IT Outsourcing
The Wall Street Journal, 3/27/03: Motorola Plans to Outsource Tech Functions in 10-Year Pact
Motorola Inc. agreed to outsource the management of much of its computing infrastructure to Computer Sciences Corp., in a 10-year contract valued at $1.6 billion.
About 1,300 Motorola employees are expected to join Computer Sciences as part of the agreement, with more than half based in the U.S. The rest are located in the Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific regions, with a small number from Canada and Latin America, Motorola said.
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Microsoft
Infoworld, 3/28/03: Microsoft builds on SMS beta
Microsoft bolsters integration, software metering, and mobile support
Microsoft launched the SMS (Systems Management Server) 2003 Beta program in early 2002 with plans to release the final version at the end of the year. That plan, however, has slowed -- SMS 2003 has only now reached the late stages of its open beta-testing program. To gauge what Redmond will achieve in upcoming months, we put the SMS 2003 Beta through its paces.
Microsoft is well on its way toward achieving three critical goals for SMS 2003: full integration with Active Directory (a long-overdue feature for most MCSEs), better software-metering tools, and added functionality for mobile clients. All told, we were excited by the solution's new features, but the application still has a ways to go before it's ready for release.
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Technology Trends
Fortune, 3/27/03: What to Do With All That Information
The more sophisticated we become in gathering and tracking data, the more problems arise on how to manage--and use it. Plus, Intel President Paul Otellini on what's next for the PC industry.
By David Kirkpatrick
Why is data growing so fast and what should we do about it? Can companies take advantage of it to gain strategic advantage? Who is doing it right? What about our identity and security as consumers? Who, if anyone, is responsible for gathering and maintaining the mountains of information about each of us that grows daily in corporate and government databases? These were the topics to which Esther Dyson devoted her cutting-edge Platforms for Communications conference this year. She called it "Who? What? Where? Data Comes Alive."
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