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Microsoft/Citrix Deal Sets Up Cisco Showdown
Microsoft’s expanded partnership with Citrix Systems to deliver a joint branch office box appliance, announced on Aug. 23, signals a brewing battle with longtime partner Cisco Systems. The Citrix partnership, announced at the same time that Microsoft and new IP telephony partner Nortel Networks outlined more details in their alliance to deliver VOIP (voice-over-IP) software…
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Group’s Standard Aims to Extinguish Fears over Notebook Fires
PC makers, including Dell, are getting to work on notebook fire prevention. Executives from companies, including Apple Computer, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo Group, all members of the electronic products standard group IPC’s OEM Critical Components Committee, plan to meet in September 2006 to begin work on a manufacturing standard for lithium-ion battery cells they expect…
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Apple Recalls 1.8 Million iBook, PowerBook Batteries
Apple is recalling 1.8 million notebook battery packs, which contain cells manufactured by Sony. The Cupertino, Calif., computer maker is recalling the packs, shipped with certain of its 12-inch iBook G4, 12-inch and 15-inch PowerBook G4 notebooks and also sold as extras and replacements, citing a fire hazard. The Aug. 24 Apple recall—which affects only…
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Is This Feast or Famine?
As the general economy continues to lurch toward what the Federal Reserve Bank hopes is a soft landing that will ward off inflation, the question many folks in the channel are trying to resolve right now is whether this is a period of feast or famine. Clearly, you don’t have to look too hard to…
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Salesforce.com on the Prowl for More Acquisitions
NEW YORK—Shortly after announcing on Aug. 21 that Salesforce.com had acquired the small software development company Kieden, CEO Marc Benioff confirmed that he is indeed on the lookout for additional acquisitions. “We’re paying attention to what customers want us to do,” Benioff said during an Aug. 22 interview with eWEEK at a Salesforce for Google…
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IBM to Acquire Internet Security Systems for $1.3 Billion
IBM announced on Aug. 23 that it is acquiring Internet Security Systems, a maker of network security and appliances, for $1.3 billion, or $28 per share. The purchase of ISS, the fifth largest in IBM’s history, is the fourth acquisition for Big Blue since the start of August. In less than four weeks, the Armonk,…
