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Artisoft Inc. touts its open-standard approach as friendly to small and midsize companies. The Cambridge, Mass., company recently upgraded its software PBX products to include a call center feature optimized for midsize enterprises. TeleVantage 4.0 provides desktop call control and management, graphical voice mail, messaging, auto attendant, and IP telephony. The call center offers advanced […]

It began with some innocent sales talk over drinks and munchies at a warehouse opening party in a Columbus, Ohio, business park for eyeglass parts manufacturers. After a few rounds, Mike Heilman, then vice president of sales at shipping and supply chain services provider Airborne Inc., and officials of a large U.S.-based Airborne client exuberantly […]

U.S. companies dont realize how easy theyve had it when it comes to gathering consumer data until they start doing business in other parts of the world—particularly Europe. The European Unions tough privacy laws could make it hard for those companies to collect, manage and export information about European customers. The laws, for example, require […]

Businesses trying to save money managing hybrid storage environments will soon have a new solution to consider from SANgate Systems Inc., a startup maker of Linux-based data replication appliances. The Southboro, Mass., company, formed in mid-1999, plans to launch its first product next spring, President Paul Feresten said. The product, DataGate, works like an intelligent […]

Veritas Software Corp. this week will launch revamped versions of its hierarchical storage management products for Microsoft Corp.s Windows and Exchange servers. The solutions are aimed at saving enterprises storage space and money by enabling them to better use existing storage. Storage Migrator monitors users, applications and disk drives and then archives underused data on […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. officials said they hope last weeks $350 million acquisition of StorageApps Inc. helps the company compete in the high-end storage arena and quiets criticism that HP is too reliant on partners and not enough on in-house storage development. The deal will add virtualization software from StorageApps, of Bridgewater, N.J., to HPs storage and […]

Versa DayLite Talk about a bright idea thats long overdue. This NEC Computers notebook has a 10.4-inch display that you can actually read in bright daylight. Adjust the back lighting to adapt to sunlight or office lighting via a panel switch. The 3.3-pound, 1.25-inch profile DayLite, powered by a Transmeta Crusoe processor, starts at $2,499. […]

Help Wanted: Storage Guru 1. San Jose, Calif. Position: tech architect Employer: C-Change Inc., a consulting firm Ideal Candidate: Big Five consulting pro who can design storage systems for insurance vertical Compensation: six figures Avg. Home Price: $380K 2. Salt Lake City, Utah Position: VP of sales Employer: 25-person startup company Ideal Candidate: sales exec […]

Microsoft scored some big public relations points with its open desktop announcement earlier this month, but I still cant get over how deftly the company managed to deflect attack in its newfound ability to separate the Internet Explorer browser from its operating system. The company spent millions of dollars and countless hundreds of man-hours arguing […]

Precise Software Solutions Ltd. last week announced a performance management solution for IBMs DB2 UDB. Using the Westwood, Mass., companys Precise/Indepth software, DB2 Universal Database shops can increase application speed and productivity by helping to identify, analyze, and tune issues with database performance bottlenecks. Other features of Precise/Indepth include graphical performance reports for sessions, table […]