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  • The Path to Linux Success

    The Path to Linux Success

    Jason Brooks

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    Virtualization and Linux can be a match made in heaven, which is why enterprise Linux heavyweights Red Hat and Novell are pushing so hard to make support for virtualization a highlight of their respective mainstream Linux operating systems. Also recognizing this potential—but pursuing a markedly different tack toward realizing it—is rPath, a company that offers… Read more

  • Microsoft Preps Answer to Google Pack

    Microsoft Preps Answer to Google Pack

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Microsoft’s latest Windows Live offering is for the most part not a new service at all, but rather a one-time download that includes a subset of the available Live applications, much like the Google Pack. Called Windows Live Essentials, the program also features a new application called Windows Live Dashboard. The Dashboard would show the… Read more

  • Group’s Standard Aims to Extinguish Fears over Notebook Fires

    Group’s Standard Aims to Extinguish Fears over Notebook Fires

    John G. Spooner

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    PC makers, including Dell, are getting to work on notebook fire prevention. Executives from companies, including Apple Computer, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo Group, all members of the electronic products standard group IPC’s OEM Critical Components Committee, plan to meet in September 2006 to begin work on a manufacturing standard for lithium-ion battery cells they expect… Read more

  • IBM to Acquire Internet Security Systems for $1.3 Billion

    IBM to Acquire Internet Security Systems for $1.3 Billion

    Scott Ferguson

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    IBM announced on Aug. 23 that it is acquiring Internet Security Systems, a maker of network security and appliances, for $1.3 billion, or $28 per share. The purchase of ISS, the fifth largest in IBM’s history, is the fourth acquisition for Big Blue since the start of August. In less than four weeks, the Armonk,… Read more

  • Bush Order Aims to Pump Up Health IT

    Bush Order Aims to Pump Up Health IT

    M.L. Baker

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    President Bush on Aug. 22 issued an executive order directing agencies that administer or support most health insurance programs to implement “interoperable” technology standards when acquiring or upgrading equipment. The order also requires that agencies provide clear quality measurements and pricing information. Finally, agencies must create incentive programs to improve health care, such as providing… Read more

  • NEC Brings Managed IP Telephony to SMBs

    NEC Brings Managed IP Telephony to SMBs

    Paula Musich

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    SAN FRANCISCO—NEC Unified Solutions took the concept of hosted IP telephony services a bit farther here at VoiceCon by introducing its Managed IP Telephony Services. The new service, aimed at SMBs (small and midsize businesses), provides a fully managed monthly subscription service without requiring that customers buy the IP telephony equipment. For SMBs still using… Read more