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The Buzz: February 12, 2001

Grove Urges IT InvestmentIf congress is going to give U.S. citizens a tax break, then it should do something for small businesses, according to...

Computer Compost

Most computers are born in spotless, well-lit factories where every task and part is carefully choreographed. Most of them die inside cluttered, dimly lit...

Intel Pulls the Plug on McKinley Preview

Intel Corp.s failure last week to go through with a scheduled presentation of a new 64-bit processor fueled speculation that the chip may endure...

What, Me Worry?

Lante Corp. says it is not sweating. The recent demise of Dell Computers B2B e-market will not affect its relationship with the computer maker,...

Getting Tuned Up

This quarter, most large carriers are testing tunable lasers. These devices speed ones and zeroes down optical networks and jump from wavelength to wavelength...

A New Career in IT? Maybe Not

Ive often told people that if I ever had an "American Beauty" moment—that is, a midlife crisis like the kind Kevin Spacey had in...

Big Blue, Big Muscle

Robert "Boomer" Brown rounds a corner in IBMs data center in research triangle Park, N.C., and stops in front of the big boxes that...

Gateway Moves to Stem Wounds

After gateway inc. founder Ted Waitt took over his faltering company last week, he moved swiftly to appoint a new management team and outline...

John W. Thompson

John W. Thompson was the quintessential big company executive, fitting into the highly disciplined ranks of IBM and becoming general manager of IBM Americas,...

Tivoli Sings the Blues

Tivoli systems was on track to be a shining star in IBMs portfolio of acquisitions. But the luster has dulled to merely a distant...