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 yearhttps://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/hpcompaq.html?net Customer unrest a year laterhttps://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0428hpcompaq.html?net IBM denies SCO’s chargesThe 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?netMicrosoft 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-routerWireless 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?netThis week’s top 5 stories so far: 1. Showtime for VoIP, securityhttps://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0428interopvoip.html?net2. Privacy concerns dog initial RFID planshttps://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0428rfid.html?net3. Jury is out on Windows 2003https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0428mslaunch.html?net4. Gauging the network effect of gridshttps://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0428grid.html?net5. Remote-office rounduphttps://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2003/0428netlead.html?net Related content news Dell provides $150M to develop an AI compute cluster for Imbue Helping the startup build an independent system to create foundation models may help solidify Dell’s spot alongside cloud computing giants in the race to power AI. By Elizabeth Montalbano Nov 29, 2023 4 mins Generative AI Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence news DRAM prices slide as the semiconductor industry starts to decline TSMC is reported to be cutting production runs on its mature process nodes as a glut of older chips in the market is putting downward pricing pressure on DDR4. By Sam Reynolds Nov 29, 2023 3 mins Flash Storage Technology Industry news analysis Cisco, AWS strengthen ties between cloud-management products Combining insights from Cisco ThousandEyes and AWS into a single view can dramatically reduce problem identification and resolution time, the vendors say. By Michael Cooney Nov 28, 2023 4 mins Network Management Software Cloud Computing opinion Is anything useful happening in network management? Enterprises see the potential for AI to benefit network management, but progress so far is limited by AI’s ability to work with company-specific network data and the range of devices that AI can see. By Tom Nolle Nov 28, 2023 7 mins Generative AI Network Management Software Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe