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You might expect that federal, state and local government agencies—long treated by IT professionals as the ugly stepsisters of potential employers—would be looking a lot more attractive these days. After all, the sagging economy has erased a growing number of private-sector IT jobs, making the relative security of the public sector more appealing. At the […]

One day after Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates promoted the Tablet PC as the future of personal computing, another industry leader openly questioned whether theres any demand for such a device. Michael Dell, speaking at Comdex here last week, shared his views not only on the Tablet PC but also on […]

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Verio Inc. is looking to push up the ladder in the Web hosting world, relying on a branding campaign, its telecom parent, cost-saving plans and managed services to move it into the larger enterprises. Over the next two years, the Englewood, Colo. company, which recently reorganized its corporate structure and appointed a “senior vice president […]

Dell Computer Corp., the worlds fifth-largest server vendor, according to a new survey, on Monday introduced a dual-processor system for small- and medium-sized businesses, the PowerEdge 1500SC. The system features the HE-SL chip set developed by ServerWorks Corp., which supports up to two 1.13GHz Pentium III processors, provides six PCI buses, one 32-bit/33MHz and two […]

If Hewlett Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp. merge, therell be little doubt about whos in charge of the combined company, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing made yesterday. Current H-P executives will head three of four divisions in the combined company. The Enterprise Systems Group, which would encompass servers, storage and related […]

Dell Computer Corp. posted earnings slightly higher than Wall Street analysts had been expecting, although a continuing price war amid an industrywide slump pushed profits down 36 percent from a year ago. Company founder Michael Dell sought to downplay the perception that the computer maker was sacrificing profits to subsidize lower pricing, arguing that the […]

In 1998, Randy Terbush, one of the original eight developers of the Apache Web server, founded a company, Covalent, to bring out a commercial version of Apache. A year later, the Gartner Group predicted that the popular Apache server “wouldnt make inroads into the enterprise. It wouldnt be able to keep up” with commercial Web […]

Walter Hewlett, eldest son of Hewlett-Packard Co. co-founder William Hewlett, today detailed his familys opposition to the companys proposed buyout of Compaq Computer Corp. in a government filing, citing economic factors, the complexity of the merging of two large companies, and even quoting executives of rival Sun Microsystems Inc. belittling the deal. The 70-page statement […]

IBM today announced zero percent financing options for all of its Intel-based servers. The limited-time offer runs through Dec. 31. In addition, customers taking advantage of the special financing on IBMs eServer xSeries can also purchase additional IBM storage and PC products and have them included in the zero percent finance package. In recent weeks, […]

NetLedger started out as a supplier of small business accounting applications online, www.netledger.com. It has done such a good job of it that it has taken a step closer to being assimilated by the company of its majority investor, Larry Ellisons Oracle Corp. When you go to netledger.com, you are shifted to a www.oraclesmallbusiness.com site […]

With corporate buyers cutting spending and consumers worried about job security, now is not the time for computer makers to bring the Tablet PC to market, says an IBM executive. While the Tablet PC as envisioned by Microsoft Corp.s Bill Gates may eventually find a place in the mobile market, IBM executive Leo Suarez contends […]