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The recent decision by the Wall Street Journal to drop Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. from the Dow Jones industrial average in favor of technology and service industries has sparked concerns from the manufacturing sector, according to Robert Tieken, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Goodyear. Tieken emphasized
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As digital standards and internet technologies have become widespread, the concept of convergence - the coming together of telecommunications and computing - has finally arrived. This convergence is driven by the adoption of packet-switched technologies, such as TCP/IP, which has led to a significant increase in data traffic and
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Hewlett-Packard made substantial gains in the third quarter 1999 Corporate IT Buying Behavior & Customer Satisfaction Study, while Compaq saw its momentum wane, particularly in notebook satisfaction. The study, conducted by Technology Business Research, shows that Dell extended its lead in all three form factors, with Hewlett-Packard improving its Intel
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Major technology companies, including Hewlett-Packard and Intel, are taking steps to capitalize on the growing market of computing services over the internet. This new market is anticipated to be a significant player in the computing industry's future. Hewlett-Packard is establishing a new division to provide computing capacity "
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Intel Corporation and eFusion, Inc., have announced a partnership to develop a new Internet Call Assistant (ICA) client, based on Intel's Internet Phone Software. The ICA client will be integrated into eFusion's eStream Enhanced Internet Services application server and eBridge Interactive Web Response system, allowing users
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Ziatech Corp., a leading innovator of applied computing solutions, is hosting a series of one-day seminars, sponsored by Intel Corp., to focus on real-time operating system solutions for applied computing applications. The 1999 Applied Computing Software Seminar Series will feature presentations from Wind River Systems, QNX Software Systems, and MontaVista
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Intel Corporation has announced an investment in Formus Communications, a company that is currently deploying "last mile" broadband wireless access (BWA) networks in Poland and other European countries. The investment aims to help Formus build out its networks and provide improved broadband Internet access to small and medium-sized
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Intel Corporation and four other IT leaders have joined forces to provide end-to-end network security solutions, addressing the growing need for secure data transmission in an increasingly open business infrastructure. The collaboration aims to create a trusted environment for information exchange, thereby becoming key to a company's success.
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Apple's decision to switch to the Motorola Power PC G4 processor has given the company a significant lead in the personal computer industry. The 500-megahertz G4 Macintosh machine outperformed Intel's top-of-the-line Pentium III chip in benchmark tests, using Intel's own software. This development has
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AST Computer has begun shipping its Premmia PS systems with the new Intel 600MHz Pentium III processor, offering customizable computing options to small businesses. The AST Premmia PS provides state-of-the-art processing power, high-capacity storage, and professional multimedia capabilities, starting at $1,650 for a complete system with the Pentium III
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IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and SGI have joined forces with VA Linux Systems and Cygnus Solutions to develop a version of the Linux operating system that will run on Intel's next-generation chip design, the IA-64 architecture. This major commercial effort aims to advance an emerging rival to Microsoft software, with
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Microsoft has announced that its products have achieved significant performance boosts on systems powered by the new 650 MHz Athlon processor from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). The company stated that a wide range of its products, including Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0 operating systems, as well as the
