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The Department of Veteran Affairs has awarded a tender to Kaz Computer Services for the roll-out of a new Cognos Business Intelligence system, despite being far from satisfied with an older Cognos-based solution it is looking to replace.
SWsoft has released a smaller-scale, less expensive version of its Virtuozzo software in an effort to encourage new users of the virtualization product, the company plans to announce on Wednesday.
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