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HP ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1005kodak.html?nl> BMC rounds out SmartDBA family with IMS mainframe, 10/04/04 BMC has added IBM's IMS mainframe database to the platforms supported by its SmartDBA family of products, completing a two-year mission to provide tools for managing all of the major databases from a single, Web-based console. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1004bmcround.html?nl> IBM pays $320 million to partially settle pension case, 09/30/04 IBM said Wednesday it will take a $320 million charge this quarter to settle some claims and cap its liability on others in a long-running class-action dispute about changes made in the 1990s to its pension plan. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0930ibmtopa.html?nl> IBM reclaims top supercomputer crown for U.S., 09/29/04 For the first time since 2002, Japan's Earth Simulator is not the most powerful supercomputer on the planet. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0929ibmrecla.html?nl> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Network World Staff Contact Online News Editor Jeff Caruso at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Altiris In this era of online self-service, system availability is mission critical. 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