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WASHINGTON (AP) Federal regulators on Tuesday opened up a public comment period on an application by John Malone's Liberty Media Corp. to take control of satellite radio company Sirius XM Radio Inc.

The Federal Communications Commission said petitions to deny the application are due by Nov. 1. Responses to those filings are due two weeks later, with a final rebuttal to the responses by Nov. 20.

The FCC is looking into Liberty's proposed takeover of Sirius, in which Liberty already has amassed the equivalent of a 47.3 percent stake. If the commission approves, Liberty has said it will buy up enough shares within 60 days to give it majority control.

Liberty saved Sirius XM from near-bankruptcy in February 2009 by agreeing to lend it up to $530 million in exchange for preferred stock that amounted to a 40 percent stake.

Since then, Sirius recovered from its tailspin and as of the end of June it had more than 22 million subscribers.

Sirius shares rose 7 cents, or 2.7 percent, to $2.64 in afternoon trading. Liberty Media shares were up 34 cents at $105.11.

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Cupertino, Calif., Oct. 3, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The market for managed firewall, virtual private network, intrusion prevention, web filtering and anti-malware services is mature and fairly saturated. Driven by business requirements for greater network resource accessibility, increased security automation and the demand to secure "bring your own device" (BYOD) and "choose your own device" (CYOD), the next IT security service opportunity set for growth is network access control (NAC).

"Concerns around malware, data leakage and compliance have organizations looking for products that provide comprehensive network visibility, access control, endpoint security and policy enforcement. It may be surprising to IT professionals and service providers that next-generation Network Access Control (NAC) products can address these very difficult challenges," said Chris Rodriquez, network security industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan. "Correspondingly, NAC solutions have become easier to implement and more effective so as to enable service providers to consider NAC to complement their security portfolios."

A new MSP webcast, "NAC-as-a-Service: What, Why and How," will present real-world reasoning, considerations and opportunity with regards to expanding security managed/hosted services with NAC. Led by Charles Weaver, founder of the MSPAlliance, this expert/practitioner panel will feature guest speaker Chris Rodriguez, security analyst at Frost & Sullivan, and panel members from Integralis, Axial Systems, Konsultek and ForeScout as they discuss:

--- What is NAC, why NAC, why now

--- What is the business value for the customer and service provider

--- What are common NAC service, deployment and implementation options

--- What are key SLA development and operational process considerations

--- How to package NAC, price out the service and combine with other security services

This webinar, sponsored by ForeScout, will take place on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 12:00 PM EDT/9:00 AM PDT. ForeScout invites service providers, users and media to register for the webcast at: http://www.forescout.com/nacmsp. As a special bonus, registrants will receive a complimentary, in-depth Frost & Sullivan research paper on the issues presented.

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The FCC has started a public comment period on Liberty Media's application for the agency to approve its plan to take control of Sirius XM Radio.

Moving ahead with its evaluation of the application, the FCC said in a notice that comments are due by Nov. 1, with responses to them due by Nov. 20. A decision is expected within weeks of that final deadline.

John Malone's Liberty filed a second request with the FCC in August, asking for approval to take outright control of the satellite radio firm. Liberty has in recent weeks continued to acquire Sirius stock, inching closer to owning a 50 percent stake. It is expected to wait for a final FCC decision before crossing the 50 percent mark.

Much debate has as of late focused on the future of Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin whose employment contract expires at the end of the year. Liberty chairman Malone and CEO Greg Maffei have said Karmazin has done a good job, but also emphasized that Sirius will be fine without him at the top.

Malone, Maffei and Karmazin are all expected to speak at Liberty Media's annual investor meeting in New York next Wednesday. Observers will closely follow their latest comments and body language for potential clues on the future leadership of Sirius.

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CHICAGO, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --INXPO, the leading cloud platform for Social Business TV, Online Events and Webcasting, announces the availability of three new internal communications Social Widgets. With these Internal Communication Social Widgets, organizations can further foster conversation and community in their private Social Business TV programs, online events and webcasts.

The new internal communications social widgets are as follows:

All internal communications widgets can be useful for incorporating conversation around your internal communications broadcasts. The newly released Social Widgets for internal communications complement INXPO's pre-existing widgets for external communications:

"All of our Social Widgets are available to any Social Business TV, online event or webcasting customer. With the deepest level of integration in our space, we enable customers to connect their rich media events and live Social Business TV broadcasts to their ongoing activity streams," said Scott Kellner, INXPO CMO.

"This creates a complete content and conversation ecosystem, further enlivening private communities like Jive and Yammer, while promoting important external customer initiatives via Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn," continued Kellner.

INXPO provides the most complete and easy-to-use widgets in the industry, and the widget architecture is extensible, allowing clients and partners to build their own widgets, social or otherwise, into online events, webcasts and Social Business TV broadcasts.

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INXPO is changing the way businesses communicate with their constituents. With our industry-leading and award-winning Digital Communications Platform we deliver always on, Social Business TV, as well as episodic Online Events. To date, we have delivered more than 2,500 successful online events and Social Business TV experiences for global customers, including American Marketing Association (AMA), Autodesk, Cisco, Freeman, George P. Johnson, Hilton, HIMSS, P&G, PCMA, TechTarget, UBM and U.S. Department of State. We are headquartered in Chicago and on the Web. Visit us at http://www.INXPO.com and on Twitter at @INXPO.

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Enterprise social networking is the new battleground for all enterprise collaboration vendors, according to Ovum analyst Richard Edwards.

Ovum estimated the current value of the market exceeds US$500 million and that 10 per cent of organisations in established IT markets have enterprise social networking services.

Merger and acquisition activity has increased markedly in the past few months, and this has led to new entrants appearing on the enterprise collaboration landscape, Edwards said.

Jive and Yammer are getting the most looks from organisations considering social networking, but other vendors are generating significant business and revenues from their offerings, he said. Microsoft recently acquired Yammer for US$1.2 billion.

Meanwhile, Salesforce.com recently launched a social media pilot program, while Google recently announced an attempt to bring social media to the enterprise.

As the business case for investment in enterprise social networking solutions has yet to be proven to business sceptics, some vendors are encouraging independent user adoption in the hope it will prove business value, Edwards said.

Ovum believes that the business potential offered by enterprise social networking will only be unlocked when necessity dictates a business change.

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