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Thursday, March 24, 2005

* The marriage of manufacturing and retail * Ericsson, Sendo begin antitrust legal fight * Beware the cool-factor danger zone * Xdrive launches wireless access to online storage * RFID for asset tracking * In Brief: MCI adds thousands of wireless hotspots * Symbian licenses Microsoft ActiveSync protocol * Product Guide: Quantum SDLT 600

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THE MARRIAGE OF MANUFACTURING AND RETAIL

As this week's issue went to press, Oracle and SAP were still battling to acquire retail management software vendor Retek. The real story, though, isn't about who wins the prize but what's inside the box. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=C6B854:353CA35

ERICSSON, SENDO BEGIN ANTITRUST LEGAL FIGHT

Sweden's Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson on Wednesday launched a patent infringement lawsuit against U.K. mobile phone maker Sendo Holdings, the same day Sendo filed documents with the European Competition Commission accusing Ericsson of anticompetitive practices. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=C6B84E:353CA35

BEWARE THE COOL-FACTOR DANGER ZONE

Ever have one of these conversations? http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=C6B850:353CA35

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IP COMMUNICATIONS. . . IT'S COMING. BUT WHEN?

VoIP, IP telephony and IP Communications - you know the move to an IP-based communications solution is inevitable. It's a question of when, not if. But when should your "when" be? Learn more now.

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XDRIVE LAUNCHES WIRELESS ACCESS TO ONLINE STORAGE

Online storage company Xdrive launched this week a new service that gives subscribers wireless access to their files stored on the Xdrive site. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=C6B855:353CA35

RFID FOR ASSET TRACKING

Earlier this month, I went to Palo Alto, Calif., to meet with scientists Cyril Brignone, Craig Sayers, and Salil Pradhan. They demonstrated for me a practical IT asset-tracking solution for datacenters, designed around RFID technology and software visualization. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=C6B853:353CA35

IN BRIEF: MCI ADDS THOUSANDS OF WIRELESS HOTSPOTS

MCI on Tuesday launched 1,300 new Wi-Fi hotspots in Europe and the Asia/Pacific region, and will launch 3,400 hotspots in the U.S. in May. In addition to typical Wi-Fi locations such as airports and hotels, the MCI expansion will bring hotspots to new places that MCI customers requested, including cafes, bookstores, and business service centers. The Wi-Fi service is part of an MCI service for medium-size and large businesses called Remote Access Services, which includes dial-up, virtual private network connections. The MCI service includes a software package that connects users to the Internet using the connection of their choice. While other carriers offer Wi-Fi access, MCI's service ties Wi-Fi, dial-up, and broadband wired access together in one package. MCI customers don't need a separate subscription to multiple wireless providers for Wi-Fi access. The MCI service includes an unlimited Wi-Fi plan for $40 a month as an add-on to dial-up service. A time-based plan charges $8 an hour for the first hour, with a maximum of $15 a day. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=C6B852:353CA35

SYMBIAN LICENSES MICROSOFT ACTIVESYNC PROTOCOL

Symbian has licensed a protocol from Microsoft to allow users of mobile phones based on the Symbian operating system to synchronize e-mail and other personal data with servers running Microsoft's Exchange Server 2003. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=C6B84F:353CA35

PRODUCT GUIDE: QUANTUM SDLT 600

Offering unprecedented speed and capacity, the Quantum SDLT 600 can be a hard-to-refuse proposition for companies with large repositories and little time to waste waiting for tape backups. A very competitive price, home-built WORM cartridges, and backward compatibility with popular Quantum models could fit the bill for many customers.

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