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IBM has big guns to use on HP software incursions
Increased data flow, faster networks, new applications challenge such securities firms as Cantor, Fitzgerald; NYSE Euronext; Lehman Brothers; and Deutsche Bank
N.Y. college's Meru-based net will have up to 900 access points, 130Mbps throughput minimum.
Disk manufacturers say that less than 1% of disks can be expected to fail each year. But data collected from 100,000 installed disks says otherwise.
Vendors say Google offering will offer strong competition in enterprise market
The easy-to-administer database is a developer favorite and a required ingredient for Web 2.0 start-ups. But MySQL still isn't breaking into the glass house.
High bandwidth Internet2 backbone is up and running
Stock pump-and-dump messages account for 8% of all spam sent Wednesday
Core router, multiservice edge projects finalized in Q3
Videoconferencing, collaboration will in some cases quintuple Internet traffic loads
IPhone's phone and music player lacks the features business users need, says Gartner.
HP chief says software will help company take on $1.1 trillion IT market opportunity and surpass top competitors.
Lays out plans to acquire Web application vendor to boost security in application quality-management capabilities
