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IBM Donates Open-Source Technology for AJAX, Web 2.0 Development
IBM announced that it will make another round of technology contributions to the open-source community to promote the use of Web 2.0 technologies in the enterprise. At the AJAXWorld conference in Santa Clara, Calif., on Oct. 4, IBM officials said the systems giant will make additional contributions to the Eclipse Foundation’s ATF (AJAX Technology Framework)…
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IBM to Spend $100 Million on Mainframes
IBM will spend $100 million over the next five years to make the mainframe easier to use. The program will focus on such areas as greater automation, modernizing the user interface and easing the way users manage the software on the machines. It kicked off Oct. 4 with the release of the new z/OS V1.8…
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Microsoft Tools to Combat Vista Piracy
Microsoft will unveil Oct. 4 a new software protection platform and accompanying technologies that it plans to incorporate into a variety of products, starting with Windows Vista and Windows Server Longhorn, in hopes of combating piracy. The new technologies will be included in all of Vista versions, and over time every Microsoft product will use…
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eHarmony Finds Own Fulfillment as Web 2.0 Pioneer
eHarmony.com, that romantic cyber-space place where people meet and often get serious relationships off and running, has been a textbook example of a successful Web 2.0 company since it made its debut six years ago. With more than 8 million users, Pasadena, Calif.-based eHarmony claims to be the Internet’s fastest-growing relationship service. It stores background…
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The Channel Is Changing and It’s Time for VARs to Change with It
First, the bad news. The channel is changing and those traditional relationships between vendors, distributors, VARs and solution providers have begun to alter in fundamental and lasting ways. But there is also good news. For VARs and solution providers, it’s not too late to change, readapt and profit from this change in the channel. That…
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Ingram Micro Teams with Level Platforms for Seismic Shift
Ingram Micro is looking to shake things up through a new partnership the distributor signed with vendor Level Platforms to deliver managed services to small and midsize businesses. The distributor, based in Santa Ana, Calif., is using the partnership to launch the Ingram Micro Seismic Platform and Virtual Services Warehouse, a program through which the…
