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  • Sun’s Project Mercury to Make Service a Product Feature

    John Hazard

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    Sun Microsystems is quietly at work on an initiative to develop and market maintenance and services as a feature of every product and solution. Project Mercury, as the effort is known within Sun, while seemingly more expensive up front, would lead to improved user experiences and better adoption of technology, Sun officials and partners familiar… Read more

  • Sun Changes Channel Strategy to Fill Gaps

    John Hazard

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    Sun Microsystems has relaunched its Partner Advantage Program with new requirements and rewards to compensate its channel for covering white space and pushing technology adoption. Partners will be rewarded less on how much they sell and more on what they sell, where they sell it and within what solution, to fill gaps in coverage—both geographically… Read more

  • IT to Become Career Gateway, Not Finish Line

    IT to Become Career Gateway, Not Finish Line

    Deborah Rothberg

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    The future enterprise technology career path will meander in and out of the IT department, according to research presented a Forrester teleconference on Aug. 22. "Enterprise IT is going through a metamorphosis. The career path is not as straightforward as it once might have been. You used to start as a programmer or operator and… Read more

  • Sun, Power Company to Offer Rebates

    Chris Preimesberger

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    Sun Microsystems and a major California power supplier, Pacific Gas & Electric, announced Aug. 15 an unusual joint incentive program that will give $700 to $1,000 per-unit rebates to Sun server customers for deploying newer machines that consume less electrical power. The Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 CoolThreads servers—which Sun claims are three to five… Read more

  • Interwise: A Versatile Way to Connect

    Interwise: A Versatile Way to Connect

    Michael Caton

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    For companies that want a fully integrated Web and voice conferencing solution—one that handles everything from conference landing pages to voice-only conferences—Interwise Connect 7.0 is a great choice. Click here to read the full review of Interwise Connect 7.0. For companies that want a fully integrated Web and voice conferencing solution—one that handles everything from… Read more

  • Survey: ‘Working 8 to 6’ the New Way to Make a Living

    Survey: ‘Working 8 to 6’ the New Way to Make a Living

    Deborah Rothberg

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    Nearly one-third of American workers say they are putting in longer hours and suffering more stress while at work, according to the findings of a survey released Aug. 21 by Melville, N.Y.-based Adecco, a workforce solutions company. In their Labor Day Snapshot of the American Worker report, Adecco finds that U.S. employees are no longer… Read more