Today at Microsoft Tech Ed: IT Forum 2006, Microsoft has announced the
formation of the Interop Vendor Alliance, a global, cross-industry group of
software and hardware vendors that will work together to identify
opportunities for enhancing interoperability with Microsoft systems on behalf
of their customers. Customers are telling Microsoft that interoperability is
as important to them as security and reliability.
Because of this, Microsoft is seeking to proactively work with partners and
competitors alike to help increase customers’ return on investment in
their IT solutions while reducing the cost and risk associated with
integrating diverse systems. Founding members of the alliance include
Advanced Micro Devices Inc., (AMD), BEA Systems Inc., Business Objects, CA,
The Carbon Project, Centeris Corp., Citrix Systems Inc., GXS Inc., IP
Commerce Inc., JNBridge ... (more)
Plans for a new IBM ThinkPad with a rotating screen that enables it to
function as a tablet computer have been filed with the U.S. FCC by IBM's
Yamato Lab in Japan. The system has a digitizer that allows the included
stylus to be used as an input device when the computer is being operated in
tablet mode, according to documents filed by IBM with the FCC.
The X41 Tablet Series will support wireless communications as well, according
to documents released by the FCC. The Japanese lab filing these documents
will be part of the Lenovo Group, the China-based company that is acquiring
al... (more)
After gambling and apparently losing with its high-profile choice of Carly
Fiorina as CEO, Hewlett Packard has taken the conservative route in its
recent management re-organization. First it hired former NCR head Mark Hurd
as its new CEO, an apparently save move that brings a seasoned, low-profile
Midwestern executive into a position formerly held by the flamboyant Fiorina.
Hurd has now brought in R. Todd Bradley, the former head of PalmOne, into the
new position of Executive Vice President of the Personal Systems Group,
re-splitting the PC group out of a brief unity (dating back t... (more)
Quest Software and Intrinsic Technologies have been chosen by Atlantic Health
System to work with Intrinsic to implement Quest’s Active Directory
migration and management software to simplify and manage its IT
infrastructure.
“We were looking to create a more unified directory services
environment by having all of our user accounts in Active Directory,”
said Pat Zinno, director, Infrastructure Services and Support, Atlantic
Health System. “Our systems are only as stable as the underlying
infrastructure allows them to be. Intrinsic and Quest are infrastruct... (more)
IBM has announced new industry models and consulting services that deliver
industry-specific best practices to help health insurance providers and
financial institutions leverage their institutional know-how and information
assets to gain a competitive advantage.
The new offerings expand IBM’s portfolio of industry models that are
currently used by more than 400 customers and market leaders throughout the
banking, insurance, telecommunications and retail industries. IBM’s
holistic approach to business modelling through data, process and services
templates is built upo... (more)
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