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TechEd 2004: It’s All About the Service Packs
Integration and security will be the watchwords at Microsoft’s annual Tech Ed 2004 conference, which will kick off Monday in San Diego. The Microsoft brass will be on tap to talk up the benefits of “integrated innovation” (whether or not they actually use the company’s favorite catch phrase). For example, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer as…
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CA Offers White Box Software Program for SMB, SOHO and Home Markets
Computer Associates International Inc. has announced a comprehensive program to enable builders of “white box” PCs, servers and notebooks to deliver added value and differentiate their systems by leveraging CA’s security, storage and PC migration solutions for the SMB, SOHO and home markets. This represents a shift in CA’s white box reseller approach. The company…
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IOS Theft and Telephony: Something New to Worry About
I assured readers with my first column that my job here is to report on VOIP, not to praise it. Which is why I’m just as eager as anyone to get a read on the potential seriousness of the Cisco IOS source code theft and its implications for the reliability of IP-based communications. As reported…
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EMC Unveils NAS Gateway for Windows SMB Market
EMC is diving deeper into the elusive, Windows-dominated small and midsize business depths with a lower-end alternative for its entry-level network-attached storage gateway NetWin family. The storage titan on Thursday unveiled the NetWin 110, which is scheduled to ship in early June for $6,100. The Microsoft Windows Storage Server-based NetWin 110 provides SMBs with a…
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Cometa Pulls the Plug on Wi-Fi
Strapped for investment capital, Wi-Fi provider Cometa Networks announced on Wednesday that it plans to suspend operations after less than 18 months in business. AT&T, IBM, Intel and two venture capital firms launched the collaborative venture in December 2002 to aggregate and wholesale wireless hot spot services. In March of 2003, Cometa gained prominence as…
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The Allure of Software as a Service
How has the enterprise software business changed in the post-dot-bomb era? If there’s one thing, it’s that there’s now an emphasis on right-now value. Perhaps that’s because customers are more in-charge of their vendor relationships than they have been in the past. It used to be that enterprise vendors—hardware and software both—and their corporate IT…
