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Microsoft Zeros In on Lotus
A cadre of former Lotus software employees is leading a reinvigorated push at Microsoft Corp. to lure Lotus customers to .Net with new products and services. Over the next six to eight months, the Redmond, Wash., company plans to roll out a series of initiatives, including a tool kit, due this summer, that allows Domino…
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Contract Watch: Accenture and HP Close Online Store
Fourteen months after Hewlett-Packard Co. and Accenture Ltd. unveiled the first “HP Store on eBay,” the specialized online site is now dark. Accenture launched and managed the HP Store in November 2002 as part of its “Connection to eBay” (C2E) strategy. The HP Store offered refurbished PCs, workstations, servers, handhelds, printers and accessories. Accenture charged…
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VARs Await 64-bit Desktop Apps
Advanced Micro Device’s new 64-bit Athlon chip may well set the market on fire later this year. That’s the take of many VARs and solution providers. But while AMD’s 64-bit Opteron chip for servers is already finding its way into the enterprise, the Athlon desktop market has been slow to catch fire in the enterprises,…
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GE Access Launches New Online Tools for Partners
GE Access, a value-added distributor of complex computing systems including security, storage and networking, today announced a new partner program focused on automating online orders and allowing solution providers to better collaborate and manage their business with GE Access. Called Partner Connect, the program offers a set of online tools that are part of a…
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Biometrics, Trusted Computing Key to Securing Laptops, Handhelds
Now that the U.S. government has announced it is using fingerprint readers to authenticate foreign visitors, it’s time to revisit the use of this technology for securing laptop and handheld computers. One advantage to fingerprint readers, or biometrics in general, is that there are no passwords to forget or cards to lose. On the other…
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Oracle’s Linux Boss Gears Up for Grid
The latest Linux salvo to come from Oracle Corp. will arrive at LinuxWorld in New York on Wednesday. That’s when Dave Dargo, vice president of Oracle’s Linux Program Office and the Performance Engineering team within the Platform Technologies Division, takes the keynote stage to detail the challenges companies will face as they standardize on Linux…
