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  • Send the Marines to Language Lab

    Send the Marines to Language Lab

    Alison Diana

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    They train for weeks, learning combat and disarmament skills, educating themselves in psychological and physical warfare—as well as foreign languages and cultures. In fact, while they are the few and the proud, even the Marines can need help when it comes to assimilating and operating in a foreign land, dealing with different languages and ways… Read more

  • Dell to Launch AMD Server

    Dell to Launch AMD Server

    John G. Spooner

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    Dell will use Advanced Micro Devices’ Opteron chip. The Austin, Texas, PC maker has long been an Intel shop. But it intends to change that later in 2006, when it will begin offering a multi-processor AMD Opteron server. Dell, which announced its first-quarter earnings May 18, said in a statement that it would begin offering… Read more

  • Toshiba to Add Wireless VOIP

    Toshiba to Add Wireless VOIP

    Wayne Rash

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    Toshiba America will start selling wireless voice-over-IP phones and a wireless PDA to work with its Stratus CIX series of IP PBX equipment, the company said. The products, two wireless phones and a wireless combination phone/PDA using Windows Mobile, are available through Toshiba dealers starting May 18. The company did not release pricing for the… Read more

  • IBM, SAP, Partners to Drive Business Operation Innovation

    IBM, SAP, Partners to Drive Business Operation Innovation

    John Hazard

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    SAP and IBM announced plans May 17 to leverage IBM’s access to research and its business partner community to drive business operation innovation on its MySAP All-in-One platform. IBM Global Business Services will resell All-in-One solutions, built by All-in-One ISVs, through IBM Business Partners in five verticals—wholesale distribution, life sciences, industrial machinery and construction, and… Read more

  • HP to Consolidate Global Data Centers

    HP to Consolidate Global Data Centers

    Jeffrey Burt

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    Hewlett-Packard is consolidating its 85 data centers worldwide into six centers in the United States, a move the company said will save $1 billion in IT costs over the next few years and give it a chance to showcase its adaptive infrastructure capabilities. The data centers will be spread between three cities, with two facilities… Read more

  • Avnet Taps Channel Veteran Alvarez to Lead HP Unit

    Avnet Taps Channel Veteran Alvarez to Lead HP Unit

    John Hazard

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    Distributor Avnet on May 15 announced Rick Alvarez, vice president of sales at Avnet Partner Solutions, as the new head of its Hewlett-Packard Business Unit. Alvarez assumes the role as vice president and general manager of the HP unit, a position Jim Kleeman left in February after two years at the helm. Alvarez is tasked… Read more