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Interface21 to Release Spring 2.0
Interface21 is expected to release the bits for the next major revision of the popular Spring Framework on Oct. 3. London-based Interface21 will release Spring 2.0 in the wee hours of the morning U.S. time, and the company also plans to announce a new hire to bolster its U.S. operations. Interface21 is the company behind…
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Mandriva Linux Whiffs on Virtualization Integration
With its Corporate Server 4, Mandriva is challenging the Linux data center operating systems from Red Hat and Novell by offering broader support for virtualization technologies. It’s a solid-sounding plan, but eWEEK Labs’ tests of CS 4 show that it’s longer on ambition than execution. Mandriva’s CS 4 is unique in its support for three…
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Vendors Aim for Easier Virtualization
With virtualization becoming more mainstream in the enterprise, businesses now are looking for easier and more flexible ways to deploy and manage their environments. VMware, Cassatt and Surgient are rolling out offerings designed to address those demands. The moves come at a time when enterprises are beginning to move their virtualization environments from testing to…
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Microsoft Buys DesktopStandard
Microsoft has acquired DesktopStandard, a developer of group policy-based enterprise desktop management products, in a move designed help customers leverage the value of policy-based management and their investments in Active Directory, the two companies said Oct. 2. Larry Orecklin, general manager, Microsoft’s Windows Enterprise Management division, said that the acquisition enhances the company’s ability to…
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Beceem Announces a WiMax Milestone
The Beceem MS120 Mobile WiMax chip set has proven its ability to work with a variety of commercial base station vendors in a formal test, called a “plugfest,” at Bechtel Labs in Frederick, Md. In a test that ended Oct. 1, the Beceem reference design worked with vendors including Alcatel, Alvarion, Motorola and Navini. The…
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Cyber-Thieves Targeting Smaller Retailers
As the established large e-commerce sites pour millions of dollars into security and enterprise-league hardened point-of-sale systems, cyber-crooks have been giving more attention to much smaller and less well-protected merchants. Those smaller merchants can’t even necessarily protect themselves by opting to not have a Web site, as the thieves are grabbing credit card information as…
