EDP Weekly's IT Monitor articles from April 2000

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor archives from April 2000

Intel's Triumph in PC Chips.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 3, 2000... Intel Corp. has just released its latest Celeron processor for personal computers priced under $1,000, which comes in 600- and 566-megahertz versions. This represents a significant coup against Advanced Micro Devices in the hotly competitive...

HP & HITACHI LTD. COLLABORATE TO DEVELOP POLICY-BASED NETWORK MANAGER, HP OPENVIEW POLICYXPERT.(Product Announcement)
April 3, 2000... Hewlett-Packard Co. and Hitachi Ltd. Announced an agreement to jointly develop and sell an enhanced version of HP OpenView PolicyXpert for enterprise-class and large carrier-class, IP-based networks. HP OpenView PolicyXpert enables network...

Compuware Expands E-Commerce Offerings With Multiple Product Support For IBM.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 3, 2000... Compuware Corp. (Nasdaq: CPWR) announced that it is expanding its e-commerce offerings by providing comprehensive support for WebSphere Application Server, IBM's range of web application server environments. Compuware now offers a unique,...

IBM and Qwest Focused on e-commerce.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2000... Designed to assist businesses in getting online and to make available more sophisticated services backed by the high end IBM Web hosting and e-commerce skills combined with the broadband capacity of Qwest's network. A range of services...

CANON USA INTRODUCES THE COLORPASS-Z90 FOR ITS PRODUCTION LEVEL COLOR LASER COPIER/PRINTERS.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 3, 2000... Canon USA Inc. announced availability of the ColorPASS-Z90 print controller for its production-level CLC 2400 and CLC 1000 color laser copier/printers. The new controller, developed for Canon by Electronics For Imaging Inc. (Nasdaq: EFII),...

HP, MIT LIBRARIES ANNOUNCE DIGITAL ARCHIVE PROJECT.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2000... Hewlett-Packard Co. and the MIT Libraries announced a $1.8 million joint project to build a digital archive at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that could serve as a model for other universities. The archive will be capable of...

Worldwide IT Certification Revenues Will Exceed $4 Billion In 2003.(Industry Trend or Event)
April 3, 2000... The shortage of skilled IT employees is fueling growth in the IT certification market. According to a recently published report from IDC, worldwide revenues in this market are on track to exceed $4 billion by 2003. Currently, the market stands...

$1B Opportunity In The Electronic Bill Presentment & Payment Market In 2004.(Industry Trend or Event)
April 3, 2000... Momentum is starting to build in the Internet-based electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP) market. In 1999, worldwide revenues jumped 540 percent, landing at $32 million, but this is only a small stepping stone in comparison to how high...

US IT Service Firms Will Face More Offshore Competition.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... Offshore service providers are making serious inroads into the US outsourcing market. According to IDC, several factors, including the IT skills shortage, globalization, and the Internet, are causing firms of all sizes to look offshore for help...

Ticketmaster Will Have New Online Revenue Opportunities Despite Losing Court Ruling.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... Ticketmaster and Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch lost their lawsuit against Tickets.com last week, but the ruling can be a positive for both companies, according to Gartner Group Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB). Ticketmaster filed the lawsuit because...

PC-Doctor Service Center 2000 Demonstrates Diagnostics Testing Under Win 2000 Professional.(Product Information)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2000... Value Added Resellers (VARs) will have an opportunity to view the latest version of PC-Doctor's Service Center 2000 during Intel's Channel Conference (ICC) which will tour 33 cities in the US and Canada March 27-April 14 of this year. Service...

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, PACKETVIDEO ANNOUNCE APPLICATION FOR WIRELESS PLATFORM.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2000... The ability to preview movies or catch the day's sports highlights on wireless phones will soon be a reality as Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) and PacketVideo Corp. (proposed Nasdaq: PVDO) announced that PacketVideo's PVPlayer decoding...

