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In This Issue
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Bill's, Andy's, and Linus' Enterprise Adventure, Every Week
Midrange Monitor is taking a holiday and will resume publishing Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004.
Please see our holiday message below to learn about exciting changes to our Web site!
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Analysts Prognosticate About IT in 2004
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
It's a tradition for the major IT consultancies to get out their crystal balls and predict what will happen in the IT sector in the coming year, and years to follow. Any consultancy is ultimately judged by the accuracy of its predictions, so it's a good thing that many of us don't check their batting averages on their prognostications. IT predictions are fun, if not always accurate, and are an indication of the issues we are all facing. READ MORE >
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HP to Merge Server, Services Units?
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
The top brass at Hewlett-Packard held their security analyst meeting in New York last week, and chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina would not confirm that the company would merge its Enterprise Systems Group and its HP Services group into a single entity called the Technology Solutions Group. READ MORE >
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international Business (machines)
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
The top brass of IBM held their semi-annual audience with the Wall Street analyst community two weeks ago. For as long as I can remember, IBM has invited me to this event, presumably because I do a lot of financial reporting about Big Blue, outside of Guild Companies. I decided to attend in the hope that something interesting would happen. It did. I learned a few things, which I would like to share with you and ponder a little further. READ MORE >
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Red Hat, IBM Hook Up on Linux V3 for eServers
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Commercial Linux distributor Red Hat last week unveiled its Enterprise Linux V3 collection of operating systems, which it previewed back in October. In conjunction with the shipping of the new products, the company also announced pricing on the different implementations of Enterprise Linux ES and AS for servers with different processor architectures as well as a further expansion with server maker IBM. READ MORE >
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 ACUCORP
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 BROOKS INTERNET SOFTWARE
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HP Wins $50 Million IRS Contract for Servers, Storage
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Hewlett-Packard announced last week that one of its big resellers in the government market, PlanetGov, has secured a deal to upgrade and modernize the Web, print, and file server infrastructure at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service for $50 million. READ MORE >
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As I See It: A Shopper's Guide to an IT Christmas
by Victor Rozek
So it's that time of year again. Christmas. A time when people who aren't already killing each other, treat each other nicely for a couple of weeks. Given today's grim reality, it's somewhat ironic that it all started in the Middle East. From a humble manger to "Forgive them father, for they know not what they do." It's been over 2,000 years since that message was delivered, but the birthplace of the Prince of Peace is still a war zone. We're slow learners. READ MORE >
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Happy Holidays to All!
All of us at Guild Companies would like to wish each of you a happy holiday season. For us, 2003 winds down to a close this week until January 5, when we will begin the cycle a-new after a decent downtime filled with family, friends, foods, and fun. But first we'd like to thank you, our readers and sponsors: without you, none of this is possible. We'd also like to tell you about some exciting changes to our Web site. 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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