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The telecom and tech industry saw significant developments last week, with Telefonica de Espana planning a new alliance with MCI Communications and Worldcom, bypassing its original partner AT&T. Microsoft's William H. Gates testifies on Capitol Hill to defend the company against monopoly allegations, successfully avoiding mentioning
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UPS, a global logistics leader, has announced the launch of UPS Document Exchange, a game-changing service that expands its core business to include secure electronic delivery over the Internet. This innovative platform offers maximum encryption levels, user authentication, proof of delivery, and archiving, alleviating customer anxiety over performing critical business
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has introduced new analog EDA tools that comply with OVI 1.0 Verilog-A, an analog extension to the industry-standard Verilog hardware description language (HDL). The tool suite, which includes the industry's first Verilog-A compliant debugger, is designed to make the process of analog design
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Intel's impending release of the 64-bit CPU architecture, Merced, is poised to revolutionize the high-end server landscape. Developed in collaboration with Hewlett-Packard, Merced's EPIC (Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing) architecture will enable unprecedented scalability and performance. This marks a significant shift for Intel, once considered a desktop
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Microsoft's proposal to push for lower-resolution transmission formats in digital TV broadcasts has sparked a heated debate between the company, broadcasters, and consumer electronics manufacturers. The issue centers around the company's agreement with Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI) to supply digital cable boxes that can handle lower-resolution signals,
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The U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday of Tampa has approved a $29 million settlement between NationsBank and its customers who were misled by the bank's brokerage unit when selling certain securities between August 1991 and June 1996. The settlement, which is expected to benefit about 500,000
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IBM has announced Microsoft "CLUSTER" certification for its IBM 7133 Serial Storage Architecture (SSA) disk subsystem support for multiple Windows NT servers, the top classification for data availability on the Windows NT platform. This certification enables companies to couple PC servers so that if one fails, a second
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TouchStone Software Corp. has launched a new sales initiative to expand its sales channel efforts by partnering with The TAMCO Group, a leading independent manufacturer's rep firm with $600 million in annual revenue. Through this partnership, TouchStone plans to augment its coverage in various sales channels, including VAR,
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Standard & Poor's has assigned its single-'B' rating to Systems & Computer Technology Corp.'s (SCT) $65 million 5% convertible subordinated notes due 2004, in addition to its double-'B'-minus corporate credit rating and bank loan rating. SCT's ratings
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Lotus's core product, Notes, has become a corporate standard with 20 million users worldwide and over 18,000 third-party developers. Despite initial predictions that it would be replaced by Microsoft Exchange, Notes has remained a strong competitor, with its client now more affordable and its interface undergoing a
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Amdahl Corp., a leading provider of enterprise computing solutions, has formed a formal alliance with DMR Consulting Group Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to address the enterprise computing needs of the Global 2000. The companies will provide host integration technology and services to deliver year 2000, enterprise messaging, web-to-host, and other
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Compaq Computer Corporation, a leading global provider of enterprise computing solutions, and Digital Equipment Corporation, a prominent supplier of high-performance, Web-based computing solutions, have announced the completion of a definitive merger agreement. The transaction is valued at $9.6 billion and will create the largest channel network in the world,
