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Apple’s Jobs Intros G5 Xserve
Addressing a performance gap between Apple Computer Inc.’s server line and its desktop models, CEO Steve Jobs on Tuesday cut the ribbon on Macworld Expo San Francisco with a PowerPC G5 version of the company’s Xserve rack-mounted server. Jobs also ushered in a new Mac OS X version of Microsoft Office and introduced a smaller…
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Macromedia’s Newest VP Looks to ‘Light Up’ Mobile Devices
Macromedia Inc. Tuesday announced the appointment of Juha Christensen, a former Microsoft Corp. executive, to the position of vice president of the company’s mobile and devices division. Christensen and Macromedia Vice President of Products Norm Meyrowitz spoke with eWEEK Senior Writer Darryl K. Taft about why Christensen came to Macromedia and the opportunity that lies…
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Java Tools Community Forms
A group of leading Java software companies Tuesday banded together to create the Java Tools Community (JTC), with the notable absence of two major players: IBM and Borland Software Corp. The JTC effort—led by Oracle Corp., BEA Systems Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc.—includes 10 founding companies intent on increasing Java “toolability” by promoting and developing…
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Planning Hardware Upgrades?
Four years after Y2K and the end-user hardware upgrades it inspired, IT decision makers again face a major refresh of desktops and notebooks. Cautious spending attitudes will continue to prevail in most industries, but PCs purchased prior to 2000 have long since reached the end of their life cycles. While many organizations began upgrading hardware…
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Happy New Year for Channel Stocks
Solutions providers, still savoring last year’s market rally, head into 2004 with continued momentum on Wall Street. For the week ended Jan. 2, 2004, our Ziff Davis Channel Zone Stock Index rose 2.61 percent to 1116.49. Winners beat decliners last week by the overwhelming margin of 5 to 1. Big winners include Sapient Corp. (SAPE,…
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Five Strategic Marketing Resolutions for the New Year
A technology services company CEO recently asked me to list, off the top of my head, five goals he should be sure his team includes in the 2004 company plan. I told him what I would tell most other companies in this industry. Resolution 1. We will improve real and perceived value enough to justify…
