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TechEd’s Desktop Push: Deploying Windows XP SP2
Disclaimer: Microsoft, Transmeta, Intel and VIA are clients of mine. SAN DIEGO—TechEd is one of three important shows from Microsoft, the other two being the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, focused on hardware companies; and the Professional Developers Conference, focused on developers. For IT, TechEd is the most important because it focuses on the people who…
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Microsoft to Take Cross-Product Integration a Step Further
SAN DIEGO—If you thought Microsoft was tightly integrating its products before, wait until you see what it’s planning to do in the future. Taking the company’s “integrated innovation” charge a step further, Andy Lees, the Microsoft corporate VP in charge of server and tools marketing, focused his Tuesday morning TechEd 2004 keynote here on the…
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CA Takes WLAN Management Plunge
Computer Associates International is planning its strongest play yet to manage wireless LANs comprehensively with a new system that offers greater automation and streamlines deployment. The new Unicenter Wireless Site Management (WSM) system, due in beta this week from the Islandia, N.Y., company, is designed to help customers overcome some of the hurdles that have…
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Microsoft CRM to Benefit from New Office Bridge
At its TechEd conference in San Diego, Microsoft on Monday released the technical beta of its Microsoft Office Information Bridge Framework, which will allow the company to form stronger ties between its Microsoft CRM application suite and the Office suite, company officials said. The Office integration framework will allow Microsoft Corp. to develop deeper levels…
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CA Open-Sources the Heart of Its Ingres Database
After Computer Associates International announced Monday at its annual CAWorld user conference in Las Vegas that it is open-sourcing its Ingres Enterprise Relational Database, early user feedback boiled down to one puzzled question: “Open-sourcing what?” “Ingres [covers] a pretty wide spectrum,” said Jason Schmidt, a senior consultant at Comprehensive Consulting Solutions Inc., in Clinton, Ohio.…
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Lindows Wins a Big One in Windows Trademark Suit
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday denied Microsoft’s appeal that the term “windows” be considered only as it is understood by the public today—not as it was when the company’s Windows was introduced in 1985—as the company’s trademark litigation against Lindows continues. The case has been sent back for trial to Judge…
