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New Symbol CEO Talks Strategy
For more than a year, Bill Nuti has been riding shotgun at Symbol Technologies Inc. Now, he’s finally in the driver’s seat as the company’s newly appointed CEO. Customers, partners and Symbol insiders applaud the move. And for good reason. Nuti joined Symbol as president and chief operating officer in July 2002, and has spent…
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Java Tools Community Effort Back on Track
The effort to build a tight-knit organization to support advancements in Java development is set to take off next month, and possibly as early as next week, sources said. The effort, initially reported in eWEEK and originally known as the Java Tools Community (JTC), will feature several leading Java tool vendors working to link their…
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MySQL CEO Mickos Addresses Critics, Looks to Open-Source Growth
Few can expect any open source-related news to escape its share of both withering scorn and good insight from venues such as Slashdot. This premise held true when a recent, independent study done by Reasoning Inc. claimed that open source database MySQL was some 6 times cleaner than comparable proprietary code. With the comments on…
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MySQL: The Dissing and the Defense
Here’s a select sampling of what Slashdot users had to say about the recent, independent study of MySQL code on the part of Reasoning Inc. To read the whole string, click here. Not only is it hard to define defect (and it is very obvious that some defects are worse than others), but this code…
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Contract Watch: Citrix Makes Partner Play
Citrix Systems Inc. is ringing in the New Year with a new certification program for its MetaFrame software suite. The Citrix Certified Integration Architect (CCIA) prepares integrators to analyze, design, test, rollout and support multi-user environments running Citrix’s software. The certification program includes a series of exams and hands-on lab tests. I’ve got to admit:…
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What’s Ahead for Microsoft Worldwide Services?
There was some turmoil in Microsoft’s worldwide services organizations in late November, when Corporate VP Michael Sinneck abruptly resigned to “pursue opportunities outside of Microsoft.” Microsoft quickly appointed its chief information officer, Rick Devenuti, to act as both CIO and the head of worldwide services. Coming from IBM Global Services, Sinneck was a big catch…
