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HP to Launch Opteron-Powered Servers
Hewlett-Packard Co. executives on Tuesday will announce that they are going to use Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s 64-bit Opteron processor in some of their ProLiant servers, according to a source close to both companies. HP has scheduled a press conference for Tuesday morning in Houston to discuss the expansion of its industry-standard server line, which…
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Arrow Electronics Launches Government Growth Initiative
The federal government has allocated nearly $60 billion for computing, software and IT services and the MOCA Division of Arrow Electronics’ is working to insure Sun iForce partners take advantage of it. Today the division announced a new “Government Growth Initiative” program to help iForce partners take advantage of IT allocations in the federal government’s…
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Hitachi Names GE Access Distributor of the Year
Hitachi Data Systems this week named GE Access its ‘Distributor of the Year’ for 2003. “This award was designed to recognize the outstanding contributions a distributor makes to our business in a single year,” said Tom Valiante, VP of North America Channel Sales at Hitachi. “GE Access outperformed all other Hitachi distributors by generating the…
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Coming Soon to Centrino Notebooks—Linux
Lindows.com has announced a new version of its Linux operating system with support for portable computers based on the Intel Centrino platform. Although few observers see an immediate threat to Microsoft’s operating system franchise, according to Lindows.com officials, making Linux available on cost-effective notebooks has been a big request from PC manufacturers. The first Centrino…
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HP to Expand Server Line With AMD Chip
Hewlett-Packard Co. will release the first of its systems based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s Opteron chip later this quarter as it works to expand its ProLiant server line. The Palo Alto, Calif., company also has entered into a multi-year development and marketing agreement with AMD that will lead to future innovations based on AMD’s…
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Microsoft’s Lindows Fight Expands To Canada
Microsoft Corp. has opened a Canadian front in its continuing legal war with Lindows.com Inc. In this latest move, Microsoft filed a request for a permanent injunction at the Court of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, last week to stop Lindows.com from using Lindows, LindowsOS and other terms that conflict with Microsoft’s Windows trademark. If the…
