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Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide announced three back-to-back wins for its Technology Practice in Washington, D.C., all focused on the growing Internet business market. The agency will provide public relations and marketing communications support to Peterson's CollegeQuest.com, MySoftware Company, and Worldweb. Peterson's, North America'
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Red Hat Software Inc. has garnered significant attention in the high-tech industry after securing financial backing from two major players, Intel Corp. and Netscape Communications Corp. This development has sparked concerns among Microsoft and its rivals, with some accusing the software giant of trying to protect its monopoly in desktop
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Microsoft Expedia.com and American Express have partnered to make American Express the featured card for purchasing travel on Expedia.com, promoting electronic commerce and online travel booking. This collaboration aims to provide customers with better access to American Express's global purchasing power while emphasizing the ease, efficiency,
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The Hartford, a leading provider of insurance and financial services, has deployed a human resources Internet and intranet application based on Verity Information Server, a knowledge retrieval solution provided by Verity Inc. This innovative application enables job seekers to conduct complex searches of The Hartford's job listings by
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Mplayer.com, an industry-leading Internet games and entertainment community, has formed a strategic partnership with Fujitsu Limited to launch an extension of its service in Japan. This partnership brings the award-winning online game network to a market hosting over 16.5 million computer and video game enthusiast households, the world&
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Microsoft's new Office User Specialist program is now live, offering certification for users of the popular software suite, with testing available at over 2,100 centers in North America and a global rollout to follow. The program, developed by Marketshare Corp, aims to validate the proficiency of users
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Information Advantage Inc. and DynaMark, a subsidiary of Fair, Isaac and Company, have joined forces to integrate DynaMark's advanced database marketing solutions into Information Advantage's DecisionSuite Eureka! business intelligence platform. This partnership aims to empower decision-makers in various industries to make informed decisions by providing a
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Mentor Graphics, a leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) tools, has launched a hostile takeover bid for Quickturn Design Systems, offering $12.125 per share in cash, representing a 51.6% premium over Quickturn's closing price before the offer was announced. The bid, valued at $217 million,
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IBM and Xerox, two prominent competitors in the printer business, have jointly agreed to market an officewide document management system. The system will comprise Xerox's Document Centre line of digital products, which function as printers, copiers, and scanners, along with IBM's Lotus suite of document management
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Concord Communications, Inc., the leader in Web-based network performance reporting and analysis solutions, has announced that Delta Air Lines, Inc. has selected Concord's Network Health solution to manage the performance of its worldwide network. This win furthers Concord's position as the de facto standard for managing
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Ingram Micro Inc., a leading wholesale distributor of technology products and services, has received authorization from the Baan Company to pre-configure Baan software on Compaq and Hewlett-Packard computer systems throughout North America. This expanded authorization enables Ingram Micro to help a broader range of resellers implement enterprise software by providing
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Informatica Corp., a leading provider of software for deploying enterprise business intelligence and analytic applications, has launched an initiative with IBM to deliver scalable data warehousing solutions to users of IBM's DB2 Universal Database. The collaboration brings together Informatica's PowerCenter 1.5 and PowerMart 4.5