TRIPOS EXPANDS PLATFORMS FOR SYBYL DISCOVERY SOFTWARE TO INCLUDE HP WORKSTATIONS & SERVERS.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 3, 2000... Tripos Inc. (Nasdaq: TRPS) announced that it is working with Hewlett-Packard Co. to expand the range of operating systems and hardware platforms available to scientists involved in the design and discovery of new chemical entities. HP VISUALIZE...

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES VERIFIES MULTIPLEXER FROM CARRIER ACCESS.(Product Development)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2000... Carrier Access Corp. (Nasdaq: CACS), a provider of broadband digital access equipment solutions, announced that its Wide Bank 28 STS-1 multiplexer has passed Lucent Technologies interoperability tests and has been verified for use with the...

IBM, WITH MCDATA, SETS PRECEDENT BY OFFERING COMPLETE, INTEGRATED, OPEN SANs.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2000... McDATA Corp., a Storage Area Network (SAN) infrastructure company, and IBM Corp. announced a worldwide reseller agreement under which IBM will resell the McDATA ED-5000 Enterprise Fibre Channel Director and management software as a core...

MCAFEE.COM TO ENTER WIRELESS HANDHELD APPLICATION SERVICES MARKET.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2000... McAfee.com (Nasdaq: MCAF), a leading global consumer Application Service Provider (ASP) of PC security and management services, announced it plans to deliver the McAfee.com PDA Center, a collection of Web-based security and management services...

I-DATA PRINTING SYSTEM ENTERS LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH IBM.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2000... i-data Printing Systems, an i-data international business unit, has entered into a licensing agreement with IBM Corp. The agreement allows IBM to include i-data Printing Systems transform software into IBM's OS/390 (mainframe) Flagship...

MOTOROLA & INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYSTEMS SETTLE LAWSUIT.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2000... Motorola Inc. and Integrated Circuit Systems Inc. (ICS) announced that they have settled Motorola's lawsuit against ICS and several engineering managers who left Motorola to join ICS. Motorola filed suit in Arizona state court on July 2, 1999,...

BROCADE & COMPAQ DELIVER 32-NODE SERVER CLUSTERING DEMO.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (BROCADE) (Nasdaq: BRCD) announced that Compaq Computer Corp. is showcasing a 32-node clustering technology demonstration based on BROCADE's high performance storage area networking infrastructure at Novell's...

BROADSOFT JOINS CISCO NEW WORLD ECOSYSTEM PROGRAM.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2000... BroadSoft Inc., the first company to launch a service delivery and creation system for packet-based enhanced telephony services, announced that the company has joined Cisco Systems Inc.'s (Nasdaq: CSCO) New World Ecosystem program. As a voice...

PCTEL MODEM SOLUTION SELECTED FOR NEWEST SAMSUNG NOTEBOOK PC.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2000... PCTEL Inc. (Nasdaq: PCTI), a leading provider of personal connectivity and internet access technology, announced that Samsung Electronics has selected PCTEL's Mini PCI 1789W HSP56 World MicroModem technology for its newest notebook, the SENS...

Microsoft Verdict -- A Win Win Settlement?(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, the presiding federal judge in the Microsoft antitrust case, has extended his deadline for a settlement agreement among the parties until April 5, 2000. Presumably this is because the federally...

LSI LOGIC ADDS NEW TOOLS SUITE USING ITS ZSP PROCESSOR.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2000... LSI Logic Corp. (NYSE: LSI) announced a new suite of software development tools to support advanced communications software development using its ZSP digital signal processor (DSP) line of products. The enhanced tool kit will aid programmers in...

ANDERSEN CONSULTING TO ADDRESS EXPLODING DEMAND FOR eBUSINESS INTEGRATION SOLUTONS.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 3, 2000... Andersen Consulting, a global management and technology consultancy, announced that it is expanding its relationship with STC, a global provider of eBusiness integration (eBISM) packaged solutions. This alliance unites two players in the...

