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LPI Releases Top-Level Linux Certification
After years in the making—and after some people had given up on ever seeing it—the distribution-neutral Linux Professional Institute and its affiliate, LPI-Japan, have finally jointly launched the LPIC-3 certification program. The LPIC-3 represents the highest level of distribution-neutral Linux certification within the industry and is targeted at Linux professionals providing IT services at the…
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Survey: Microsoft’s Corporate Reputation Ranks Supreme
Jumping seven places from its rank the year prior, Microsoft came in first place in national corporate reputation according to a survey released by Harris Interactive on Feb. 1. Falling behind Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson ranked second in corporate reputation, and 3M ranked number three. “Sixty-nine percent of respondents rated the reputation of corporate America…
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New Homes for Old PCs
Starting very soon, the One Laptop Per Child project will begin limited deployments of the “$100 laptop” to children in several developing nations. This will be the first step in what is hoped will be a full deployment to about seven countries by the end of 2007. As I’ve written in the past, I’m a…
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Attenex Upgrades E-Discovery Software Platform
E-discovery software provider Attenex on Feb. 1 introduced a new version of a software package that enables corporations and their law firms to standardize e-mail and document accessibility and provide marked reductions in the time, effort and costs associated with the processes. The Attenex Patterns 4.0 software suite contains more than 50 new features and…
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IT Pros Prepare to Spring Forward
Daylight-saving time kicks off two weeks early this year, leaving technology professionals scrambling to avoid it wreaking havoc on IT systems. The 2005 act amended the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which simplified the official pattern of daylight-saving time, changing the start and end dates to extend it by four weeks. Starting in 2007, clocks…
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Indian Vendor, Cyberoam, Launches US Channel at RSA
Unified threat management provider Cyberoam, a division of Elitecore Technologies, is promising 100 percent indirect sales to partners as it prepares to launch its U.S. channel program at the RSA Conference in San Francisco the week of Feb. 5. The company, based in Ahmedabad, India, with U.S. headquarters in Newburyport, Mass., will also launch an…
