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In This Issue
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Bill's, Andy's, and Linus' Enterprise Adventure, Every Week
Sponsored By
 HEWLETT-PACKARD
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Demand HP
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Good News, Bad News: IT Workers Very Busy
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
My main job is to listen to what key IT vendors and users have to say about the problems companies face in their data centers and on their desktops every day. I can't count the number of times I have heard someone say over the past two years, "We have to do more with less." We're all living in this pressure cooker, from the largest multinational to the smallest mom-and-pop shop, and it's a testament to human nature that we keep moving, and not just for the door. READ MORE >
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Gartner Positions Server Platforms with Magic Quadrant
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
One of the toughest things that any IT manager or programming professional has to do is keep track of the strengths and weaknesses of the myriad computing platforms out there. All of our careers are based on making valid assumptions about what is hot and what is not, and about what is steady and what is trendy. This is one of the reasons why analysts at Gartner invented the Magic Quadrant, which is a visual representation of how the different platforms stack up against one another. READ MORE >
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Big Blue Hits SCO with Countersuit
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
We've been waiting for IBM to react in a significant way to the lawsuit that The SCO Group filed against it in March, and IBM's lawyers have finally stepped up to the plate with a countersuit that alleges, among other things, that SCO has violated IBM patents and the GNU General Public License, under which SCO it distributed its own brand of Linux. READ MORE >
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The IT Fab Four Love Linux, Says DH Brown Study
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Linux may be getting a bad rap because of concerns with the SCO-IBM and Red Hat-SCO lawsuits, but the most recent study put together by D.H. Brown Associates, which has earned itself a name in recent years by providing comparisons of the popular server computing platforms, doesn't indicate that the bloom is off the Linux rose as far as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and Sun Microsystems are concerned. If anything, the Fab Four of IT are trying to convince corporate computing departments that they are the best one to give their data centers and desktops a makeover with some Linux flair. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 ACUCORP
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 WINTERNALS SOFTWARE
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Sun Keeps the Heat on Dell, Others with Entry Servers
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Sun Microsystems, having seen the light and swallowed a lot of pride, is committed to keeping its new V60x and V65x Intel-based servers in line with offerings from Dell, IBM, and Hewlett-Packard. That's why Sun has added faster processors to the machines and cut prices on the boxes. READ MORE >
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Shaking IT Up: Putting QA to the Test
by Kevin Vandever
Are you testing your software before promoting it into production? More specifically, beyond unit or programmer testing, do you use an internal quality assurance department to test your software before it gets promoted into production? If so, you are probably wasting time and money. You are just as well off promoting your software into production right after a clean compile. READ MORE >
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Reader Feedback and Insights
We value your feedback and insights. Feel free to send a letter to the editor. Letters may be printed, unless otherwise specified, and edited for clarity or length. READ MORE >
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Editor: Timothy Prickett Morgan
Managing Editor: Shannon Pastore
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik, Shannon O'Donnell,
Victor Rozek, Hesh Wiener, Alex Woodie
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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