VERSION TWO: NETSCAPE'S BACK.(Netscape 6.0)(Product Announcement)
April 10, 2000... Netscape, which played a central role in the commercial development of the Web as an independent company and which is now a division of America Online Inc., introduced Netscape 6, a faster and easier-to-customize browser. It's the first major...

IBM TO BEGIN MAKING ENHANCED PERFORMANCE CHIPS.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 10, 2000... IBM Corp. researchers have developed a method to boost the performance of microprocessors by using a new substance that helps reduce power and signal loss. IBM plans to announce that it will soon begin manufacturing copper chips with a...

COMPAQ INTRODUCES INTEL CELERON 600MHz ON PRESARIO BUILT FOR YOU 5700N INTERNET PCs.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 10, 2000... Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ) announced a new Presario 5700N Series Internet PC with the Intel Celeron 600MHz microprocessor, providing great performance at a value price. Compaq began taking orders for this PC on April 5, 2000. The...

NEW DISK IN DATA STORAGE.(DataPlay's half-dollar-size disk)(Company Business and Marketing)
April 10, 2000... DataPlay introduced a disk about the size of a half-dollar that is capable of storing digital images, audio and multimedia presentations. The disk can record information just like a computer floppy disk, but will have 500 megabytes of...

JDS UNIPHASE TO BUY CRONOS INTEGRATED IN $750 MILLION DEAL.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2000... JDS Uniphase Corp. announced that it agreed to acquire closely held Cronos Integrated Microsystems Inc. for about $750 million in stock, in a bid to significantly broaden its product line. JDS Uniphase is the largest independent maker of...

CHIP COMPANIES EXPECTS BIG DEMAND RISE.(Industry Trend or Event)
April 10, 2000... A group of fast-growing chip makers expects chip demand to grow in double-digits for the next two years, according to a survey being released recently. The Fabless Semiconductor Association, a group of 240 chip companies that don't own...

TERA COMPUTER COMPANY CLOSES CRAY ACQUISITION.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 10, 2000... Tera Computer Co. (Nasdaq NM: TERA), a leading designer of high-performance computer systems, announced that it has closed its acquisition of the Cray vector supercomputer business unit, and the Cray brand name from SGI (NYSE: SGI). The...

FLEXTRONICS & HP INTRODUCE SPINCIRCUIT: THE FIRST DIRECT-TO-DESKTOP E-COMMERCE CO.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 10, 2000... A new player emerges in the $800 billion electronics supply chain, backed by some of the most prominent names in the electronics industry. SpinCircuit Inc., a business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce company, makes its public debut as the...

IT Services Firms Have A Vested Interest In Their Internet Clients' Success, IDC Says.(Industry Trend or Event)
April 10, 2000... Consulting and IT services firms are buying into the dot-com phenomenon and have an increasing stake in Internet startups' success. According to IDC, an increasing number of IT services firms are swapping their services for equity in their...

IDC Mobile ePanel Reveals Small And Medium Businesses Switch Notebook Brands More Often.(Industry Trend or Event)
April 10, 2000... IDC's latest research in mobile devices has shed some light on the issue of brand switching among notebook users. According to recent Q1 2000 survey results from IDC's recently introduced Mobile User and Buyer ePanel program, nearly 50 percent...

FUJITSU SIEMENS COMPUTERS TO INCLUDE ADAPTEC ULTRA160 SCSI IN CELSIUS WORKSTATIONS.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2000... Adaptec Inc. (Nasdaq: ADPT) announced that Fujitsu Siemens Computers will begin including the company's Ultra160 SCSI technology in its CELSIUS workstations. "Our CELSIUS workstations use the highest-performing storage I/O solutions...

CISCO'S CATALYST LINE DELIVERS HIGH-DENSITY, HIGH-PERFORMANCE SWITCHING SOLUTION.(Catalyst 2980G)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 10, 2000... Delivering end-to-end solutions for users across the enterprise, Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) introduced a new addition to its Catalyst family of switches that ensures network agility and provides a high-density and cost-effective solution in...

