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VeriSign Teams with Microsoft on Authentication
SAN FRANCISCO—VeriSign Inc. introduced on Wednesday a technology partnership with Microsoft Corp. that combines its strong authentication services with Windows Server 2003. VeriSign Chairman and CEO Stratton Sclavos plans to demonstrate the technology later in the day during a keynote presentation at the RSA Conference 2004 being held here. By working with Microsoft, VeriSign said…
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IBM Revs eServers
IBM is ramping up the processor speed and memory capacity of its high-end eServer p690 systems by offering 1.9GHz Power4+ processors in the eight- to 32-way servers. The upgrade comes a week after the Armonk, N.Y., company announced that a 32-way p690 set benchmark records for transaction processing, and that a German company, Juelich Research…
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HP to Launch Opteron-Powered Servers
Hewlett-Packard Co. executives on Tuesday will announce that they are going to use Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s 64-bit Opteron processor in some of their ProLiant servers, according to a source close to both companies. HP has scheduled a press conference for Tuesday morning in Houston to discuss the expansion of its industry-standard server line, which…
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Arrow Electronics Launches Government Growth Initiative
The federal government has allocated nearly $60 billion for computing, software and IT services and the MOCA Division of Arrow Electronics’ is working to insure Sun iForce partners take advantage of it. Today the division announced a new “Government Growth Initiative” program to help iForce partners take advantage of IT allocations in the federal government’s…
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Hitachi Names GE Access Distributor of the Year
Hitachi Data Systems this week named GE Access its ‘Distributor of the Year’ for 2003. “This award was designed to recognize the outstanding contributions a distributor makes to our business in a single year,” said Tom Valiante, VP of North America Channel Sales at Hitachi. “GE Access outperformed all other Hitachi distributors by generating the…
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Coming Soon to Centrino Notebooks—Linux
Lindows.com has announced a new version of its Linux operating system with support for portable computers based on the Intel Centrino platform. Although few observers see an immediate threat to Microsoft’s operating system franchise, according to Lindows.com officials, making Linux available on cost-effective notebooks has been a big request from PC manufacturers. The first Centrino…
