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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…
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Microsoft Backpedals on Exchange Security Roadmap
Microsoft Corp. Wednesday disclosed that it will not ship—as a separate product—its Exchange Edge Services, a set of e-mail security and anti-spam enhancements for Exchange Server. In May, Microsoft said it would roll out Exchange Edge Services in 2005. The package was expected to provide support for identification standards, such as SPF (Sender Policy Framework),…
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Microsoft to Immediately Comply with EU Remedies
A European Union judge has denied Microsoft Corp. a reprieve from the antitrust penalties imposed by the European Commission in March—a serious blow to Microsoft’s case. Microsoft said it would begin complying with the order immediately. In a 91-page decision issued on Wednesday morning, Judge Bo Vesterdorf, the president of the EU’s Court of First…