ZONE LABS CLAIMS ONE MILLION PC USERS PROTECT THEIR INTERNET.(ZoneAlarm 2.0)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2000... Zone Labs Inc. (www.zonelabs.com), developers of an Internet security utility ZoneAlarm, announced that more than one million customers have downloaded ZoneAlarm 2.0 within 10 weeks of its availability. Launched on Jan. 26, 2000, ZoneAlarm...

3dfx Enters Into Patent Cross-License Agreement With Intel.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 10, 2000... 3dfx Interactive Inc. (Nasdaq: TDFX), a global leader in developing and marketing 3D technology for personal computers, announced that the company has entered into a mutual patent cross-licensing agreement with Intel Corp. As part of the...

GATEWAY PC UNIVERSITY?(multimedia training & gear)(Company Business and Marketing)
April 10, 2000... Gateway Inc. unveiled sets of packaged computer training, software and gear that turn a PC into a digital photography lab, music-recording studio or finance workstation. The move is part of a broad initiative by the San Diego company to...

AOL, GATEWAY OFFER `APPLIANCES'.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 10, 2000... America Online Inc. and Gateway Inc. introduced a line of low-cost Internet "appliances" based on the Linux operating system, that eliminate most of the complexity - and much of the cost - of personal computers. Gateway will design and...

APPLIED MATERIALS' QUANTUM LEAP SYSTEM IN DEMAND AS THE INDUSTRY MOVES TO NEW CHIP DESIGNS.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 10, 2000... According to market research firm Dataquest, the market for high current ion implant systems is projected to be $249 million in 1999 and is expected to grow to $536 million by 2004, for a compound annual growth rate (1998-2004) of 16.5 percent....

COMPAQ & SIEBEL EXTEND RELATIONSHIP INTO GLOBAL STRATEGIC ALLIANCE.(Siebel Systems)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 17, 2000... Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ) and Siebel Systems (Nasdaq: SEBL) announced the formation of a new Global Strategic Alliance that extends the previous relationship between the two companies. Compaq was the first Strategic Platform Partner...

SUB-$800 LINUX PC WORKSTATION FOR SOFTWARE AND WEB DEVELOPERS.(VA Linux Systems Inc's StartX SP2 Linux PC)(Product Announcement)
April 17, 2000... VA Linux Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: LNUX), a leader in Linux and Open Source solutions, launched the StartX SP2 - an entry-level Linux PC workstation for software developers, web developers and students. The StartX SP2 Linux PC introduces...

INTEL's 'OPEN SOURCE' APPROACH DESIGNED TO ACCELERATE GLOBAL E-BUSINESS.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 17, 2000... Intel Corp. announced at the RSA Europe security conference it would deliver its Common Data Security Architecture (CDSA) software to the industry at no cost. This will allow companies around the world to develop security-enabled software...

DELPHI & ERICSSON LAUNCH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 17, 2000... Delphi Automotive Systems (NYSE: DPH) and Ericsson Mobile Communications AB have formed a strategic partnership to bring telematics products to the vehicles market, with plug-and-play communications solutions that will extend the advantages of...

RETRIEVE FILES FROM YOUR PC ANYWHERE WITH RETRIEVER SOFTWARE FROM DREAM HOUSE.(Dream House Software Retreiver database access software)(Product Announcement)
April 17, 2000... Dream House Software Inc., a leading developer of software for handheld devices, announced Retriever software. Retriever allows users to search the entire contents of their desktop PC remotely, using a handheld device and a wireless phone or...

ANALYSTS EXAMINE THE OUTLOOK FOR E-GOVERNMENT.(Government Activity)
April 17, 2000... While many enterprises have reinvented themselves to take advantage of the e-business marketplace, the government is preparing to transform itself into an e-government. Gartner Group Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB) analysts project spending for...

