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AT&T Wireless has a new phone aimed at extending users wireless reach. The Siemens Mobile Information Groups S46 supports GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) and Time Division Multiple Access. The phone also supports General Packet Radio Service, which most GSM networks will migrate to eventually. The S46 also includes an organizer that synchronizes with […]

First, there was audio collaboration. Now, Sonexis Inc. is rolling out a new appliance for Web collaboration. NetCollaborator is a Web conferencing appliance that handles such tasks as scheduling, document sharing, whiteboarding, co-browsing, polling and sending invitations. Like the companys Audio Collaborator—which provides audio conferencing capabilities—NetCollaborator allows companies to host such services in-house rather than […]

By any reasonable measure, the battle for the future of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq is over. Now the real work begins. The plans, although heretofore undisclosed, should be ready. HP CEO Carly Fiorina and hundreds of staffers from both companies operated in a “war room” studying the integration puzzle for the past six months. Now she […]

Although Hewlett-Packard Co. is pressing on with its integration plans for Compaq Computer Corp., issues surrounding the proposed buyout are far from settled. In addition to the fact that the official HP shareholder vote has not been tallied, HP board member Walter Hewlett, the most vocal opponent of the acquisition, late last week filed a […]

Brocade Communications Systems Inc. late last month unveiled its latest storage switch technology, a product that fits with the companys vision that switches should help others make management software. At the Storage Management show here, the San Jose, Calif., company displayed Fabric Access API 2.0, which will support its 2G-bps switches, plus an event management […]

Waiting for takeoff Bluetooth technology may not be taking off in the United States yet, but products supporting the wireless specification are appearing. Last month, Samsonite Corp.s European division, based in Oudenaarde, Belgium, unveiled the first in a series of business cases that will be Bluetooth-enabled. Important data The Bluetooth chip in the Hardlite ICT […]

The business-to-business arena has always been difficult for small businesses to break into. Fuegotech Inc. said it has one way to make the move easier. The Dallas company last week unveiled its UXO (Unidentified XML Objects) technology, a ubiquitous translator for XML that customers, partners and providers can use to dynamically conduct transactions, with no […]

Sun Boss Rips Microsoft .Net Sun CEO Scott McNealy is never shy when talking about archrival Microsoft, particularly when talking to developers, such as at last weeks JavaOne show. In his keynote, McNealy urged developers to unite against Microsoft. At one point, he spoke of retiring, but he refuses to leave behind a world run […]

As most new storage software emphasizes agnostic management and virtual hardware pools, a new product from W. Quinn Inc. focuses on performance management and helps administrators deduce what storage to buy when expansion beckons. SiteStor is available now for Windows- or Solaris-based storage and for Network Appliance Inc.s network-attached storage hardware, according to officials at […]

Although Hugh Hale and Bob Venable oversee a large and rapidly growing pool of data—46 terabytes, so far—the storage administrators at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Inc. have managed to keep their storage environment relatively simple and easy to manage. Most data at the Chattanooga company is stored on IBM Shark hardware, routed through switches from […]

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Intel Corp. is set to slash prices on its top-performing Pentium 4 chips by as much as 25 percent this month and up to 57 percent this spring, according to sources close to the company. In one example of the potential savings awaiting customers, Intel will slash the price on its top-speed, 2.2GHz Pentium from […]