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SAP Announces Venture Capital Fund Around NetWeaver
ORLANDO, Fla.—SAP AG announced at its annual Sapphire user conference a $125 million venture capital fund for expanding development around its NetWeaver platform. The SAP NetWeaver Fund is geared toward ISVs that are or will be “Powered by NetWeaver” partners actively developing on SAP’s platform. The NetWeaver Fund is, interestingly, also aimed at helping SAP…
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Apple Unveils MacBook
Apple Computer’s MacBook is back in black. The Cupertino, Calif., computer maker launched the MacBook, a widely expected replacement for its iBook G4 portable computer and a lower-priced companion to its MacBook Pro, on May 16. The MacBook, which appears to take design cues from Apple’s iPod music player, is the latest Mac to adopt…
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Workers Want Lifestyle Benefits More than Cash
One in three workers want flex schedules as part of their overall compensation, finds the Hudson Employment Index’s Transforming Pay Plans 2006 Compensation and Benefits report, released May 17. “[Workers] are placing much greater value on less tangible, lifestyle-oriented benefits,” Peg Buchenroth, managing director of compensation and benefits for Toronto-based Hudson Highland Group said in…
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Nexaweb Tool Helps Developers Build Rich Internet Applications
SAN FRANCISCO—Nexaweb Technologies, provider of tools for building and deploying enterprise Rich Internet Applications, has released jRex 1.0, a server-agnostic, declarative XML user interface engine that generates enterprise Web applications running in any browser. Nexaweb announced the general availability of jRex 1.0 on May 16 at the JavaOne conference here. The jRex 1.0 engine enables…
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HP’s PC Group Makes Gains as Dell Slips
The second quarter was a good one for Hewlett-Packard, with strong revenue growth of 5 percent, higher-than-expected profits of $1.7 billion and a prediction for the current quarter that also exceeds what financial analysts are expecting. Yet despite all that, much of the focus of industry observers during HP’s quarterly earnings call May 16 was…
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Lenovo Revs Up Latest Laptops with Dual Cores
With the exception of the Thinkpad X41 tablet, Lenovo is rounding up the rest of the Thinkpads and giving them Intel Core Duo updates. The company announced May 16 that its Thinkpad Z series, including the Z61m and Z61t, as well as the budget-friendly Thinkpad R60, will receive dual-core processing power. The Thinkpad Z61t is…
