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    IBM has announced new midrange Unix servers in a tightening market that has Big Blue and its chief competitor, Sun Microsystems, at each other's throats.

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    Microsoft announced on Thursday that it landed Quest Software as its first licensee in a protocol technology program formed following action by European antitrust regulators.

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    Three separate security flaws could be used by an ordinary user to gain total control of a Linux server or workstation, security researchers have warned.

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    Executive Irving Wladawsky-Berger helped steer Big Blue to the Internet, Linux and open-source computing. His newest mission: grid computing.

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    Microsoft Exchange might be the most popular mail server but is it the best? We test the alternatives.

  • New chip powers high-end Intel servers

    Intel has released three new Xeon chips for four-and eight-processor servers in a move to increase the pressure on Sun Microsystems.

  • Why 64 bit is the 'new' catchword

    With chip makers chomping at the bit to update systems to create a 64-bit world, CIOs need to ask the tough question, "why?" This article provides compelling arguments for the switch.

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