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Volume 2, Number 22 -- June 1, 2005

Sponsored By
HEWLETT-PACKARD

Getting from here to there, reliably

From point A to point B, sometimes through point C and oftentimes on to D or E, more than 200,000 passengers a day count on ANA to get them to their destinations on time.

So, through more than 800 flights per day, ANA's Flight Management System sees to it, that, as Japan's leading airline in on-time performance, ANA continues to remain on time.

And behind this benchmark of punctuality, working away millisecond by millisecond, is HP technology. Find out more.

Stalker Software Lines Up CommuniGate Pro Updates
by Alex Woodie

Companies looking for less expensive alternatives to Microsoft Exchange and IBM Domino may want to check out Stalker Software's CommuniGate Pro. Last month, the company rolled out version 4.3 of the product, which brings new encryption and collaboration capabilities. In about a month, Stalker hopes to release the beta of version 5.0, which will bring additional voice over IP (VoIP) and "rich media" conferencing capabilities. READ MORE >

Server Market Is Solid in Q1, Says Gartner
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

The first quarter of any year is not usually one to brag about, but in 2005, the first quarter was not so bad. Not only were worldwide server shipments up by 10.7 percent to 1.745 million units, according to the box counters at IT market researcher Gartner, but aggregate revenues were also up by 4.1 percent to $12.33 billion. If server sales are any indicator of stability in the IT market, then the IT recovery we saw in late 2003 and through 2004 is under way. READ MORE >

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2. The opportunity to be immersed in another culture while using your technical knowledge to assist emerging economies.

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But Wait, There's More

Microsoft Burns the Midnight Oil to Bring CTP of BizTalk Server 2006 to TechEd . . . Microsoft To Stop Selling Microsoft Business Network as a Stand-Alone Application . . . Mainframe Migrations Celebrated at First Alliance Conference . . . Microsoft to Share Information on Spam Filtering Through New MSN Services . . . Mainsoft Launches Visual Studio for Linux . . . Gartner Says IT Staffs Will Contract by 15 Percent in Five Years . . . iWay Software Moves Beyond Adapters with New Toolset . . . READ MORE >

Reader Feedback and Insights

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Editor: Alex Woodie

Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik, Shannon O'Donnell,
Timothy Prickett Morgan, Victor Rozek, Kevin Vandever, Hesh Wiener

Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas

Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed

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THIS ISSUE SPONSORED BY:
Vision Solutions Stalker Software Thawte Consulting Hewlett-Packard Geekcorps

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
IBM Launches Promised 32-Way Intel Server ScriptLogic Launches Patch Software for Windows Servers Stalker Software Lines Up CommuniGate Pro Updates Server Market Is Solid in Q1, Says Gartner But Wait, There's More


Cool Stuff: Transitive Emulates Server Platforms on Other Iron The ERP Life Cycle: From Birth to Death and Birth Again Shaking IT Up: In a Crisis, A Good Manager Is an Absent Manager


Cash Hoard Calms Novell as It Books Another Loss AMD Publishes Pacifica Virtualization Spec As I See It: IT, the Early Days


FreeBSD Foundation Puts Out 5.4 Unix Release Apple Said to Be Considering a Switch to X86 from Power Are We There Yet? Perspectives on the Future of IT

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