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News In Review

January 12, 1998

Top Of The Week

Software Gains Capital Treatment
A pending rule change will require accountants to treat software as an asset. Will this make it easier to get projects approved, or harder?

Netscape To Post Loss
Layoffs announced, but users stay loyal.

Bank Offers Electronic ID Confirmation
Digital certificate authority service is first from a financial institution.

Web Ability For Visual Basic
Add-ons integrate browser programming commands into VB5 language.

AT&T, SBC To Buy Carriers
Multibillion-dollar deals promise full-service packages -- but less competition.

Database Sales Slow
Sybase reveals lower-than-expected financials; IBM and Microsoft gain ground.

Lotus To Reveal Details Of Notes-Domino Upgrade
Vendor expected to make Notes applications database-independent.

Sun Solaris To Get Firewall
Security strategy also includes software package.

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Cover Story

Crash-Landing Ahead?
Rocked by a series of disastrous mega-projects, federal agencies are working to change how they manage IT. But the FAA, one of the worst offenders, insists on going it alone.

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Intranet/Internet

Content By Committee
Development tools help business units collaborate on Web development.

LAN Faxing Reaches The Net
Omtool-NetCentric add-on could boost fax service market.

Purchasing Power Added
Sales software gets new buy functions.

InternetView: Explorer For Mac Delivers

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Software

Stronger Supply Chain
Bedding maker picks Manugistics wares to complement R/3.

FileNet Sums Up Its Parts
Product realignment integrates features.

Platinum To Bolster Process Management
$70M deal to provide greater integration.

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Networking

IP Telephony Lure
Bay to buy Netspeak, plans products to send voice and fax over IP networks.

Remote And Secure
Network Associates expands Sniffer line.

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Hardware

Sun's Price Beaters
Low-end systems mark effort to slow shift to Windows NT.

Digital, Sequent Partner
Target market for 64-bit Unix on Intel.

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Channel Strategies

Compaq's Progress
VP Robidoux says PC vendor takes a gradual approach to i nventory reduction.

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IT Management

Services Growth
Success drives international expansion of Shell Group's three-year-old IT unit.

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Financials

Taking Stock: The Power And The Glory
With downtime costs on the rise, American Power Conversion's extensive product line is attracting some powerful attention.

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Highlights
  • Top of the Week
    Software Gains Capital Treatment

  • Trends
    Crash-Landing Ahead?

  • Intranet/Internet
    Content By Committee

  • Software
    Stronger Supply Chain

  • Networking
    IP Telephony Lure

  • Hardware
    Sun's Price Beaters

  • Channel Strategies
    Compaq's Progress

  • IT Management
    Services Growth

  • Financials
    Taking Stock: The Power And The Glory


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