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Google Summer of Code 2007 Heats Up
Have an open-source project that you need some help with? Well, Google is kicking off its third Summer of Code, an innovative program that pays college students to write open-source software over their summer vacation, and the folks at the searh giant want to talk to you. For the next few months, the company will…
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Top 10 Projects On the CIO Agenda in ’07
If there is any question that technology initiatives must respond to business needs, it is put to rest by what readers of this magazine say they’re focusing on in 2007. More than a third of those who took our top-projects survey say they are looking to do business process improvement. The next hottest areas, customer…
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Is Almost Here
Unless something goes badly wrong, Red Hat will be releasing the next version of its flagship operating system, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, on March 14. RHEL 5 implements a fully integrated Xen-based server and storage virtualization solution, by coupling server virtualization with Red Hat’s clustering support. In addition, RHEL 5 comes with a virtualization…
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Cisco Loses Over $10M in Two Cases of Channel Fraud
Two different individuals in the Northeast were arrested in the past week for allegedly defrauding Cisco Systems out of millions of dollars worth of replacement parts. On March 6, Michael Daly, a 53-year-old businessman from Danvers, Mass., was arrested for wire fraud. On March 2, Michael Kyereme, an independent contractor working for the city of…
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NextPhase, Forval Offer Managed IT Package for SMBs
NextPhase Wireless announced March 7 that it has partnered with Forval International to deliver ElipServices, a managed IT services package designed for small and midsize businesses. ElipServices combines Forval’s managed IT services package with NextPhase Wireless’ broadband wireless Internet access offerings. The package includes security, disaster recovery, network performance and consolidated communication capabilities. For advice…
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Waiting for Dell
In Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece, “Waiting for Godot,” Godot never arrives, and the play ends with our characters still waiting. I sometimes think Linux users are also stuck in a barren landscape endlessly waiting for Dell, HP, Lenovo, or another major vendor to finally deliver a mass-market Linux desktop. The major desktop players keep flirting with…