Apple Teams Up With THE WIZ To Offer Complete Desktop Video Experience.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 17, 2000... Apple announced it is teaming up with THE WIZ to offer complete desktop video solutions, based on Apple's iMac DV, in 41 THE WIZ stores located throughout the New York metropolitan area. THE WIZ will create a unique environment where customers...

Web Masters Will Have To Think Of Wireless Users' Needs First.(Industry Trend or Event)
April 17, 2000... According to IDC, it is easy to envision a time in the next few years when the majority of Internet access will be through wireless and not wired devices. IDC estimates that more than 40 million US households are online but there are more than...

IDC Declares Linux Is Red Hot In The Server Market.(Product Information)
April 17, 2000... According to the latest release of IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, Linux server shipments increased 166 percent to 72,422 units in Q499 from Q498, representing the fastest-growing operating environment in the server market. ...

IBM's Global Services Dominates Network Consulting & Integration Services Market, According to IDC.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 17, 2000... According to a recent report from IDC, IBM Global Services has a commanding position in the worldwide network consulting and integration services market. The vendor captured 16 percent of the market's $19.3 billion revenues in 1999. IBM's share...

4Q99 Worldwide Server Market Revenues Declined 6% From 4Q98, IDC Says.
April 17, 2000... The latest quarterly server data from IDC indicates significant weakness in the worldwide market for servers for 4Q99. Figures from 4Q99 show total factory revenue declining six percent to $14.9 billion compared to 4Q98. A significant revenue...

Gartner Analysts Forecast The Future Of Mobile Devices During Spring Symposium/ITxpo 2000.(Industry Trend or Event)
April 17, 2000... Manufacturers of handheld devices continue to add increased functionality to these devices, although the prices will continue to decline, and 70 percent of personal digital assistants (PDAs) will be free or subsidized by the end of 2003,...

Compaq Is #1 Vendor In Linux Server Market, Says IDC.(Product Information)(Brief Article)
April 17, 2000... Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ) announced it has been ranked the #1 vendor in the Linux server market based on factory revenue and units shipped for 1999, according to International Data Corp.'s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker for...

IDC Predicts The Dedicated Foundry Market Will More Than Quadruple To $36B By 2004.(Industry Trend or Event)
April 17, 2000... As a result of weak financial performances during the 1996-1998 semiconductor recession, the large integrated semiconductor manufacturers are now turning to foundries to outsource semiconductor production at an unprecedented rate. This influx...

MOTOROLA JOINS THE OPEN GROUP AS A PLATINUM SPONSOR.
April 17, 2000... The Open Group, a vendor and technology-neutral consortium dedicated to enterprise interoperability, announced that Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) has joined The Open Group as a Platinum Sponsor. Motorola will contribute immediately to The Open...

IDC MOBILE ePANEL REVEALS USERS ARE WILLING TO FUND THE PURCHASE OF SMALLER MOBILE DEVICES.(Industry Trend or Event)
April 17, 2000... As mobile devices get smaller and offer robust functionality, users are more prone to pay for them themselves. According to Q1 2000 survey results from IDC's Mobile User and Buyer ePanel program, 23 percent of mobile device users said they will...

MICROSOFT BUYS CONTROL OF TITUS COMMUNICATIONS.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 17, 2000... Microsoft Corp. said it purchased a controlling stake in Titus Communications Corp., Japan's second largest cable operator for a reported $1 billion. Microsoft bought roughly 60 percent from cable company MediaOne Group inc., which is...

NCR Acquires Ceres Integrated.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 17, 2000... The NCR Corp., a former computer maker that now develops database software, said that it had bought Ceres Integrated Solutions for $90 million in cash and stock. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Ceres provides software and other...

MICRON BUYS ASSETS OF INACOM'S GOVERNMENT UNIT.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 17, 2000... Micron Electronics Inc., the No. 3 direct seller of personal computers, said that it had bought the assets of an Inacom Corp. subsidiary to broaden its offerings for government clients. The terms of the cash transaction were not disclosed. The...

