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Apple will step on yet another of Microsoft’s toes early next year when the Mac maker unveils the next version of its iWork productivity suite, complete with a new spreadsheet application. Sources report that iWork ’07 will gain this new third component, code-named Lasso, which will go to bat against Microsoft Excel in the consumer […]

They claim alcohol was not a factor. Maybe it should have been. It was the middle of the day, the California desert sun was still shining, the bar wasn’t even open, yet Ingram Micro event staffers persuaded otherwise reasonable men and women—Ingram Micro staff and VAR partners at Ingram’s Venture Tech Network Fall 2006 Invitational, […]

SAN FRANCISCO—At its annual Dreamforce conference here, Salesforce.com unveiled a new on-demand programming language and platform called Apex. While eWEEK had previously pieced together information about Apex from conversations with customers and analysts, at the time of story’s publication at midnight on Oct. 8 there were still some holes to fill regarding the specifics of […]

NEW YORK— McAfee Inc. on Wednesday said Chairman and CEO George Samenuk and President Kevin Weiss are leaving after the security software supplier found accounting discrepancies in its stock options grants. McAfee said it believes it needs to restate past financial statements by around $100 million to $150 million after an internal review found it […]

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Analysis: As baby boomers prepare to retire, companies are scrambling to fill the gaping hole they will leave in the workplace. The issue is particularly important in IT, which is already battling a skills shortage. In the coming years, talent recruitment and retention will be a top priority. So what are you doing about it […]

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To augment its enterprise management solutions, BMC Software on Oct. 9 introduced an on-demand, Web-based software demonstration tool called BMC Flight Deck GSS (Global Solutions Site), as well as numerous enhancements to its worldwide partner program. “This was a request driven from business partners,” said Lori Cook, vice president of global services, channels and emerging […]

As part of its 5 Year Anniversary special report, Baseline magazine asked two longtime information-technology market watchers—David F. Carr, Baseline‘s technology editor, and Michael Vizard, editorial director of the Ziff Davis Enterprise Group—to, respectively, tell us what five technologies had the biggest impact on business over the past five years and what five technologies might […]

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