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Would Another Vista Delay Matter?
If yet another Windows release date falls by the wayside, would anyone care? That’s the question that Microsoft watchers are asking, as Microsoft comes into the home stretch with its Windows Vista release. Researchers with the Gartner Group issued a customer note on May 1, claiming that Microsoft will ship Windows Vista in the second…
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CA, Resellers Expect AllFusion r7 To Boost Sales
Unlike many product releases and version updates, CA’s latest AllFusion ERWin Data Modeler is actually new. The enterprise software company spent several years rearchitecting the product, even as it hit its greatest sales since CA acquired the product from Platinum Technology in 1999, and the AllFusion Modeling Suite r7 looks and feels new, which will…
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Watson Enters the Enterprise Through the Channel
Intellext is taking its Watson desktop search tool to the enterprise through the channel. The pair inked a deal early in the week of April 24 that gives Tech Data, a distributor based in Clearwater, Fla., the exclusive right to distribute licenses for Intellext’s just-released Watson 2.3 through its TechSelect resellers for one year. Watson…
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Study Shows Downside of IT Certification
Long seen as a method to maximize employment opportunities and salaries in the post-dot-com-bust era, a study released today finds that pay for certified IT skills falls short of the pay for non-certified skills. The Q1 2006 Hot Technical Skills and Certifications Pay Index, released April 25 by Foote Partners, a New Canaan, Conn., IT…
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SonicWall to Rebrand MailFrontier E-Mail Security
Network security vendor SonicWall is launching the first MailFrontier product under the SonicWall brand, incorporating its product lines on the advice of channel partners who requested a more complete solution. The Sunnyvale, Calif., vendor on May 2 will release e-mail security company MailFrontier’s e-mail security gateway software and appliances under the SonicWall name, effectively extending…
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Will Sun Open-Source Java?
New Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz’s first 100 days at the helm are about to get interesting. First up: managing an internal debate over whether the company should open-source Java. According to sources inside Sun, an ongoing debate over whether to open-source Java is coming to a head with the JavaOne conference looming May 16.…
