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USF&G Corporation, a full-service property and casualty insurance company with $14 billion in assets, has announced its decision to standardize on Sybase technology for its company-wide enterprise client/server information systems. This deal, worth over $2.3 million, includes the purchase of Sybase SQL Server 10, Replication Server,
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IBM and Eicon Technology have partnered to bring a new software product, CM/2 Connect, which bundles Eicon's Frame Relay, X.25, and SDLC communications capabilities with the next release of IBM's Communications Manager/2 (CM/2) LAN-to-SNA host application. This new product enables corporations to
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Microsoft has announced a 10-week tour that will demonstrate its upcoming Windows 95 operating system in 23 North American cities, giving an estimated 50,000 customers a first look at the product. The tour will stop in Seattle on Sunday, June 4, where a two-hour demonstration will show how Windows
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Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) and Microsoft Corporation have announced a joint effort to develop, market, and support high-performance servers, networks, and management products for the corporate marketplace based on Windows NT Server. This partnership aims to provide customers with a powerful, cost-effective platform for their applications, backed by HP's
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Microsoft Corporation and NBC announced a new alliance yesterday to create a range of multimedia products and services, including CD-ROMs, interactive television services, and content for Microsoft's new online service, the Microsoft Network. While the details of the partnership are still unclear, it appears to be a significant
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The imminent release of Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system and the growing popularity of Pentium chips are expected to propel PC sales in 1995, with Channel Marketing Corp. predicting a 33 percent surge over last year's 25.6 million units. This increase is driven by the
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Applied Voice Technology (AVT) is set to showcase its innovative unified messaging product, CallXpress3, at two industry conferences in May 1995. The product integration with Microsoft Corp. and Lotus Development Corp.'s e-mail products marks a significant step towards streamlined communication. By combining voice, fax, and e-mail messages in
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Medio Multimedia today demonstrated its MedioNet ITV(TM) interactive television service at the National Cable and Television Association (NCTA) tradeshow and conference in Dallas. The service is a prototype of a platform that will provide local information, entertainment, and advertising to consumers. This announcement marks the latest step in Medio&
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A group of leading American computer companies, including Apple Computer, Compaq Computer, Hewlett-Packard, I.B.M., and Microsoft, has joined forces to urge Japanese and European consumer electronics companies to develop a unified standard for the digital videodisk, a highly anticipated future product. The committee, composed of technical experts, has
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Representatives from major computer hardware and software companies including Apple, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Microsoft, met to discuss the adoption of a single format for the next generation of high-capacity compact disc. The objective is to ensure backward read-compatibility with existing discs, forward compatibility with future read/write and write-once
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Oracle, the leading software company, has emerged victorious in the "Supplier Shoot-Out" competition at the Workgroup Computing Show held in the UK. The company's groupware solution outperformed its competitors, Lotus, Microsoft, Novell, IBM, and Digital, in terms of cost-effectiveness and implementation time. Oracle's solution
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A landmark seminar tour, sponsored by Compaq and Microsoft, is set to embark on a 10-city journey to foster technology integration in education. The tour will cater to 2000 educators nationwide, providing hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology and training programs to equip teachers with the skills to enhance, expand, and
