Outsourcing
eWeek, 5/20/04: P&G Aiming for 'Automatic Pilot' with HP Outsourcing
By Stan Gibson
LAS VEGAS—A year after embarking on a $3 billion, 10-year outsourcing deal with Hewlett-Packard, Procter & Gamble is reporting steady progress, although much work has yet to be done.
"The honeymoon is over, and now we have to make the marriage work," Linda Clement-Holmes, director of infrastructure services at Procter & Gamble Co., said during a presentation at Gartner Inc.'s Outsourcing Summit here. "We want to be on automatic pilot," she said, adding it will take another 18 months to get there.
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The Wall Street Journal, 5/20/04: IBM's Palmisano Sees Huge Gains In Outsourcing
By WILLIAM M. BULKELEY
International Business Machines Corp. sees a huge opportunity in hiring itself out to run corporate human-resources offices, supplies procurement, and other back-office business operations, Chief Executive Samuel J. Palmisano said.
In his annual speech to Wall Street analysts, Mr. Palmisano reiterated the company's goal of growing revenue by percentages in the "high single digits" and earnings per share by "low double-digits."
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Security
Computerworld, 5/19/04: Symantec to acquire Brightmail
The deal is worth $370M and is expected to close in July
News Story by Todd R. Weiss
Utility software vendor Symantec Corp. today announced that it's acquiring antispam vendor Brightmail Inc. in a deal worth about $370 million in cash.
In an announcement made today after the financial markets closed, Cupertino, Calif.-based Symantec said it's buying San Francisco-based Brightmail to complement Symantec's existing gateway-security products in the fight against unsolicited commercial e-mail.
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Mobile
C|net, 5/19/04: RIM, PalmSource prepare to connect
By Richard Shim
Research In Motion and PalmSource presented details Tuesday of an alliance aimed at making RIM's BlackBerry wireless communications service available to licensees of PalmSource's operating system.
The deal between the two handheld specialists was struck in May 2003, but the companies are just now releasing details of how they'll work together.
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eWeek, 5/19/04: RIM Partners Introduce New BlackBerry Apps
By Carol Ellison
CHICAGO—Research In Motion Ltd. development partners rolled out a series of new wireless applications for the BlackBerry platform at the RIM Wireless Enterprise Symposium here this week.
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Otherwise
The New York Times, 5/20/04: The Humble Laptop Tote Gets a Fashion Upgrade
Francine Parnes
If, as the old fashion saw goes, what separates humans from animals is the ability to accessorize, then it simply won't do to complement a Chanel suit with a humdrum black nylon computer case. For the laptop-toting woman who has everything but can accommodate more, Talene Reilly offers fashionable computer bags in exuberant purple wool tweed or pomegranate or lime cotton-polyester. Even the linings add fun to function, with purple flowers, aqua dots or Popsicle-bright stripes. But these bags don't rely on good looks alone: they have multifunctional pockets for power cords, discs and a cellphone.
Nicole Arslanian, the president of Talene Reilly, said the inspiration for the collection came when she was traveling on business, caught sight of her reflection in an airport door and thought: pack mule. "With my computer bag falling off one shoulder, my handbag slipping off the other, a cellphone that was impossible to find and a double latte that begged to be sipped, I realized there must be a better way," she said.
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