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Veritas Buys Ejasent for $59 Million
Targeting improved application virtualization capabilities, Veritas Software Corp. on Wednesday announced it had reached agreement to purchase Ejasent Inc. as part of a $59...
IBM to Manufacture Via Esther Processor
Via Technologies Inc. said Tuesday that it plans to allow IBM Microelectronics Inc. to manufacture its next-generation "Esther" processor.Vias decision is another feather in...
Microsoft Posts Anti-Blaster Tool for Home Users
Microsoft has made available for download a tool for home users running Windows XP and/or Windows 2000 (with Service Pack 2 or higher) that...
Contract Watch: Big Consultants Put on Notice
It took Pete Rose 14 years to come clean and admit that he bet on baseball. Unlike Rose, IBM took a matter of months...
Apples Jobs Intros G5 Xserve
Addressing a performance gap between Apple Computer Inc.s server line and its desktop models, CEO Steve Jobs on Tuesday cut the ribbon on Macworld...
Get The FUD
Microsoft is calling its new anti-Linux ad campaign "Get the Facts," but I call it "Get the FUD."At the heart of the campaign is...
Suns Cobalt Server Software Gets Open-Source Life
Sun Microsystems Inc. is ending its Cobalt server product line, but thats not the end of the Cobalt story. Sun has elected to release...
Slippery Slope: Vail Resorts and PeopleSoft
Vicki Silvera was under siege. Complaints, as the director of information technology for Vail Resorts recalls now, were pouring into "any forum" she could...
Macromedias Newest VP Looks to Light Up Mobile Devices
Macromedia Inc. Tuesday announced the appointment of Juha Christensen, a former Microsoft Corp. executive, to the position of vice president of the companys mobile...
Former Microsoft Exec to Run Macromedias Mobile Devices Division
Macromedia Inc. Tuesday announced it has hired a former Microsoft Corp. executive to run its Macromedia Mobile and Devices Division.
The San Francisco company announced...