By Jeff Caruso
Remember the circus surrounding the proposed merger of HP and Compaq? The mudslinging, the lawsuit, the opinions from every nook and cranny of the IT world – ah, those were the days. All that was laid to rest one year ago, when the deal closed after a successful shareholder vote. The question now is, are we any better off with a merged HP? The answer is mixed. The company still has much work to do in storage and in its channel strategy. Plus, HP faces stiff competition in servers and IT services. This week we bring you a package of stories that looks at each of these areas in depth.
The HP/Compaq merger after a year
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/hpcompaq.html?net
Customer unrest a year later
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0428hpcompaq.html?net
IBM denies SCO’s charges
The SCO Group recently accused IBM of sabotaging Unix in favor of Linux – and then sued IBM for a billion or so. Now IBM is firing back at SCO, point by point. Somewhere, Bill Gates is smiling.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0501ibmdenie.html?net
Microsoft to get technical on Longhorn and ‘Palladium’
Microsoft will demonstrate its much debated Next-Generation Secure Computing Base security initiative for the first time next week at an event in New Orleans, and will also provide further details on its plans for managing IT systems.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0502microtoge.html?net
More bravado from Vivato: wireless bridge-router
Wireless switch vendor Vivato unveiled what it calls a wireless bridge/router that’s designed to extend the reach of its beam-shaping switches.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0501vivato.html?net
This week’s top 5 stories so far:
1. Showtime for VoIP, security
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0428interopvoip.html?net
2. Privacy concerns dog initial RFID plans
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0428rfid.html?net
3. Jury is out on Windows 2003
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0428mslaunch.html?net
4. Gauging the network effect of grids
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0428grid.html?net
5. Remote-office roundup
https://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2003/0428netlead.html?net
