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WebMD Builds Access to Payers with ViPS Buy
WebMD Corp., which eases transactions between health care providers and payers, announced Monday that it plans to expand its empire by acquiring IT consultant and developer ViPS Inc. for $160 million. Privately held ViPS, based in Baltimore, provides health care consulting and data management services. Its clients include government, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and…
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Two Critical Fixes Top MS List for IE, Outlook Express Bugs
Microsoft issued seven security bulletins Tuesday, two of them designated “critical,” for various versions of Windows and associated products. The company recommends that all Windows users apply the critical updates immediately. One of the critical bulletins, MS04-023, titled “Vulnerability in HTML Help Could Allow Code Execution,” addresses vulnerabilities in the Windows HTML Help system that…
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Wireless Chip Maker Fuels Call for Multiduty Access Points
WLAN (wireless LAN) hardware manufacturers are gearing up to take advantage of new silicon that promises to increase range and decrease the price of enterprise access points. Chip maker Engim Inc. this week will introduce a high-capacity wireless LAN chip set, which officials said will be used by several major access point manufacturers in products…
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Salesforce.Com Upgrade Pumps Up Forecasting
Salesforce.com inc. is preparing an upgrade to its hosted CRM (customer relationship management) service that addresses a long-standing complaint with such offerings—limited customization. The new forecasting capabilities in the Salesforce.com Summer ’04 release, due this month, will go a long way toward serving enterprises’ divergent forecasting needs, sources close to the San Francisco company said.…
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IBM, Veritas Gird Users for Upgrades
A pair of storage developers, anticipating a “perfect storm” of convergence and massive enterprise application upgrades, are rearchitecting their respective wares to help the masses manage major migration projects. IBM and Veritas Software Corp. are updating their storage management software lines with enhanced virtualization and replication technologies that officials at each company said will help…
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Microsoft to Roll Out XP SP2 in August
Microsoft Corp. officials on Monday said that the company plans to release its long-awaited Service Pack 2 for Windows XP in August. Until today, the company had said only that the update would be available this summer. Microsoft last month released a second release candidate of the service pack, an unusual move for an interim…
