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IBM to Acquire Application Service Provider Corio
IBM on Tuesday announced its acquisition of Corio Inc., an enterprise application service provider, for $182 million in cash. The purchase is expected to help IBM’s hosted application services business. The acquisition, subject to regulatory and Corio shareholder approval, is also expected to boost IBM’s presence in the SMB (small and midsized business) arena, where…
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Microsoft Moves Ahead with XP Reduced Media Edition
Microsoft Corp. made it official Monday: It has no plans to appeal the antitrust sanctions levied against it by the European Commission. As a result, a stripped-down version of Windows, minus Windows Media Player and related files, is moving forward rapidly. At least some PC makers had an inkling about Microsoft’s intentions not to appeal…
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Cisco Patches IOS Flaw
Switching and routing firm Cisco Systems Inc. has issued a fix for a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting versions of its flagship IOS (Internetwork Operating System) software. A security advisory from the San Jose, Calif.-based company said the flaw affects all Cisco devices that are configured for Cisco ITS (IOS Telephony Service), Cisco CME (CallManager Express) or…
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Storage, Security Convergence Isn’t Easy, but It’s Vital
The proposed merger of Veritas and Symantec could bring much-needed convergence between security and storage management. On the surface, it might seem like storage and security management have little to do with each other, but uniting these tools, although it would be a difficult and long-term undertaking, could greatly simplify end-to-end data management. A successful…
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IBM, Dell Bound for Sonoma
IBM and Dell Inc. are among several PC makers rolling out notebooks that take advantage of Intel Corp.’s new, speedy Sonoma chip set. Sonoma, the latest version of the popular Centrino chip set, will appear in 150 notebook models by year’s end, said Intel officials in Santa Clara, Calif. Sonoma features a 533MHz front-side bus…
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The European-U.S. Reseller Connection
Europe has eclipsed the United States as the world’s leading outsourcing market. That’s the analysis of TPI, which studies the global outsourcing market. According to the market researcher, Europe in 2004 represented 49 percent of the value of the major outsourcing deals awarded worldwide. TPI defines “major” as contracts worth more than 40 million EUR…
