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Vintela: Microsoft’s Secret Unix/Linux Weapon?
Microsoft made a minority investment Monday in Unix/Linux management vendor Vintela. Neither Microsoft nor Lindon, Utah-based Vintela would comment on the size of the investment. But sources said the amount was less than $10 million. Vintela has acted as a key participant in Microsoft’s Unix/Linux interoperability strategy. Nonetheless, Vintela is an unlikely Microsoft partner. Vintela…
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Sun Adds Application Switching to Its Bag of Tricks
Sun Microsystems Inc. is moving into the application switch market with its announcement Monday of the Sun Secure Application Switch N2000 Series. The N2000 application switch family is based on technology acquired from Nauticus Networks in January 2004. It is designed to improve system availability, performance and security for distributed network applications. Like all application…
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HP’s Compaq X PC Uses New Pentium 4
Hewlett-Packard has announced the next iteration in its Compaq X gaming PC line, which uses the new 3.8-GHz Pentium 4 570. The launch of Intel’s new chip was expected, the last entrant in Intel’s single-core processor line. Analysts called the chip “a glimmer” of what the original Prescott could have been. Intel’s new chip costs…
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Skype Update Fixes Security Issue
A new release of the Windows version of the Skype VOIP program fixes a bug that could allow a remote attacker to compromise a Skype user’s computer. The new version, 1.0.0.100, can be downloaded from the Skype Web site. Check out eWEEK.com’s for the latest news, views and analysis on voice over IP and telephony.
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Novell Desktop Linux Sails into the Channel
On Nov. 12 Novell Inc. and its channel partners smashed the proverbial champagne bottle over the nose of Novell Linux Desktop 9, powered by SuSE Linux. The new Novell desktop is founded on a marriage of the GUI talent Novell acquired with Ximian, which powered the open-source GNOME project, and SuSE Linux AG. “Novell people…
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Out with the Old IT
The typical three-year generational turnover in technology means organizations perpetually have excess equipment on their hands. And while the emphasis in IT is generally on the new, the disposal of the old presents logistical, environmental and security challenges. How does one integrate the handling of obsolete items into an overarching IT lifecycle management program? What…
