new VoIP Emergency Intercom, designed to enable rapid response in the event of an emergency or crisis. The new Emergency Intercom provides the ability to notify and mobilize staff and emergency response resources during a critical incident while enabling secure and auditable information exchange.

It isn’t always convenient to encrypt sensitive data as part of an e-discovery process, but a data management expert at the Computer Forensics Show said its use is essential.

AUSTIN, Texas—-Pervasive Software® Inc. , a global value leader in embeddable data management and agile data integration software, today announced the release of Pervasive Integration Hub™, a configurable integration solution which provides organizations with the ability to quickly create and easily maintain a centrally managed business partner hub.

SAN FRANCISCO—-Sitecore, the leading provider of .NET Web Content Management System software, today announced that Beliefnet, one of the largest multi-faith online communities for spirituality and inspiration, is using Sitecore’s Web Content Management System to power its newly designed online community.

Capital Gold Group, Inc. announced a 300% increase in financial advisor enrollment into its “Gold Affiliate Program” in the first quarter of 2009, the first known program of its kind in the U.S.

SAP has ceded to pressure from user groups, agreeing to slow the rate at which it applies a new tariff for software support. At the same time, SAP announced a series of key performance indicators (KPIs) agreed upon with the user groups to measure the value for money offered by the Enterprise Support program.

SAP reported first quarter net income down 16 percent year on year, and revenue down 3 percent, as customers remain reluctant to spend on new software.

What’s unclear is how much SAP’s software revenue slide is attributed to the economy versus pushback from customers annoyed with maintenance fees.

April 29 (Bloomberg) — SAP AG, the world’s biggest maker of business-management software, said first-quarter license revenue plunged 33 percent, more than analysts anticipated, as demand fell amid the global economic slowdown.

German software company SAP AG said Wednesday that the company’s first quarter net profit fell 16 percent because of factors including lower software revenues as businesses cut back purchasing in the recession, and on charges from staff reductions.