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AMD Names Chief Strategy Officer
Advanced Micro Devices on Monday named its first chief strategy officer in the company’s history, responsible for seeking out new markets and focusing the company’s direction. William T. “Billy” Edwards, previously vice president and general manager of AMD’s Personal Connectivity Solutions Group, will be promoted into his new role, AMD said. AMD said Iain Morris,…
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Announcements at PartnerWorld
Avnet Hall-Mark Announces New Services, Partnership Avnet Hall-Mark, a value-added distributor of IBM enterprise computing products, storage, software and services, made a series of announcements. The company has teamed with VBS Software, LLC, to offer a back-office solution specifically designed for resellers. Visual Business Suite is an ERP solution that focuses on reseller operations, accounting,…
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IBM to Sun: Open Up Java
IBM is calling Sun Microsystems Inc.’s bluff and asking the Java steward to join in developing an open-source implementation of Java. The Armonk, N.Y., company made the proposal in an open letter to Sun last week. Sun officials said they planned to meet with IBM to discuss the merits of working with IBM on an…
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Iona Debuts Mainframe App
Iona Technologies PLC.’s new Artix Mainframe integration software makes it possible to extend legacy mainframe applications into a service-oriented architecture, company officials said. The application, unveiled last week, exposes CICS or IMS transactions as Web services that are, in turn, accessible to other applications. Mainframe transactions can be made available to other applications—and to developers—to…
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Acxiom Proposes $37.5M European Acquisition
LITTLE ROCK, AK–Acxiom Corporation, a customer and information management solutions integrator, has extended an offer to acquire the Consodata companies in England, France, Spain and Germany from Turin-based Seat P.G for approximately $37.5 million. Seat, a leading multi-platform directories company, has granted Acxiom exclusivity on the proposed transaction. Under the terms of the offer, Seat…
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IBM Makes New Pitch for Partners
IBM hopes to gain the trust of ISVs and clear a path for their embrace of its technologies through a troika of new application development and integration tools, vertical-specific offerings, and an expanded partner ecosystem. The company plans to unveil these initiatives at its PartnerWorld conference in Las Vegas this week. If it can sell…
