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Network Appliance, Inc. and IBM have announced a record-high TPC-C Benchmark performance result, demonstrating the robust scalability of NetApp storage for enterprise online transaction processing workloads, especially in storage area network (SAN) environments. The benchmark achieved 492,307 transactions per minute (tpmC), with a price/performance of $6.37 USD/
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Sage Software and Net Integration Technologies have made the award-winning Sage Accpac ERP business management system available for deployment on the Nitix Linux-based operating system. This unique combination provides small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with a simple-to-install and easy-to-use Linux-based back end, paired with a Windows-based ERP front end. The
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A group of the world's largest companies, including Alcoa, The Dow Chemical Company, DuPont, FedEx Kinko's, General Motors, IBM, Interface, Johnson & Johnson, NatureWorks LLC, Pitney Bowes, Staples, and Starbucks, have collectively purchased 185 new megawatts (MW) of renewable energy, bringing their total to 360 MW,
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Intraware, Inc., a leading provider of digital delivery and management services, has announced a partnership with IBM to utilize Intraware's SubscribeNet License Key Management service in delivering license keys to customers of IBM Rational software development tools. This collaboration aims to provide customers with greater visibility into their
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IBM's microprocessors play a critical role in the functionality and cost of the Xbox 360 Premium video-game console, indicating a significant advantage in the gaming market. The company's custom PowerPC microprocessor, clocked at 3.2GHz, accounts for 20.2 percent of the total Bill-of-Materials (BOM) cost,
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Vision Solutions, the industry leader in eServer High Availability solutions, has partnered with IBM to provide disaster recovery and systems management software with all IBM eServer iSeries operating system, i5/OS. This collaboration ensures that iSeries users have access to evaluation versions of Vision's tools, including OS Director,
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HCL Technologies (HCL) announced a significant agreement with IBM to acquire the right to use and sublicense IBM's PowerPC 405 and PowerPC 440 embedded microprocessor cores and certain associated peripheral cores. As part of this partnership, HCL intends to establish itself as the first Power Architecture Design Center
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Cisco Systems has been chosen by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to collaborate with Accenture and IBM in developing prototypes for a Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) architecture. This partnership aims to create seamless information sharing among healthcare providers and establish a Personal Health Record
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Open Invention Network, a new company created to promote Linux innovation and collaboration, was launched on November 10, 2005, with financial support from IBM, Novell, Philips, Red Hat, and Sony. The company aims to establish a new model of intellectual property management for Linux, where patents are openly shared in
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The federal government has awarded contracts to four consortiums to build electronic health systems in 12 regions across the country, with the goal of creating models for a nationwide health information network. The contracts, totaling $18.6 million, are a fraction of the investment that the four groups - led
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AMD and IBM have broadened the scope of their technology alliance, with a focus on early exploratory research of new transistor, interconnect, lithography, and die-to-package connection technologies. The agreement will enable both companies to identify and investigate future technology challenges earlier, allowing solutions to be found and fundamental technology choices
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IBM, alongside other major storage vendors, is shifting its strategy from storage consortia to open source communities. The new initiative, named Aperi, aims to provide customers with open-standards-based storage infrastructure software, giving them more choices in deployment. The community will focus on developing a common software platform for managing various
