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Desktop Linux To-Do List
For Linux to become a real competitor to Windows on the desktop, Linux distributors must refine their software installation and management systems. There are some loose ends that need to be tied up and some tricky legal knots to unravel. In this week’s issue, I review the latest Linux distributions from MandrakeSoft and Novell’s SuSE…
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Landmark Overhauls Management Tools
When working at a landmark restaurant, change is sometimes not as welcome as the customers. But in the case of the Buffalo Brewpub, in Williamsville, N.Y., it was just what the IT manager ordered. The pub had been using the same proprietary restaurant management system for 10 years. Generally speaking, the system was akin to…
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Hilton, HSI: Long-Term Partners
When Hilton Hotels Corp. was set to open a major conference center and hotel in Omaha, Neb., several months ago, the company reserved a room for Hospitality Solutions International Inc., of Scottsdale, Ariz. HSI designs POS (point-of-sale) hospitality systems for major hotels and restaurant chains around the world, and the solutions provider’s relationship with Hilton…
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Hyatt Flies High on Wi-Fi
Responding to increasing customer demand, Hyatt International Corp. last year embarked on a mission to spread wireless LANs throughout its hotels around the world. But it didn’t do so lightly. Before making a move, the Chicago-based hospitality company launched an exhaustive study of Wi-Fi, interviewing prospective service providers and current customers in an effort to…
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CA Wants Focus Back on Products
As it digs out from the rubble of government investigations, accounting scandals and executive shake-ups, Computer Associates International Inc. is hoping to shift some attention back to its products when it announces a handful of upgrades in two weeks at its CA World conference. Much of the news at CA World, which starts May 23…
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The Channel’s Longhorn Concerns
Microsoft spent a lot of time at WinHEC touting Longhorn, but was the big push mainly a defensive move against Mac OS X and Linux? Some channel members think so. Observers also predict problems—either major or minor—with driver support for Microsoft’s next release of Windows, which is now targeted at release next year. However, channel…
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