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Fiorina’s Lasting Legacy: A Post-Compaq Culture
If Carly Fiorina is to be remembered for anything at Hewlett-Packard, now that she has resigned effective immediately from her post as chairwoman and CEO, it is for some fundamental changes she brought to the company. The most obvious was the acquisition of Compaq Computer in May 2002. It was one of the biggest acquisitions…
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VOIP Security Alliance Forms
A diverse group of equipment and software vendors, security companies, and researchers has banded together to form a new organization aimed at keeping voice over IP threats from hurting the growth of the technology. The VOIP Security Alliance is intended to help companies with discussion lists, white papers and research efforts. The organization plans to…
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Intel’s Pentium Reaches 64-Bit Heights
Intel Corp. is getting ready to expand its 64-bit chip capabilities into new areas: the enterprise desktop and high-end Xeon-based servers. During a press briefing Tuesday, officials with the Santa Clara, Calif., company said Intel later this month will roll out the 600 Series of desktop Pentium 4 processors that will offer the EM64T technology,…
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Channel Reacts to Fiorina Resignation
Channel executives say that they are taking in stride Carly Fiorina’s abrupt resignation from Hewlett-Packard Co. Wednesday’s announcement adds still another twist to HP’s channel story, which has shown some unpredictability in recent months. Still, partners predicted their HP business will continue to flow. “We’re looking past the noise and are eager to [identify] the…
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Bye-Bye, Carly
Cries of glee are echoing through some reseller circles as the news spreads that Carly Fiorina, Hewlett-Packard‘s chairwoman and CEO, has been given her walking papers by the HP board. Most resellers I’ve spoken to this morning have given me the same stories over and over again. First, while HP’s acrimonious purchase of Compaq is…
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Symantec Patches High-Risk Vulnerability
Network security specialist Symantec Corp. has confirmed a high-risk vulnerability in multiple anti-virus and anti-spam products and warned that a successful exploit could lead to code execution attacks. The vulnerability, which was reported by Internet Security Systems Inc.’s X-Force unit, is described as a boundary error in the DEC2EXE parsing engine used in versions of…
