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Sun, Intel Patch Up Their Differences
After years of animosity and public sniping that often came from the highest levels of both companies, a partnership between Sun Microsystems and Intel made too much business sense for the tech giants to ignore. For Sun, the announcement of the partnership Jan. 22 is a way of expanding its growing x86 server business beyond…
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Next-Gen Jim Rapoza
It’s the latest and greatest new thing! It will solve all your technology problems and save you time and money! It’s not only a big productivity booster, but it’s also cool, l33t, wicked awesome—whatever the cool kids are saying nowadays. It’s Jim Rapoza 2.0! So what is Jim Rapoza 2.0? It’s sort of like classic…
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Storage Channel Fights Reluctant Customers
Hiring someone outside the company to store, manage and protect all a company’s data is a gutsy thing to do, for any storage executive or administrator. And this decision usually is not made in a vacuum. Virtually all companies that outsource their storage apparatus must have either the CEO, president or a senior vice president…
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Symantec Buys Asset Management Specialist Altiris
Symantec has added to the slew of technologies it will offer as part of its unified security architecture, announcing a deal on Jan. 29 to acquire endpoint management specialist Altiris for approximately $830 million in cash. Altiris, of Lindon, Utah, specializes in software used by enterprises to manage and service endpoint devices, including PCs, laptops…
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Intel Takes Wraps Off 45-nm Penryn
Intel unveiled details of its next-generation Core 2 processors, code-named Penryn, to the technology press on Jan. 25. Just as AMD catches up with Intel by moving to a 65-nm process technology, Intel is poised to push ahead to 45 nm. According to Intel Vice President Steve Smith, Intel’s new 45-nm CPUs are slated to…
