CenterBeam
Computerworld, 5/5/03: Group Touts Vermont as Outsourcing Alternative
Wages higher than India's, but lower than in U.S. cities
By Patrick Thibodeau
Information technology consultant Seamus Walsh was working in lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001. What happened on that day prompted him to move his family to the relative tranquility of Vermont.
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The biggest problem facing Vermont may be just across the border: Canada's favorable currency exchange rate.
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CenterBeam Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based company that manages computing resources for small and midsize companies, intends to open a major center in Saint John, New Brunswick, later this year. CEO Kevin Francis said he can hire three Microsoft certified engineers in Canada for roughly the cost of one in the U.S.
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Microsoft
Internet Week, 5/5/03: Windows Server 2003 Security: Jury's Still Out
By Marcia Savage, CRN
Security solution providers offered mixed reviews of the security of Microsoft's recently released Windows Server 2003.
Microsoft has touted the security of the new software, which ships with more than 20 services turned off by default and includes other protective functions. Security has been Microsoft's mantra since it launched its Trustworthy Computing initiative nearly 18 months ago.
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c|net, 5/5/03: Longhorn, new PCs on tap for WinHEC
By Michael Kanellos
Microsoft will disclose more details about the next "big" version of Windows and show off prototypes of smart set-top boxes and PCs at its Windows Hardware Engineering Conference this week.
Microsoft's new Longhorn operating system, expected to debut in late 2004 or early 2005, will likely feature new file systems for pictures or games without having to detour to the control panel, according to recently disclosed information on test versions. The operating system also will come with new versions of Windows Messenger, Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player.
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Hewlett-Packard
C|net, 5/5/03: HP tinkering with 'blade' desktops
By Michael Kanellos
Hewlett-Packard is designing a "bladed" desktop system that will take PCs off desks and put them in the computer room.
Bladed desktop systems seek to combine the benefits of centrally managed computing systems with the familiarity of PCs. In these systems, corporate employees have only a keyboard, a monitor and a docking station on their desks. Their computers, meanwhile, are sandwiched in 6-foot-tall racks in central computing rooms that are managed by information technology administrators.
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