* Microsoft users catch price break * Feature: Bush vs. Kerry * Emulex, Brocade tout faster Fibre Channel wares * E-mail, middleware vendors take aim at wireless data world * Today on Layer 8
Last week, Microsoft was applauded for not counting a multi-core processor as more than one processor for licensing purposes. This week we look at why it will be more difficult for IBM and Oracle to follow suit and why the really big licensing issue hasn’t even been tackled yet. Microsoft users catch price break http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/102504msdualcore.html?net
Last week, Microsoft was applauded for not counting a multi-core processor as more than one processor for licensing purposes. This week we look at why it will be more difficult for IBM and Oracle to follow suit and why the really big licensing issue hasn’t even been tackled yet.
Microsoft users catch price break
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/102504msdualcore.html?net
Feature: Bush vs. Kerry
If we were electing a president purely based on technology issues, how would the two major candidates measure up? Compare and contrast Bush and Kerry in this week’s feature. Plus, we have one of those ubiquitous and totally unscientific online polls – so cast your vote today!
https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/1025president.html?net
Emulex, Brocade tout faster Fibre Channel wares
Emulex and Brocade Communications are announcing what are expected to be the industry’s first 4G-bit/sec Fibre Channel products that will let users run applications and back up data faster on their storage-area networks.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/102504snwside.html?net
E-mail, middleware vendors take aim at wireless data world
Software vendors specializing in pushing wireless e-mail to mobile devices, such as Good Technology and Research in Motion, are scrambling to broaden their appeal by creating a middleware layer for accessing all kinds of corporate data.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/102504wirelessemail.html?net
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