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March 26, 2001 12:00 PM ET

Computerworld - Lotus Teams With Ericsson, Nokia
IBM subsidiary Lotus Development Corp. last week announced an agreement with cellular phone makers LM Ericsson Telephone Co. in Stockholm and Nokia Corp. in Espoo, Finland, to put a mobile version of Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino on cell phones and other wireless devices by year's end. Cambridge, Mass.-based Lotus will jointly market and distribute its mobile device software with each company. The software lets customers access business applications via phones that use the Wireless Application Protocol.
Citrix Buys Sequoia
Citrix Systems Inc. will acquire Sequoia Software Corp. for $184.6 million in cash, paying $5.64 per Sequoia share, the two companies announced last week. Columbia, Md.-based Sequoia makes XML-based software for building Web portals. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Citrix, which makes connectivity software for application servers, hopes to add Sequoia's portal products and technology to its portfolio.
Oracle to Trim Workforce by 2%
In the wake of lackluster third-quarter earnings, Oracle Corp. said last week that it's reducing its workforce by about 866 jobs. "Based on current business conditions, at this time the company expects to reduce our worldwide workforce by approximately 1% to 2% through normal attrition and regular business performance assessments, in line with our ongoing global e-business process improvements," the software maker said in a statement.
3Com Reports Loss
Blaming a downturn in demand for its products among U.S. users, networking equipment maker 3Com Corp. last week said revenue for the quarter ended March 2 came in at $629.6 million, down 18% from $1.1 billion for the same period a year ago. Santa Clara. Calif.-based 3Com said it plans to focus more on core its businesses and expects a 10% workforce reduction.

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Forrester Consulting - Optimizing Users and Applications in a Mobile World
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Government/Industries White Papers
Eight Considerations for Evaluating Disk-Based Backup Solutions
In the past, the movement from tape- to disk-based backup has been less compelling due to the expense of storing backup data on...
ExaGrid Helps U.S. Federal Government Agencies Reduce Backup Windows and Improve Data Protection
The U.S. Government has been the largest user of tape-based backup systems since the 1970s. Most agencies have begun to deploy disk storage...
Virtualizing Government Infrastructure
All server virtualization solutions are not created equal. The more-with-less agenda for government agencies is tailor-made for server virtualization, which is evolving into...
Overcome Top 7 Admin Challenges of Active Directory
As Active Directory's role in the enterprise has drastically increased, so has the need to secure the data. Gain insight on creating repeatable,...
Insiders Can Ruin Your Company. Take Action.
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Government/Industries Webcasts
Virtual Desktop Solutions in the Federal Government
Federal IT managers are on the forefront of realizing the benefits that a secure, easy-to-manage virtual desktop environment can provide. The key is...
Optimizing Networks for the Cloud
Join guest speaker, Rohit Mehra, IDC Director of Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, to explore current trends, discuss best practices for optimizing Data Center and...
Apps QuickStart Series Part 2: Designing and Deploying SQL Server on VMware vSphere
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Apps QuickStart Series Part 1: Designing and Deploying Exchange 2010 on VMware vSphere
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Customer Spotlight: How IPC The Hospitalist Company Implemented Oracle on VMware
Have you been looking to hear about customer's experiences with the new VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager product? View this webcast to learn...
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