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Disgruntled SAP to Oust Wag-Ed Agency?
A tabby tattler told the tawny titan that a deal may be brewing between e-marketplace maven Commerce One and SeeBeyond, an e-business integration company....
Tracking Down the Nasty Guys
In the formative days of organized crime—the Prohibition era of the 1920s—federal agents such as the legendary Eliot Ness knew exactly where to find...
Sharpening Customer Focus
Unica Corp., Blue Martini Software Inc. and Applix Inc. last week each announced new products designed to help bridge the customer information gap.The offerings...
Microsoft Hits Snags on Deals
Despite negotiating two settlement agreements, it appears increasingly unlikely that Microsoft Corp. will get a quick resolution of the antitrust actions dogging it.In a...
Get Over It: National IDs are on the Way
The time has come for a reasoned, national dialogue on the merits and dangers of a national ID. What is at stake is not...
Novell Teams With AltaVista
Any portal technology can be enhanced with a high-quality search engine. That is what Novell Inc. did earlier this month when it announced the...
Polycom Device Gets the Picture
Polycoms $599 ViaVideo appliance is an excellent option for sites that can afford peer-to-peer desktop videoconferencing. This USB device provides video, voice and data...
Dell Halts Itanium Workstation Production
Dell Computer Corp. is discontinuing its Itanium-based workstation due to slow sales, according to sources at the company. The withdrawal of the Dell Precision...
Countering the Critics
Reeling from mounting opposition to their proposed merger, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp. are stepping up their efforts to spin the deal in...
The Power of ID Management
The technology industry is famous for coming up with fancy labels that attempt to describe and simplify complex problems. Identity management is one of...