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Intel, Others Tout Innovative Chips at CES
Seeking to take some share of the spotlight at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a number of microprocessor vendors offered the media and attendees a peek at forthcoming chip sets. Some vendors revealed more than others. Intel Corp. CEO Craig Barrett on Thursday looked forward to the company’s launch of its next-generation…
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Microsoft Overhauls Small Business Manager
Microsoft has enhanced and rebranded its Microsoft Business Solutions Small Business Manager, which is designed for use by small businesses in the United States and Canada with 10 to 49 employees. Now called Microsoft Small Business Financials 8.0, it includes additional accounting and financial management functionality as well as other improvements. According to Microsoft, many…
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Cisco Eyes Airespace in Wi-Fi LAN Switch Realm
Rumors were flying among several industry sources last week that Cisco Systems Inc. is in serious talks to acquire wireless LAN switch startup Airespace Inc. The networking giant may pay at least $400 million for Airespace, and a document detailing the terms of the deal is under consideration by the Department of Justice, sources said.…
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StorageTek Hones ILM Strategy with Cisco Deal
StorageTek, a company that is pushing its ILM (Information Lifecycle Management) agenda more strongly than ever these days, has just struck a deal with Cisco Systems to resell its intelligent directors and fabric switches. The agreement adds Cisco to StorageTek’s growing list of partners, including Brocade Communications Systems Inc. and McData Corp. Under the terms…
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Microsoft to Serve Up Monthly Virus Zapper
Continuing its recent spate of security moves, Microsoft Corp. on Thursday said it plans to release a virus detection and removal tool on Jan. 11. The antivirus fighter will be updated on the second Tuesday of every month as part of the company’s scheduled software patching cycle. Meanwhile, exactly three weeks after acquiring anti-spyware startup…
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Take My Software. Please.
Almost five years ago, JDS Uniphase Corp., a go-go growth company that made super-high-tech optical components, signed a deal with Oracle Corp. to outsource its enterprise resource planning software, using an application service provider model that was supposed to be the next next thing in corporate information technology. It was a marriage made in hype…
