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IBM Acquires Micromuse for Boost in Telco Realm

As the year ended, IBM continued its yearlong buying spree, adding management software maker Micromuse Inc. to its portfolio for $865 million. The purchase...

Microsoft Hires Leading Scientist

Microsoft Corp. has hired Bill Buxton, a leading computer scientist and designer specializing in the human aspects of technology, to work with Microsoft Research...

MCI Plans to Deploy ITIL Practices

MCI said it will deploy Information Technology Infrastructure Library practices, which include documentation and auditing procedures, throughout its global managed network services operation.ITIL, developed...

Service Mitigates IT Project Guesswork

IT managers and executives have a wide range of applications at their disposal to manage projects and figure out what projects need to be...

The Globalization Era to Continue

As 2006 dawns, we can look forward to a fresh start and a chance—be it resolved—to do things differently and better. But one thing...

Business Briefs: Interwoven Brings in Seawick as CMO

Interwoven has appointed Bill Seawick to its executive management team as the enterprise content management companys senior vice president and chief marketing officer.Seawick joins...

2006: The Real Breakout Year

What will be the top IT trends in 2006? I know it is a bit premature to outline what will happen in 06 just...

Siebel Shareholders to Vote on Oracle Bid

January 2006 will do more than lead off the new year. It will likely add another company to Oracle Corp.s ever-expanding roster of acquisitions. Siebel...

Trojan Emits Bogus, Risqué Google AdSense Ads

A Trojan horse program is churning out bogus Google ads promoting products Google eschews—gambling, cheap Viagra, girlie photos and adult dating. The ads, being targeted...

Outsourcing Pleasure: When Technology Enables Spiritual Suicide

Its one thing when people outsource the most painful work they can think of to sweatshop labor overseas. While there are moral issues involved...