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Sun’s Project Mercury to Make Service a Product Feature
Sun Microsystems is quietly at work on an initiative to develop and market maintenance and services as a feature of every product and solution. Project Mercury, as the effort is known within Sun, while seemingly more expensive up front, would lead to improved user experiences and better adoption of technology, Sun officials and partners familiar…
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Sun Changes Channel Strategy to Fill Gaps
Sun Microsystems has relaunched its Partner Advantage Program with new requirements and rewards to compensate its channel for covering white space and pushing technology adoption. Partners will be rewarded less on how much they sell and more on what they sell, where they sell it and within what solution, to fill gaps in coverage—both geographically…
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Why Did Microsoft Delay IE Patch?
Microsoft has temporarily delayed the re-release of a critical Internet Explorer browser patch because of problems with the way its proprietary Systems Management Server handles cabinet (.cab) files, according to sources familiar with the matter. The Redmond, Wash., software giant markets SMS as a business tool for simplifying patch management, but because of a bug…
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BEA Buys Flashline for SOA Edge
In a move to bolster its service-oriented architecture tool set, BEA Systems has acquired Flashline. The San Jose, Calif., company acquired Cleveland-based Flashline for its metadata repository and will incorporate that repository into the BEA AquaLogic family. The Flashline repository will become BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Repository and will be a complementary product to BEA’s AquaLogic…
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Cisco Buys On-Demand Video Startup
Cisco Systems on Aug. 21 disclosed that it acquired IPTV startup Arroyo Video Solutions for $92 million. Cisco’s acquisition of the privately held on-demand video provider is intended to give the company a leg up among cable companies and other carriers looking to deliver video-on-demand beyond TVs to other devices such as PCs and mobile…
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Microsoft, Nortel Push ‘Unified Communications’ at VoiceCon
SAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft, with the help of new alliance partner Nortel Networks, sought to build momentum for its fledgling Unified Communications initiative at the VoiceCon conference here. But the success of Microsoft’s efforts is not assured, and its initial foray into the IP telephony market raised more questions than it answered. Microsoft’s aim is to become…
