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HP, Gateway Eye Old and New Customers with Vista
As consumers wait for the latest version of Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system to hit the shelves, Hewlett-Packard and Gateway are each angling for the best way to sell the new OS to their customers. On Jan. 29, one day before the official launch, both companies announced that they would offer support and products that…
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IBM Acquires Data Migrator Softek
IBM Jan. 29 said it has agreed to acquire privately held Softek Storage Solutions, of Vienna, Va., to bolster the offerings within its Global Technology Services group. The purchase price was not disclosed. Softek, a host-based data migration software provider founded in April 2000 as a subsidiary of the former Amdahl, provides software and services…
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Vista Chattiness Is in the Eye (Ear?) of the Beholder
Among early adopters of Microsoft’s freshly minted Windows Vista operating system, the strongest reactions so far seem not to revolve around the system’s fancy new looks or its handy search facilities, but rather around Vista’s knack for asking permission to carry out operations that require administrative privileges. Summing up the annoyance felt by many Vista…
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Some Companies Hesitate to Outsource
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 who outsource their storage apparatus must have either the CEO, president, or a senior vice president…
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Team Scores with Data Handoff
When Hurricane Katrina bulldozed into the Gulf Coast in August 2005, its devastating repercussions were felt in many more places than Mississippi, Louisiana and the neighborhoods all across the country where thousands of evacuees had to relocate. Enterprise executives around the nation and the world winced at the destruction the storm brought to New Orleans…
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Lenovo Goes ‘Small’ with Latest Desktop
Lenovo Group believes that less can be more. The Raleigh, N.C., PC maker is scheduled to roll out its latest small form factor desktop on Jan. 29—the ThinkCentre A55—which company officials said is 64 percent smaller than its traditional desktop offering. The new PC will also offer a range of new features that Lenovo hopes…
