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Microsoft Plots Fixes to IE Browser
Microsoft Corp. recently held a secret Webcast with some of its closest partners to discuss ways in which the company might improve its Internet Explorer browser and customer confidence in the platform. Sources said Microsoft officials discussed potential “fixes” to IE as the company is losing market share to other browsers, such as the open-source…
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Accelerating Storage Mirroring
NetEx plans to build an indirect channel this year based on the proposition that resellers will want to boost their customers’ IP-based storage networks. The Minneapolis-based StorageTek spinoff has been a direct seller for the most part, especially when it came to the company’s legacy products inherited a half-dozen years ago. NetEx’s HyperPowered IP, which…
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All Eyes Turn to Microsoft at RSA Security Powwow
Microsoft Corp.’s plans to hawk a subscription-based product bundling anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall tools might be the security industry’s worse-kept secret, but that has not stopped the guessing games leading up to next week’s RSA Conference 2005. Officials at the Redmond, Wash., company remain tight-lipped on specifics, refusing to confirm or deny widespread speculation that…
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HP’s Crown Jewel Division Left in the Lurch
Last month it appeared as if Hewlett-Packard Co. had officially tabled the prospect of spinning off its lucrative printing business with its move to combine its printing and PC units into one group, now called the Imaging and Personal Systems Group, or IPSG. But with Carly Fiorina’s departure this week, the future of the printing…
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Layoffs? Restructuring? HP Partners Say They’ll Cope
Carly Fiorina’s departure from HP has gone hand in hand with rumors ranging from immediate sales layoffs to a larger corporate restructuring somewhere down the road. But partners from a variety of sectors say they’re set to take organizational changes in stride. Some even see new opportunities for partners. “One of our closest friends—a long-time…
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Partners: What Happens Now with HP and Linux?
Hewlett-Packard Co. has been a strong Linux supporter, but since CEO Fiorina has been forced out, what will happen next? Novell Inc., one of HP’s three major Linux partners—the others being Red Hat Inc. and Mandrakesoft SA—sees business as usual ahead. Bruce Lowry, Novell’s director of PR, said, “HP is, and remains, a strong partner…
