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New IBM Partner Program Looks to Key Industries
LAS VEGAS—IBM Tuesday will announce a new approach to seeking business partners in select industries. At the IBM PartnerWorld conference here, Buell Duncan, IBM’s general manager of independent software vendor and developer relations, told eWEEK that the company will announce Tuesday a new program to target key industries from which the Armonk, N.Y., systems giant…
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IBM’s Palmisano to Partners: Future Is On Demand
LAS VEGAS—IBM’s oft-misunderstood on-demand strategy, though still evolving, lies at the heart of the company’s message to customers, partners and suppliers. It was to IBM’s partners that the company’s leader attempted to shed light on the subject here Monday. IBM Chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano opened the IBM PartnerWorld 2004 conference with an extension of…
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Microsoft Releases BizTalk Server 2004
Initially expected at the end of 2003, BizTalk Server 2004 is living up to its name. It’s available now, in the first quarter of 2004. Microsoft Corp announced Tuesday afternoon the latest version of its BizTalk integration platform with much fanfare—and a new focus on business process management and integration. This is the company’s third…
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Canadian Companies Forge Wi-Fi Roaming Agreement
In an unprecedented move that may help Wi-Fi roaming become a reality, four Canadian wireless firms signed an “inter-carrier agreement” to use common standards for the interoperability of their public Wi-Fi networks. By simplifying access, the Canadian firms hope they’ve found the hot spot for hot spots. According the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications industry association, the…
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Intel Launches Revved-Up Xeon MP
End users should see a 15 percent to 25 percent performance increase when using systems powered by Intel Corp.’s upgraded Xeon MP processor, company officials said Tuesday. At a press conference in New York, Richard Dracott, general manager of enterprise marketing and planning for Intel’s Enterprise Platform Group, said the new “Gallatin” chips—which include a…
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Former WorldCom CEO Indicted
Bernard Ebbers, former CEO of WorldCom Inc.— now doing business as MCI— was indicted today for conspiracy and securities fraud for his alleged role in inflating the value of the company’s stock in light of its weakening financial condition. The charges came shortly after the company’s former chief financial officer, Scott Sullivan, pleaded guilty to…
