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Christine Hughes, formerly vice president of integrated marketing at Xerox Corp., has been appointed as senior vice president of corporate marketing at Novell Inc. The move is part of the company's new emphasis on business-to-business communications that better engage customers in the world's network software market.
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Sybase Inc., the leading enterprise client/server company, has announced the IQ Accelerator software, designed to provide enhanced, interactive query performance for complex data warehouse applications. The IQ Accelerator uses patent-pending Bit-Wise indexing technology to deliver breakthrough performance improvements of up to 100-fold over standard relational databases. This technology is
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Sybase Inc., The Enterprise Client/Server Company, has appointed Michael Engelhardt as the vice president of external affairs, a newly created position that focuses on government relations, charity programs, and community affairs. Engelhardt brings extensive experience in government affairs and corporate social responsibility, having previously worked at Intel Corp. and
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Scientific-Atlanta, a leading producer of cable television equipment, has formed a subsidiary called Power TV to develop an operating system for interactive television. The company aims to create a "best of breed" open solution that would allow other makers of home communications terminals, known as set-top boxes, to
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The inaugural International Developers Opportunities Conference (I DO) in São Paulo, Brazil, concluded its second day with a record attendance of over 200 developers, independent software vendors (ISVs), and members of the academic community, surpassing the first day's numbers. The conference, sponsored by Softex 2000, a public-private initiative
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NeXT Computer Inc. and SunSoft Inc. have jointly released the final specification for OpenStep, a publicly available application programming interface (API) for the operating system-independent object standard. This milestone demonstrates the commitment of both companies to creating an open object standard. OpenStep is based on NeXT's proven NEXTSTEP
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Borland International has announced that Richard Schwartz, formerly the company's senior vice president and chief technical officer, has been appointed as the chief executive officer of Borland Interactive, a new entity focused on developing software products for the growing Information Superhighway market. Schwartz will remain an active member
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Borland International Inc. and INTERSOLV Inc. have announced a team development effort as part of their ongoing strategic relationship. This alliance will enable Borland to develop an interface for INTERSOLV's PVCS Version Manager, which will be integrated into future versions of Borland's development tools, including dBASE
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The recently announced collaboration between Apple, IBM, and Motorola to develop a hardware blueprint for computers based on the PowerPC microprocessor marks a significant shift in the personal computer industry. This partnership, which aims to create a computing chameleon capable of running multiple operating systems, has the potential to challenge
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The Callison Partnership has completed the 16th project it has designed for Microsoft, a three-story, 230,000 square-foot building that is part of the company's 260-acre World Headquarters campus in Redmond, Wash. The new structure is home to software design/development, programming, and a cafeteria, and serves as
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Unisys Corporation has been chosen by Microsoft Corporation to participate in the innovative Microsoft Windows 95 Launch Support Team program. This partnership will enable Unisys to provide telephone support to users of the Microsoft Windows 95 operating system, leveraging Microsoft's tools and information. As one of only five
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HP Company has introduced HP JetAdmin for Microsoft Windows 95, a software that simplifies network printing by making it as easy as personal printing. According to BIS Strategic Decisions, network administrators spend between 20 to 30 percent of their time on printing issues. HP JetAdmin for Windows 95 is a
