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========================================================= Sponsored by APC Evaluating a new site or upgrading an existing site? Educate your customers on best practices of site selection. Learn about the risk factors that must be considered if optimal availability is to be obtained. Free white paper! Download today! http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112504-1 ========================================================= August 16, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. Review: x86 64-Bit Server Space Heats Up 2. News: Microsoft Lists Apps Affected by XP SP2 3. News: Sun-Microsoft Deal Showing Signs of Stress? 4. News: HP Scrambles for Footing with AlphaServers 5. News: RIM Ramps Up Connectivity with Products, Partnerships 6. Blog: The Boy Who Cried 'Mac Tablet' 7. Opinion: A Lesson from Toys 'Were' Us: Use Tech to Personalize 8. Opinion: Covad's Business VOIP: A Different Model For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112507-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. Review: x86 64-Bit Server Space Heats Up eWEEK Labs took a close look at IBM's xSeries 336, the company's first server based on Xeon EM64T, and Sun Microsystems' Opteron-based Sun Fire V40z to save you the trouble. Read this review of these 64-bit architectures. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112510-1 The 64-Bit Desktop: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112513-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Microsoft Lists Apps Affected by XP SP2 In an effort to head off support calls, Microsoft has published a list of about 50 programs from both the Redmond software giant and third-party software vendors that require tweaking in order to work properly with Windows XP Service Pack 2. Mary Jo Foley of Microsoft Watch gives you the full story. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112516-1 XP Evolution: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112519-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Sun-Microsoft Deal Showing Signs of Stress? Several months after surprising the industry by announcing an integration partnership, Microsoft and Sun could be heading for their first rift. Sun's COO and president Jonathan Schwartz made it clear last week that little will be accomplished until Microsoft embraces open standards and interoperability. Will Microsoft bow down to the Liberty Alliance? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112522-1 eWEEK.com Windows Center: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112525-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: HP Scrambles for Footing with AlphaServers A decline in sales for Hewlett-Packard's Business Critical Systems unit has HP running to introduce one unit that ships a legacy Compaq product, Alpha-based servers. Check out what else will be unveiled this week at HP World. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112528-1 Infrastructure Industry Center: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112531-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: RIM Ramps Up Connectivity with Products, Partnerships Fresh off a quarter of stellar sales, Research In Motion Ltd. is working to increase its customers' connectivity options with new products and network partnerships. Get the details here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112534-1 Wireless in the Enterprise: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112537-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Blog: The Boy Who Cried 'Mac Tablet' Could this be the year of the Mac tablet? eWEEK.com's executive editor Matthew Rothenberg gives his opinion on the matter--and readers give theirs right back. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112540-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. Opinion: A Lesson from Toys 'Were' Us: Use Tech to Personalize When Toys "R" Us announced it might leave the toy business, the reasons behind the failure had less to do with Wal-Mart than some might think. What's the story? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112543-1 Retail Industry Center: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112546-1 Self-Checkout Technology: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112549-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Opinion: Covad's Business VOIP: A Different Model Building on its GoBeam acquisition with a strong IP Centrex offering, the company touts something unique by providing its service over managed Internet but also managing and billing for end-to-end connectivity. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112552-1 VOIP in the Enterprise: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112555-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112558-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112561-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112564-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://www.eweek.com/unsubscribe_newsletter/0,4223,,00.asp?n=06&type=u&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-988-2-3-308321-112567-1 Questions about your newsletter subscriptions? 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