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Software Chief Gives IBM a Vertical Push
Although the IBM Software Group generates billions of dollars of revenue for IBM each year, it is a nimble multibillion-dollar division. Responding to an evolution in the buying patterns of its customers, the Somers, N.Y., group late last year pushed into high gear an initiative to embrace vertical-industry customers through comprehensive middleware solutions. Steve Mills,…
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NEC 4-Way Server Is Fault-Tolerant
NEC Solutions (America) Inc. is unveiling a four-processor, fault-tolerant server designed to bring higher availability to data centers. The Express5800/340Hb-R, which will be released this week, features redundant components—including processors, motherboards, storage and power units—that run in lock step. If one fails, the second takes over, with no data loss, said officials at the Rancho…
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iSCSI, NAS Rev Storage Over IP
With the availability of iSCSI systems, IP storage is giving IT managers the storage consolidation and flexibility they need without the added complexity and financial burden associated with Fibre Channel SANs. As recently as two years ago, IT managers had two choices for networked storage: block-level storage using Fibre Channel SANs (storage area networks) or…
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Computer Horizons Keeps RNC Networks Running
Computer Horizons Corp., which led the IT efforts for this month’s Republican National Convention in New York, is no stranger to setting up temporary networks under pressure. After the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the Mountain Lakes, N.J., company helped New York City’s Office of Emergency Management get an ad hoc network up and…
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Supply Chain Help on the Way
SeeCommerce Inc. and Oracle Corp. are rolling out upgrades to their respective enterprise applications that give manufacturers the ability to better maintain control when dealing with partners and suppliers. SeeCommerce, of Palo Alto, Calif., last week unveiled Version 5.0 of its SeeChain software that has tools that enable users to maintain control over inventory. Oracle,…
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IBM Scales the Vertical Industry
Seizing on a growing trend among small and large enterprises alike, the IBM Software Group has spent the better part of the past year quietly executing a far-reaching plan to create bundled middleware solutions for specific vertical industries. The effort, which officials said has been loosely ongoing since the late 1990s, came into sharp focus…
