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Shopping for a $2 Billion Deal
Is Sears, Roebuck and Co. sold on Computer Sciences Corp? The answer to that question could be worth $2 billion over 10 years to CSC. The consulting firm and Sears say they have “agreed to enter into negotiations” on a potential outsourcing contract under which CSC will provide Sears with “start-of-the-art Information Technology infrastructure support…
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Analysts Predict Mild 2005 Recession for Semiconductors
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—The semiconductor industry looks likely to enter a mild recession in 2005, an analyst firm said Monday, following a healthy recovery that will continue through this year. According to analysts here at the Semico Summit, the slowdown in chip sales will be triggered by a number of factors, including lower sales of consumer electronics…
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IBM Beefs Up Linux SMB Incentive Program, Security Partnerships
IBM continues to ramp up its efforts to bring Linux to small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) and to migrate Windows users to Linux. The Armonk, N.Y., company on Tuesday increased incentives for its business partners who help SMBs implement Linux solutions. IBM doubled the financial incentive for partners who team up with distributors, resellers, consultants, integrators…
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Wall Street in a Selling Mood
A terrible week for channel stocks and broader market indexes ended with a muted rally as value investors swooped in for bargains. The Spain terror attacks, coupled with a weaker-than-expected consumer confidence report from the University of Michigan, undermined Wall Street and cut our Ziff Davis Channel Zone Stock Index by 2.97 percent for the…
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Comply—Or Else!
For the past few years, the big buzz in application and system design has been to “support business processes.” Unfortunately, many organizations have a blind spot in a critical area of business processes: compliance. The focus in new application development has often been on workflow, information flow and user interaction. Not enough attention is being…
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IBM Announces ISV Allies
IBM is slated to announce new developers and customers for its ISV Advantage for Industries and SMB programs. At the PartnerWorld conference in Las Vegas earlier this month, IBM announced that it will invest $1 billion this year in ISV programs, as well as its new ISV Advantage for Industries program. This week the Armonk,…
