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SEC investigating EDS’ Navy deal

EDS' $8.8 billion contract to build a Navy intranet has been marred with delays

IBM reorganizes channel with vertical focus

Big Blue will now group its ISV partners into networks by industry

Microsoft partners applaud BizTalk Server upgrade

Business integration software is designed to enable faster, less costly implementations

SCO to sue Linux user

Company to allege intellectual property violations

IBM starts fund to aid displaced workers

Big Blue earmarks $25 million to be spent on training

CEO panel says open source keeps IT spending down

Group sees Linux and offshoring as ways to reduce costs

Oracle exec says company will press PeopleSoft bid

'No one said this would be easy,' Chuck Phillips says

Competing technologies could shake up e-mail

Microsoft not the only company looking to fight spam

RSA, ActivCard authenticate

Digital identity management solutions are updated at RSA show

Microsoft rethinks unified pricing strategy

Company pondering different price points

Update: SCO alters claim in IBM case, signs licensee

Copyright infringement now alleged

Former Oracle head calls on ISVs to change perspective

Lane tells vendors to be service-centric, endorses offshoring

Memory technology set to evolve with DDR2

Double date rate technology would allow memory chips to run faster

IBM CEO preaches standards

Palmisano says open standards are a critical element in the new approach needed by IT vendors

IBM lures partners to sell hosted services

Big Blue offers new incentives for partners to resell e-business hosting services

Microsoft, eBay team to boost e-commerce

Sample code readied on links between Office, trading site

Fiorano backs Web services spec

BPEL being added to enterprise service bus

March comes in like a worm with Bagle, Netsky variants

Five new versions of Bagle appear as well as a new version of Netsky

Interview: Weighing an interim release to Windows

XP product manager Greg Sullivan discusses XP Reloaded

EU trade sanctions could cost tech firms millions

EU slaps additional custom duties on U.S. exports

Metro Store bows to pressure from anti-RFID activists

World's fifth largest retailer drops the use of RFID tags in customer loyalty cards

IBM escalates SMB war

Company rolls out new ISV tools, programs

SAS scales up — and down

Cadre of BI competitors also refreshes platforms

PeopleSoft unveils demand-driven modules

Vendor details manufacturing modules based on customer demand

Web conferencing deepens collaboration

Raindance Meeting Edition bonds audio, video, Web

Verity unveils K2 Enterprise 5.5

Updated search software includes query analytics, event driven indexing

IBM looks to boost Java apps analysis

Development technology to be previewed

NEC launches all-IP enterprise communications

Company unveils new architecture, products for IP telephony

Hitachi sees consumer devices pushing storage market

Company announces 300GB hard drive with 10,000 rpm for the enterprise market

Domain registrars sue ICANN, VeriSign

They hope to block a service for back-ordering domain names

Oracle unlikely to get PeopleSoft, analysts say

Showing that healthy competition will remain after the merger may prove tough

Computer user group blasts SCO ‘hypocrisy’

Usenix group takes SCO to task for criticism of open source

Pivotal plots road map under new parent, Chinadotcom

The company says it is back in growth mode

Trillium acquires Avellino to strengthen data management hand

Avellino adds data profiling to the mix

Server demand continues to grow

Global sales of servers with Linux rose 63 percent, IDC study shows

Sarbanes-Oxley compliance dates pushed back

Companies given more time to comply with new financial reporting rules

Fujitsu mulling new chip plant

Company is considering a new 300-millimeter semiconductor fab for LSIs

Microsoft expands Office accelerator offerings

Add-ons will be available at no charge to all Office users

Update: Jury rejects toxics suit against IBM

IBM argued that its workers' exposure to chemicals was well within legal limits

Salesforce.com adds big customers as IPO nears

CRM vendor announces new dev tools for WebSphere, greater integration with Sybase

RSA now stands for Rain, Alcohol, and Security

SanDisk, Motorola create smaller memory card format

Mobile phones to benefit

Gates fields questions from future competitors at MIT

Microsoft chief software architect suggests future investments in lightweight digital displays

VeriSign sues ICANN over delay in services

Lawsuit accuses ICANN of overstepping its authority in contracts with VeriSign

P-to-P vendors call for compulsory licensing

Vendors want copy protection on products rather than lawsuits against file traders and P-to-P vendors

Court documents point to DRAM industry price-fixing

Documents suggest vendors hoped to kill off a rival standard designed by Rambus

DOJ sues to block Oracle, PeopleSoft

Merger would result in higher prices, fewer choices for customers, DOJ said

IBM approaches Sun about open-source Java

Rod Smith, vice president of emerging technologies, pens open letter offering to help Sun if it open sources Java

BearingPoint expects steep quarterly loss

Services provider sites one-time charges as reasons for loss

Hyperion unveils first fruits of Brio merger

BI Platform makes it easier to create customized dashboards