S3 SHIFTS ITS FOCUS TO HANDHELD INTERNET APPLIANCES.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 17, 2000... S3 Inc. said that it was shifting its focus from making chips to making handheld Internet appliances. As a first step, S3 agreed to sell its majority stake in its graphic chip joint venture to the Taiwanese chip maker VIA Technologies Inc.,k...

SONY PLANS BROADBAND SERVICE.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 17, 2000... Taking another step toward transforming itself into an information technology and network company, the Sony Corp. announced plans to begin offering corporate clients broadband Internet access over a wireless telecommunications system this...

MICROSOFT ANTITRUST DECISION, PRIVATE LITIGATION INSURANCE - IMAGE.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 24, 2000... As predicted in recent analytical pieces in EDP Weekly, the state and federal participants in the Microsoft litigation are having significant disagreements on a common approach to present to Judge Jackson. Predictably, individual states have...

INTEL TO BOOST CAPITAL SPENDING TO $6 BILLION IN 2000.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 24, 2000... In the face of increasing market demand for its microprocessors, which had been consistently underestimated in preceding years, Intel will increase its capital spending in the year 2000 from $5 billion to $6 billion. As the world's largest...

PALM V - IN DRIVER'S SEAT.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 24, 2000... The Palm V hand-held organizer is to become mobile with the development of a device which will allow drivers to plug in. Delphi Automotive Systems Corp. announced plans to coordinate the sale of these devices with Palm, Inc. The device will...

CISCO TO SELL $1 BILLION OF TELECOM GEAR TO SBC.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 24, 2000... SBC Communications will purchase in excess of $1 billion of telecommunication equipment from Cisco Systems, Inc., over the next 24 months in order to provided high-speed Internet access through digital-subscriber lines (DSL). The service will...

IRS.GOV GOES "DOT COM" FOR TAX SEASON.(Government Activity)
April 24, 2000... In an effort to mainstream e-filing as a popular alternative to paper and postal tax filing, the IRS turned to web advertising and a more user-friendly web site this tax season - corresponding to site traffic almost tripling. A new report...

IDC Reveals Online Tax Filing Significantly Increased This Year.(Government Activity)
April 24, 2000... IDC released research that reveals the number of people who filed electronically has increased dramatically - almost 30 percent from last year. Further demonstrating the increasing popularity of online filing is the fact that one-third of these...

Gartner's Information Security In E-Business World.(Industry Trend or Event)
April 24, 2000... Information security is fast becoming the hottest technology issue, growing hand-in-hand with e-business and wireless technologies. These topics will be explored in depth at Information Security in an E-Business World, a conference that...

Gartner Launches Gartner TechWatch Nationally On The Wall Street Journal Radio Network.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 24, 2000... Beginning April 18, 2000, research from Gartner Group Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB) can be heard during peak commuter drive time on more than 160 radio stations across the United States. Gartner TechWatch, which premiered on April 18 on the...

EFAX SOFTWARE PROVIDES WIRELESS ACCESS FOR PALM USERS.(Product Announcement)
April 24, 2000... Efax.com (Nasdaq: EFAX), a leader in Internet communication services, announced that it has released a software application to give Palm VII handheld computers from Palm Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) access to its Internet based fax services. Palm V...

HP PAVILION HOME PCs LED US RETAIL MARKET IN FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 2000.(Product Information)
April 24, 2000... Hewlett-Packard Co. announced that its HP Pavilion home PCs led the US retail market in the first two months of 2000, capturing 43 percent of total unit share, vs. Compaq's 34 percent unit share, according to NPD INTELECT Market Tracking. ...

MathSoft Delivers Free S-PLUS Linux Software With UNIX Purchases.(Product Information)(Brief Article)
April 24, 2000... MathSoft Inc. (Nasdaq: MATH), provider of the broadest line of technical calculation and analytical software for business and academia, announced a promotion to offer free copies of S-PLUS for Linux to customers buying new UNIX licenses. The...

