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IBM to Resell InfiniBand Switches
IBM’s increased interest in InfiniBand could help in making the high-speed interconnect technology, heretofore confined primarily to high-performance-computing applications, more easily available to a broader enterprise audience. IBM last week said it had entered into a five-year deal to resell Topspin Communications Inc.’s InfiniBand switches for use with its mainframe zSeries servers; Intel Corp.-based xSeries…
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Offshore Outsourcing Hits Paychecks
Foote Partners reported last week that sending IT jobs overseas is causing domestic IT salaries to slip for the third quarter in a row. The management and IT work force research company also found that application development certifications lost nearly 18 percent of their value of the past two years; Webmaster/Internet certifications were down 22.7…
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Mass. Softens Buying Policy
Massachusetts has finalized its IT acquisition policy for its $80 million IT budget, moving away from what originally appeared to be an open-source mandate. The administration of Gov. Mitt Romney last week finalized a new open-standards policy for IT acquisitions, basing the criteria for government IT procurements on “best value” and setting guidelines to help…
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3Com Turns on Switch 7700R
As part of its re-entry into the core switching and routing space, 3Com Corp. last week added the next family member in its Switch 7700 line with a high-availability version. The Switch 7700R is the second member of the chassis-based LAN switch line to come out of the Marlboro, Mass., company’s joint venture with Huawei…
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IBM, Sybase Eye Linux for Data Management
Responding to increasing demand from customers eager to drive Linux capabilities deeper into the enterprise, database vendors IBM and Sybase Inc. are forging ahead with enhanced Linux support for their respective products. IBM this week will provide users with a glimpse of new Linux support and features in the next upgrade of its DB2 Universal…
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Windows 98: It’s Not Dead Yet
Microsoft last week bowed to customer pressure and announced that it will continue extended support for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows Millennium Edition until June 30, 2006. Support for Windows 98 and 98 SE was to be phased out last week, with support for Windows ME due to stop Dec. 31. But…
