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Cisco’s Chambers Sees Profits in Changing Business Processes
Honolulu, Hawaii—Cisco Systems President and CEO John Chambers introduced the company’s Opportunity Incentive Program to the more than 1,500 partners attending the annual Cisco Partner Summit here. Focusing on the importance of working with clients to change business processes as they introduce new technologies, he urged partners to reform their service offerings to emphasize the…
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FCC Begins Review of VOIP Communications
WASHINGTON—Federal regulators on Thursday took the first step on a journey that will likely lead to the end of the traditional public switched-telephone network and the migration of all voice traffic onto IP-based networks. While there may be twists and turns along the way, including detours set by the FBI, the destination points to more…
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W3C Approves Pair of Semantic Web Specs
The World Wide Web Consortium has announced the approval of two Semantic Web technologies as standards. Janet Daly, a spokeswoman for the W3C, of Cambridge, Mass., said the approval of the Resource Description Framework (RDF) and the Web Ontology Language (OWL) as W3C recommendations is likely to be one of the W3C’s most important announcements…
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Java Tools Subscribers Get Free Hardware
In a move likened to the cellular phone industry, Sun Microsystems Inc. has announced a promotion around its Java enterprise development platform where it will provide free hardware to developers who subscribe to the company’s Java-based enterprise development tools. Under the promotion announced Tuesday in San Francisco, Sun officials said developers who sign up for…
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The Windows Patch: What You Need to Know
On Tuesday February 10th, Microsoft released three new security updates to patch new vulnerabilities, one of which is catching a lot of attention. Security Update MS04-007 is rated as critical because it has the potential to leave a user of Windows NT, 2000, XP or 2003 Server open to an attack that could result in…
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Contract Watch: Computer Sciences Vies for Homeland Security Contact
When it comes to Homeland Security, Computer Sciences Corp. believes there’s safety in numbers. Indeed, the El Segundo, Calif.-based consulting firm has formed a team—spanning itself and 13 other companies—in a bid to win a $10 billion Homeland Security Contract, known as the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program. The program…