A LITTLE OOMMF MAY HELP INCREASE COMPUTER MEMORY.(Technology Information)
April 24, 2000... Hard disk drive companies are scrambling to keep pace with their record 50-fold increase in storage capacity during the last eight years. Continuing this remarkable pace, and developing innovative technologies such as low-power magnetic...

CISCO INTRODUCES IP DSL SWITCHING ACROSS CISCO 6000 DSL FAMILY.(Product Announcement)
April 24, 2000... Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), the leader in networking for the Internet, announced the addition of IP DSL switching capabilities across the entire carrier-class Cisco 6000 DSL family. Adding IP capabilities to the platform enables service...

HP UNVEILS SLEEK HP JORNADA 540 SERIES COLOR POCKET PCs.(Product Announcement)
April 24, 2000... Hewlett-Packard Co. unveiled the stylish and slim HP Jornada 540 Series Color Pocket PCs at the Microsoft Pocket PC launch event at Grand Central Station. With its sleek design and functionality, the HP Jornada 540 series gives users what...

Targus Introduces A Stowaway Keyboard For The HP Jornada 540 Series Color Pocket PC.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 24, 2000... Targus Group International Inc., a global supplier of portable solutions, announced that it would be the sole distributor of the Stowaway keyboard for the HP Jornada 540 Series Color Pocket PC from Hewlett-Packard Co. The Stowaway keyboard was...

NEW COMPETITION FOR NEXTEL.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 24, 2000... During the most recent six months, Bell Atlantic Corp., Vodafone AirTouch PLC, SBC Communications, BellSouth Corp., and Voice-Stream Wireless Corp. have entered the growing U.S. market for nationwide wireless services which will allow customers...

RUGGED, HIGH-SPEED, WEB ENABLED LASER PRINTERS CAN BE NETWORK MANAGED GLOBALLY.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
April 24, 2000... Printronix (Nasdaq: PTNX) announced the release of the new LaserLine L5520 continuous form, high-speed laser printer. IT managers will be able to take advantage of PrintNet Plus networking features on the LaserLine L5520 to increase the...

NOVA CORP. SELECTS GATEWAY TO PROVIDE COMPUTERS TO SMALL BUSINESS MERCHANTS.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 24, 2000... NOVA Corp. (Georgia) (NYSE: NIS) announced an agreement with Gateway Inc. (NYSE: GTW) to provide NOVA's small- to medium-sized business customers Gateway computers and electronic commerce support. The move reinforces NOVA's business goal to...

SIERRA IMAGING RELEASES IMAGING SOFTWARE OPTIMIZED FOR NEW WINDOWS-POWERED POCKET PCs.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 24, 2000... Sierra Imaging Inc., an industry leader in providing imaging solutions for small footprint mobile devices, announced the release of an upgraded version of its popular Image Expert CE software designed for PC companion devices. Image Expert...

TANGENT COMPUTER CONTRACTS IBM TO ENHANCE ITS PRODUCT SERVICE AND SUPPORT.(Company Business and Marketing)
April 24, 2000... Tangent Computer Inc. announced it has contracted with IBM Global Services to help service and support for Tangent Computer products. According to the agreement, IBM will offer customers on-site technical support and maintenance of Tangent...

NCR AWARDED $88M CONTRACT EXTENSIONS BY US POSTAL SERVICE.(Government Activity)
April 24, 2000... NCR Corp. announced that the US Postal Service (USPS) has awarded the company an $88 million Stage IIB Point-of-Service ONE (POS ONE) contract extension that will enable the Postal Service to continue rapidly expanding its customer services at...

SGI TO PROVIDE HIGH-PERFORMANCE VISUAL SYSTEMS FOR US ARMY AVCATT-A.(Government Activity)
April 24, 2000... SGI (NYSE: SGI) announced that it will provide its advanced high-performance visual computing equipment and servers to power the Army's new Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer-Aviation Reconfigurable Manned Simulator (AVCATT-A) for Lot 1....