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Cisco snaps up Actona to integrate remote backup into routers, 06/30/04
Cisco Tuesday announced it has agreed to buy Actona Technologies, a maker of software that manages the backup and storage of files from remote offices. Cisco will pay about $82 million for the Los Gatos, Calif., firm.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0629actona.html?nl
Flextronics takes over Nortel manufacturing, 06/29/04
Nortel will shift the last of its manufacturing operations to Flextronics when a deal announced Tuesday is completed next year.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0629flexttakes.html?nl
Microsoft settles Arizona class-action suit, 06/28/04
Microsoft has reached a preliminary settlement in a class-action lawsuit in Arizona, which alleged that the company abused its Windows monopoly to overcharge customers in the state for its software.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0628msantit2.html?nl
Microsoft, Fujitsu ally on mission-critical system, 06/28/04
Microsoft and Fujitsu Monday announced they are expanding an existing global systems integration alliance to work together on software and hardware for mission-critical systems.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0628updatmic.html?nl
Moribund Comdex show takes a vacation, 06/28/04
While the cancellation of this year’s Comdex show is supposed to provide a one-year hiatus so the event’s organizers can regroup, many industry observers predict the suspension might become permanent.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/062804comdex.html?nl
EU grants stay on Microsoft sanctions, 06/28/04
The European Union’s executive branch, the European Commission, on Sunday temporarily suspended its March competition remedy requiring Microsoft to begin offering a version of its Windows operating system …
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0628msantit.html?nl
Court rules Gypsies can sue IBM over Nazis claims, 06/25/04
IBM may still need to defend itself in a Swiss court against allegations that the company’s punch-card machines helped World War II Nazis commit genocide more effectively.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0625courtrules.html?nl
Hitachi, NEC to form networking joint venture, 06/25/04
Hitachi and NEC Friday said they plan to form a joint venture company in October that will produce network routers and switches for corporations and telecommunications carriers.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0625hitnec.html?nl
Wireless patent suit takes aim at WLAN, WiMAX vendors, 06/25/04
A patent protection suit filed against Cisco this week could have big implications for vendors of WLAN gear and of the expected flurry of WiMAX fixed-wireless products.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0625wilan.html?nl
Gates mulled bailing out PeopleSoft, 06/24/04
One day after Oracle launched its hostile bid for PeopleSoft, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates sent an e-mail to CEO Steve Ballmer suggesting that Microsoft come to PeopleSoft’s …
