http://www.nwfusion.com/news/financial/eds.html Latest EDS news and analysis from Network World and Network World Fusion. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2009 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111209-hp-deals-history.html HP's news that it would lay down $2.7 billion to acquire network switch maker 3Com not only causes industry watchers to look ahead at what could come of such a deal, but also reminds many of the IT vendor's long history of billion-dollar acquisitions. Denise Dubie 2009-11-12T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/092309-gearhead.html You know how Excel is mostly really good but weirdly weak in a few areas? Gibbs has found a fix for one issue: String concatenation. And while he's on the subject of data manipulation he begins taking a look at a remarkable Web service, Yahoo Pipes Mark Gibbs 2009-09-23T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/092309-hp-abandons-eds-brand.html HP Wednesday announced it would leave the EDS brand behind and rename its IT services provider business HP Enterprise Services. Denise Dubie 2009-09-23T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/091609-gearhead.html You know how Excel is mostly really good but weirdly weak in a few areas? Mark Gibbs has found a fix for one issue: String concatenation. And while he's on the subject of data manipulation he begins taking a look at a remarkable Web service, Yahoo Pipes. Mark Gibbs 2009-09-18T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/091609-johnson.html Innovations seem to have a natural economic life cycle: an obscure invention (say, electricity, or the internal combustion engine) sparks an entire constellation of industries, which grow exponentially for a while, then settle into a stagnant maturity. Johna Till Johnson 2009-09-16T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070609-hp-eds-american-express.html EDS, an HP company, signs five-year technology services deal with American Express to manage desktop computing environments and voice and data networks. Denise Dubie 2009-07-06T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/web/2009/060809web1.html Jessica, a friend I know from a mail list, recently complained that "I've been frustrated lately by a few web sites which I wish to follow news on but which inexplicably don't publish an RSS [Really Simple Syndication] feed. I'm trying to find a good way to convince them that it is really worth their time to have a feed, that it will bring them traffic." Mark Gibbs 2009-06-09T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/052709-wimax-overhype-speeds.html An analyst from Pyramid Research says WiMAX operators who overhype their networks' peak speeds risk angering early adopters who feel their expectations haven't been met. Brad Reed 2009-05-27T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/043009-gearhead.html Mark Gibbs goes looking for other services that provide searching of Twitter Tweets and finds a couple that are really useful. In the process he also briefly reviews a book on tags. Mark Gibbs 2009-04-30T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/043009-cool-tools.html The Kaleido R7 digital photo frame, by IPEVO, lets you synchronize photos wirelessly from another computer on the same wireless network. Keith Shaw 2009-04-30T12:00:00-04:00