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Customers Question Microsoft’s ERP Intentions
Following reports that Microsoft delivered a sworn statement to the Department of Justice (DOJ) earlier this year claiming it had no intentions to enter the enterprise ERP market for at least two years, some company watchers were skeptical. But given Monday’s disclosure by Microsoft that it held merger talks late last year with ERP market…
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EMC Gets Jump on Gov’t Compliance
EMC Corp. is leveraging its Legato and Documentum divisions to build tightly knit hardware, software and services packages to help guide customers through a minefield of growing data retention and e-mail archiving compliance concerns. The EMC Proven preconfigured and tested bundles will relieve enterprise customers of the burden of figuring out where in the various…
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Interlink Brings Enterprise Wi-Fi Security to SMBs
Interlink Networks rolled out Monday a software-based wireless security product that aims to bring high-end enterprise security to small businesses in a setup that’s as easy to configure as security codes in a garage door opener. At least that’s the goal of Mike Klein, president and CEO of Interlink, who believes that small businesses have…
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Low-End Systems Lead Server Demand
Recent reports by the leading market research companies show that worldwide server sales continue to rise, indicating that enterprises are beginning to loosen their purse strings for IT infrastructure purchases. Check out eWEEK.com’s Infrastructure Center at http://infrastructure.eweek.com for the latest news, views and analysis on servers, switches and networking protocols for the enterprise and small…
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GAO: Government Agencies Need Help With Patch Management
A new General Accounting Office report recommends centralized patch management services to help protect government systems against software vulnerabilities. The GAO study of 24 executive branch agencies found that although they are building system inventories, a vital first step in the process, most have no formal process for patching and many do not test patches…
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Accenture Lands High-Tech Border Security Contract
The Department of Homeland Security this week awarded a contract to Accenture LLC to oversee a program to track millions of foreign visitors to the United States using biometrics, such as digital photographs and fingerprints. The project, officially called US-VISIT, will track foreign visitors to ensure they do not overstay their visas. One of the…
