It's Show-Me Time for Siebel

It's Show-Me Time for Siebel: "It's Show-Me Time for Siebel
While the software maker pledged to revive slumping profits, increasingly restless investors heard few specifics about how this would occur "

New Scientist Whatever happened to machines that think? - Features

New Scientist Whatever happened to machines that think? - Features: "In the next few months, after being patiently nurtured for 22 years, an artificial brain called Cyc (pronounced 'psych') will be put online for the world to interact with"

New Sun priorities could speed Niagara servers | CNET News.com

New Sun priorities could speed Niagara servers | CNET News.com: "Niagara has been due to arrive in systems in 2006, but Ingram said customers have prototype systems today and an earlier shipment date is possible. 'The latest will be early 2006 that we introduce the products,' he said. 'It's coming in better than any other processor we've ever produced.' "

SAP - SAP and Microsoft Announce First Joint Product Designed to Revolutionize How Information Workers Access Enterprise Applications

SAP - SAP and Microsoft Announce First Joint Product Designed to Revolutionize How Information Workers Access Enterprise Applications: "As part of this expanded partnership, SAP and Microsoft have agreed to each resell the complete solution, meaning SAP will resell Microsoft Office and Microsoft will resell licenses to SAP�s business process platform, which will deliver ready-to-run business processes accessible as enterprise services. Available in 2006, the business process platform will serve as the foundation for the creation and deployment of composite applications such as �Mendocino.�"

SAP readies new business-monitoring programs | CNET News.com

SAP readies new business-monitoring programs | CNET News.com: "The programs, called SAP Analytics, will monitor activities as diverse as tax collection, factory utilization and retail staffing,"

My Way News

My Way News: "Mendocino' is designed to integrate SAP processes, such as time management, budget monitoring, travel and expense management, directly into Microsoft Office."

Pacifica is similar enough to virtualization efforts by Intel, dubbed Vanderpool, that software developers should be able to create applications that work with both companies' technologies, instead of crafting separate versions

Microsoft Raises the Speed Limit With the Availability of 64-Bit Editions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional

Microsoft Raises the Speed Limit With the Availability of 64-Bit Editions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional: "Early adopters of Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions have seen stronger, faster results for database and data-intensive server applications. The x64 version of Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services, for example, can accommodate up to 170 percent more users per server than its 32-bit predecessor.* "

Techworld.com - IBM's X366 Xeon server has no L3 cache but is faster. How come?

Techworld.com - IBM's X366 Xeon server has no L3 cache but is faster. How come?: "At design time, there was a maniacal focus on latency reduction. When you can cut the time it takes it gets from one point to the next you can increase performance, so chipset latency has been cut by two and half times -- down from 265 nanoseconds to 108 nanoseconds"

Wired News: Linux Distribution Tames Chaos

Wired News: Linux Distribution Tames Chaos: "Chaos, a Linux distribution developed by Australian Ian Latter, harnesses the unused processing power of networked PCs, creating a distributed supercomputer that can crack passwords at lightning speed"

Technology@Intel Magazine - Intel� I/O Acceleration Technology

Technology@Intel Magazine - Intel� I/O Acceleration Technology: "Intel� I/O Acceleration Technology Improves Network Performance, Reliability and Efficiently"

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Quantitative System Performance: Computer System Analysis Using Queueing Network Models

Quantitative System Performance: Computer System Analysis Using Queueing Network Models: "Quantitative System Performance
Computer System Analysis Using Queueing Network Models"

AMD Dual-Core Opteron to Debut in NY

AMD Dual-Core Opteron to Debut in NY: "first quarter of 2006. That is when the company is expected to have its dual-core lineup in full production including its dual-core Xeon, Code named Dempsey, along with its dual-core Pentium 4, code named Smithfield, and its Pentium M dual-core mobile processor, code named Yonah. "