Recent Articles
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2005 Headliners: RFID, SOA and SMB Specialists
One sure-fire, end-of-year prediction is that there will be numerous columns and articles featuring end-of-year predictions. What follows is my contribution: RFID Gets Real It’s hard to find a top-tier integrator who isn’t running a radio frequency identification practice. In 2005, their preparation may be rewarded. Entities from Wal-Mart to the Pentagon are pursuing large-scale…
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IBM’s Big Ticket to China
There’s a lot more than what meets the eye with IBM’s deal to sell its Personal Computer Division to Lenovo Group Ltd. for $1.75 billion. IBM has set in motion a multifaceted strategy that allows it to exit a low-margin PC business but, through an 18.9 percent investment in Lenovo, be able to continue to…
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HP, Cisco to Share Global Support
Hewlett-Packard Co. and Cisco Systems Inc. are teaming to provide large customers with combined network maintenance and support services around the globe. As a part of their worldwide services alliance, the vendors will co-brand HP Network Services with the Cisco Support program, providing a single face to customers and a seamless handoff of problem resolution…
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IBM Assures Customers They Won’t Get Burned
In preparing to sell its Personal Computer Division to Lenovo Group Ltd., IBM is assuring customers that they will not get burned in the same manner that users did in the wake of Hewlett-Packard Co.’s acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. three years ago, with nixed product lines and mixed messages. “We were an HP shop…
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IT Moves Into Voice Communications
IT companies are digging further into voice communications, forcing change to traditional telephony that could leave a century-old communications industry unrecognizable in short order. As the telephone carriers struggle to adapt to packet-based networking, data companies are quickly adopting voice strategies of their own. Moreover, VOIP (voice over IP) is forcing the convergence not only…
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Despite Compliance, Microsoft Not Giving Up the Fight
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said it will take immediate steps to provide secret server communications protocols to competitors and to provide a version of Windows without an integrated media player, in compliance with the decision of the European Competition Commission, upheld by the European Union’s Court of First Instance. Nevertheless, the company is keeping its…
