Everdream
Network World, 8/5/02: Manage your assets
Tight economy and software licensing issues are putting a spotlight on asset management tools.
By John Fontana
Jim Hwang recalls with disdain scanning bar codes on PCs in an attempt to keep an accurate count of the IT assets in his company. The director of enterprise network systems for Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance in Madison says the process was time-consuming, costly and, worst of all, inaccurate.
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Microsoft
Internet News, 8/14/02: A Roadblock in Exchange's Migration Path
By Michael Chait
With Microsoft's Service Pack 3 for Exchange Server 2000 finally shipped out last week, attention and criticism is mounting for its next scheduled Exchange release, code-named Titanium.
The Redmond, Wash., behemoth has recently begun disclosing the migration roadmap to get users of its messaging and collaboration software from Windows 2000 to .Net. But the message includes the stark revelation that Microsoft won't support Exchange 2000 SP3 or earlier versions on the .NET platform.
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The Wall Street Journal, 8/14/02: Until They Make a Better Version, You Can Make Mine a Tree Sap
I don't know why so many folk have it in for Microsoft Corp. Jealousy, I guess. After all, it's not many people who can persuade you to buy something that's not working properly, and then charge you in advance for something that may or may not be better.
Many of you probably know that July 31 was the final deadline for Microsoft's volume customers to pony up for the company's new subscription-based way of selling software. I won't bore you with the details of the new licensing program, called, ominously enough, Licensing 6.0 (don't ask what happened to the other versions). Suffice to say it has forced companies and governments all over the world to rethink their software budgets and whether they can truly afford to keep buying Microsoft server, operating-system and office-suite software. Or, more scarily, whether they can afford not to.
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IT Trends
Infoworld, 8/13/02: Goldman says IT spending estimates may need cut
NEW YORK (REUTERS) - Goldman Sachs analyst Rich Sherlund on Tuesday said anemic economic growth expected for 2003 may reduce earnings in the software sector.
In a research note, Sherlund said longer-term growth rates for technology companies likely need to be lowered due to the protracted slowdown in information technology spending.
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