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EDS Sells Product Lifecycle Management Business
Eager to pay down mounting debt, Electronic Data Systems Corp. will sell a profitable software development subsidiary to three investment firms for more than $2 billion in cash, officials said Sunday. The Plano, Texas services giant said Bain Capital LLC, Silver Lake Partners LP, and Warburg Pincus LLC had agreed to purchase its UGS PLM…
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Cisco Buys VPN Software Vendor
Networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. will pay $5 million in cash for Twingo Systems, a Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of desktop security tools for SSL (Secure Socket Layer) VPNs, announced officials today. SSL VPNs, unlike more traditional IPSec VPNs, let users remotely access corporate networks without having client software installed on their machines. Instead, users…
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‘Laguna’ SQL Server for CE Release on Tap
Microsoft Corp. will use its Mobile DevCon later this month to talk up its next release of its SQL Server CE platform, Version 3.0, code-named Laguna. Like Yukon—the next version of the full-fledged SQL Server release—Laguna is unlikely to debut before mid-2005. Microsoft officials acknowledged earlier this week that Yukon won’t ship by the end…
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IBM, HP Give SMBs More Server Options
Small and midsize businesses continue to get the attention of major OEMs, who are offering upgraded systems targeted at the increasingly coveted customers. IBM on Thursday will unveil upgraded single-processor tower and rack-optimized servers that include such standard features as simple-swap serial ATA drives, integrated IBM ServerRAID 7e RAID-1 capabilities for mirroring the hard drive,…
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HP Playing Security Catch-up
Not wanting to be left behind by rivals IBM, Novell Inc. and others in the security game, Hewlett-Packard Co. on Thursday announced that it has agreed to acquire TruLogica Inc., a small identity management vendor. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. TruLogica, based in Dallas, is known in the industry for taking an…
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An Alliance Model That Works: Teaming Systems Integrators and Technology Vendors
Whether aiming for increased revenue or market share, most technology vendors have initiated –or are planning-a major alliance with a big systems integrator (SI) and vice versa. These alliances are never easy and frequently fail. Both internal and external pressures work to drive these two organizations apart. However, blending vision, process, strong leadership, accountability and…
