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The latest development from Hewlett-Packard Company aims to enhance application availability and return on system investment. The HP OpenView SMART Plug-In has been certified to integrate seamlessly with Baan Company enterprise applications under the Certified Application Provider Program (CAPPS) from BaanERP. This integration allows users to monitor the activity and
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HP is integrating Intel's Merced processor technology into its next-generation NetServer products, leveraging its experience as a co-developer of the IA-64 instruction set to extend the performance and uptime of HP NetServer systems. The move aims to provide customers with significant advantages for future computing, with the first
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Hewlett-Packard Company announced its support of the Windows(R) CE operating system, Handheld PC Professional Edition, through a new line of Handheld PCs. Recognizing the importance and expected growth of the Handhand PC market, HP is putting its full support behind Microsoft's latest edition of its Windows CE
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The DeskJet 722C printer has impressed me with its exceptional photo quality, compact size, easy envelope-feeding system, and near-silent operation. At a price of around $300, this printer is ideal for home or small-office use. Its ability to produce high-quality images is due in part to HP's incorporation
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The rise of internet commerce was supposed to eliminate middlemen and enable businesses to sell directly to their customers. However, the examples of successful internet businesses, such as Yahoo! and Amazon.com, reveal a paradox. As the internet enables price comparison and price wars, it may not deliver the promised
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MGM Grand Hotel/Casino, the City of Entertainment in Las Vegas, has formed a partnership with IBM, InfoGenesis, and Symbol Technologies to implement a unique customer service-driven wireless point-of-sale (POS) application in retail areas where standard networking poses cabling difficulties. The company has already been using the InfoGenesis Retail POS
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Oracle and Hewlett-Packard have established a new price/performance record for Windows NT applications and customers, achieving a 300 GB scale factor in the first-ever TPC-D decision support benchmark with a 300 GB scale factor on Windows NT systems. The benchmark was achieved running the Oracle8 database on HP'
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HP and Biscom have integrated their products to provide a comprehensive fax management solution, enabling users to reduce facsimile transmission costs and manage fax usage. The HP 9100C Digital Sender, a workgroup communication device, is now integrated with Biscom's FAXCOM fax servers. This integration allows users to send
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Alain Couder, a 28-year veteran in the international IT industry, has been appointed as the President and CEO of Packard Bell NEC, Inc. effective July 1998. Prior to his appointment, Couder served as chief operating officer at Groupe Bull in France, a strategic partner and investor in Packard Bell NEC.
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IBM has chosen QLogic Corp., a leading designer of Fibre Channel interconnect solutions, to provide the Fibre Channel host interface technology for the Netfinity server family. This partnership enables the Netfinity server family to connect with IBM's newly announced Netfinity Fibre Channel Storage system. Tom Schaffer, manager of
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Compaq, HP, and IBM today announced a joint development initiative to deliver significant improvements in the PCI bus technology standard, introducing PCI-X, a new standard that provides unmatched performance for high-end business-critical applications. PCI-X is an extension of the existing PCI bus, running at speeds up to 133 MHz and
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The HP Kayak PC Workstation family has been expanded to include new models based on Intel's latest 450MHz Pentium II processor. The HP Kayak XA-s, XU, and XW PC Workstations continue to drive the evolution of PC workstations with new 450MHz Pentium II processors, and the Intel 440BX
