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Tarantella Comes Back from the Dead
Most technology companies in trouble don’t have near-death experiences. They just die. Tarantella Inc., however, appears to be the exception that proves the rule. Since being spun off from the merger that produced The SCO Group Inc., Tarantella has been devoted to remote-access thin-client software, the Secure Global Desktop family. Citrix Systems Inc., with its…
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IBM Targets Financial, SMB Verticals with New Workplace Solutions
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—IBM on Tuesday unveiled a variety of new collaboration products and services here, mostly centered around its Lotus Workplace platform. The company announced a new role-based solution: IBM Workplace for Branch Banking. The package adds collaborative capabilities from Workplace and WebSphere Portal to retail banking applications. The company also announced Version 2.5 of its…
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Mozilla Launches Firefox 1.0
Mozilla Firefox 1.0 has launched following a two-month preview that drew 8 million downloads of the alternative Web browser. Early Tuesday morning, the Mozilla Foundation made Firefox 1.0 available for download. With the browser, the open-source development project hopes to attract more everyday Web users and snag 10 percent of the market in another year.…
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Microsoft to Update IE Before Longhorn? Maybe So
When asked whether Microsoft will release an updated version of its IE (Internet Explorer) browser before Longhorn ships in 2006, Microsoft’s pat answer is that it has no current plans to do so. IE is part of Windows, and that’s that, according to the Microsoft party line. But if you ask a slightly different question–whether…
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Cisco Reports Upbeat Earnings
Despite a continued tough spending environment for technology, Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday announced solid earnings and revenue growth for its recent fiscal quarter. Cisco met Wall Street expectations in earning $1.4 billion for its first fiscal quarter of 2005 on $6 billion in revenue. The company’s net income represented a 28.5 percent jump over…
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EMC Keeps Laying Down SMB Track
EMC’s recent acquisition of tiny Allocity Inc., the developer of an always-available e-mail storage solution, went virtually unnoticed by the storage world, but it may be indicative of a continuing trend at the company to expand its reach and better penetrate the small-business world. The acquisition, which closed Oct. 22, gives EMC full access to…
