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Sun Weighs Open-Source Options
MENLO PARK, Calif.—Sun Microsystems Inc. is pondering the possibility of open-sourcing more of its software—this time with its next-generation 3-D windowing system, called Project Looking Glass, which is under development. When completed, Looking Glass will allow a new user experience through three-dimensional windowing capabilities on the desktop, making communications and collaboration easier. The software will…
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Microsoft Readies Redmond for Most Valuable Pros Summit
Microsoft Corp. this week will host about 1,500 of its Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) at its Redmond campus, where the software titan plans to announce big changes to how it incorporates their feedback into its product life cycles. The 1,500 attending this year’s summit hail from 65 countries across the globe and comprise more than…
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Channel Zone News Roundup–Week of March 29
Thursday, April 1 Hostway Joins Elite Group to Offer Red Hat Enterprise Linux CHICAGO– Hostway Corp., a provider of Web hosting and other managed services, became one of the first Web-hosting companies to offer Red Hat Enterprise Linux to its Linux dedicated server customers. Among the benefits customers will enjoy with Red Hat Enterprise Linux…
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Accenture Procures New Business Line
Technology consulting company Accenture announced today a new business process outsourcing company that focuses specifically on procurement processes. The new business line, Accenture Procurement Solutions, offers outsourced sourcing-to-settlement services to both corporate and government businesses. The idea is to offer strategic sourcing, procure-to-pay transaction processing, and supplier and contract management capabilities, coupled with services for…
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Offshore Winds: Outsourcing
With more than 150 stores in airports, hotels and high-end resorts throughout North America, Asia and the Pacific Rim, DFS Group Ltd. knows how to peddle life’s niceties to international travelers. But a policy of decentralized IT systems in far-flung locations had distracted the duty-free luxury-goods retailer’s attention from the finer points of efficient global…
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Health Care Industry Increases Use of Clinical Portals
The actual cost of drug development is a matter of debate, since companies are stingy when it comes to releasing data. But one thing’s certain: it’s not cheap. According to an estimate made last year by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, the cost of bringing a drug to market is $897…
