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Linux taking aim at data center
The improving scalability of Linux, the low cost and increasingly high power of Intel hardware, and the license-free nature of open source software could add up to big savings for large corporations looking to bolster their data centers.

New EMC Symmetrix arrays may cut costs for users
EMC targets midrange users with top-tier technology

Feature article

Technology Insider: IP-based contact centers
Is your call center a money pit? Are your agents hamstrung by inflexible, unresponsive applications? Are your customers getting the service they require?

Tests/Buyer's Guides

Linksys debuts low-cost NAS server
For small-office file sharing and added storage, this 'turn on and forget' box is tough to beat.

Tech Update

ADSL2 boosts data rate and reach
A new ADSL2 family of standards adds features and functionality that boost performance, improve interoperability, and support new applications, services and deployment scenarios.

Management Strategies

Natural-born entrepreneurs
IT executives commercialize tools they developed on the job for previous employers.

Net.Worker

Net.Worker briefs
Study says a majority of consumers want home healthcare electronic devices

More news

Preventative action
Trend Micro packages could ease antivirus administration

ComNet 2003 show planner
The lowdown on the keynotes, tutorials and events you don't want to miss.

Egenera blades target data centers
Egenera takes aim at data centers with Linux blade technology

Portal software services are growing up fast
Corporate customers realize a portal can be more than a simple window into applications and content

SiteScape furthers collaboration suite
A new release of SiteScape software lets companies add real-time communication support to their collaboration environment and link data collected in online meetings to discussion threads, stored documents, calendars and workflows.

Wireless LANs to get switch support
A pack of start-ups is racing to create a new generation of wireless LANs based on wiring-closet devices that connect to wired backbones and control up to hundreds of access points and thousands of end users.

Aventail looks to best IPSec VPN vendors
CEO Evan Kaplan talks about the state of the remote access market, and why Cisco and Nortel worry him.

Report: Data warehouse failures commonplace
IT executives implementing data warehousing and business intelligence applications expect a failure in four of every 10 projects, a recently released study says.

Retailers told not to skimp on IT
Retailers can expect slow sales through the first half of the year, but that shouldn't keep them from making technology investments that can improve operational efficiency and raise profit margins. That's the message from financial analysts who spoke at last week's National Retail Federation conference.

Capellas gives WorldCom 100 days
Customers last week said their spirits were buoyed by new WorldCom Chairman and CEO Michael Capellas' 100-day plan, which includes a renewed focus on customer service and the promise of improved business services.

Amtrak CIO offers outsourcing advice
What CIO Bob Galey's learned from his $330 million deal with IBM.

Microsoft sizes up the penguin
While Microsoft's past attitude about Linux could be described as aloof or indifferent, the company has been more watchful of Linux as an enterprise competitor.

Judge to Microsoft: Ship Sun's Java
Networking news briefs from Microsoft, UnitedLinux,AT&T Broadband and others

Vendors pump up Web conferencing
Several leading Web conferencing vendors are rolling out new or revised products in response to what they see as the technology's evolution from ad hoc departmental use to strategic, enterprise application deployments.

Infrastructure Briefs
Microsoft says the next update to its Windows CE .Net operating system, code-named McKendric, will ship by midyear and include new features.

Broadwing may sell its broadband division
Broadwing looks to peddle broadband division

Service Providers briefs
News from AT&T, Toshiba, Sprint and Infonet Services.

Broadband wireless service drawing renewed interest
Licensed broadband wireless services that provide an alternative to DSL and cable connections could become more widely available in coming months as providers shift from trialing new technology to providing commercial offerings.

Enterprise Applications briefs
News from SAP and Flamenco Networks


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