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IBM continues to ramp up its efforts to bring Linux to SMBs and to migrate Windows users to Linux. The company last week doubled to $10,000 the incentives for its partners that help small and midsize businesses implement Linux solutions. IBM officials said such efforts ease implementations and lower startup costs. “Half of all Linux […]

IBM continues to ramp up its efforts to bring Linux to small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) and to migrate Windows users to Linux. The Armonk, N.Y., company on Tuesday increased incentives for its business partners who help SMBs implement Linux solutions. IBM doubled the financial incentive for partners who team up with distributors, resellers, consultants, integrators […]

Networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. will pay $5 million in cash for Twingo Systems, a Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of desktop security tools for SSL (Secure Socket Layer) VPNs, announced officials today. SSL VPNs, unlike more traditional IPSec VPNs, let users remotely access corporate networks without having client software installed on their machines. Instead, users […]

If you were hoping the Internal Revenue Service would conveniently misplace your tax forms this year, don’t bank on it yet. Adobe Systems Inc. this week unveiled a new technology to improve forms processing, and the IRS is already testing it out. Adobe, of San Jose, Calif., says its new bar-code technology for PDF forms […]

Lawmakers introduced a bill in Congress Thursday aimed to deter U.S. companies from outsourcing jobs overseas. The Defending American Jobs Act of 2004, sponsored by more than 50 legislators, proposes to cut federal funding from companies that lay off workers at higher rates in the U.S. than abroad. The legislation would also require companies that […]