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TOP NEWS STORIES ======================================================================== * EDS may cut 20,000 jobs over the next two years * ISP Telenor cripples zombie PC network * Dell hopes support hubs will improve service delivery * European Commission clears HP's bid for Synstar * Hitachi and Intel join on mobile phone drives * Judge's decision means uncertain future for PeopleSoft ADVERTISEMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- HP Proliant BL20p G2 blade server starter kit HP offers the industry's broadest portfolio of blade servers and technologies optimized to address customers' needs. The new ProLiant BL20p G3 is a performance dual-processor server blade engineered for the enterprise. Now sold as a kit, get the necessary infrastructure components to get the 2 blade servers functioning in your rack enclosure right away. This way, CDW ensures you get the right technology. Right Away. Now at CDW! http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=89E15A:2B910B2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- EDS MAY CUT 20,000 JOBS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS ======================================================================== Posted September 10, 2004 8:42 AM Pacific Time Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) plans to lay off between 15,000 and 20,000 employees over the next two years as part of an effort to slash $3 billion in costs, the company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael Jordan said Thursday during a question-and-answer session at a conference. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=89E157:2B910B2 ISP TELENOR CRIPPLES ZOMBIE PC NETWORK ======================================================================== Posted September 10, 2004 8:22 AM Pacific Time Authorities in Singapore shut down a large network of around 10,000 robot, or "zombie," computers this week, after technicians at Norwegian Internet service provider (ISP) Telenor ASA stumbled on the illicit network by tracing Internet Relay Chat (IRC) communications from compromised customer PCs on its system. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=89E151:2B910B2 DELL HOPES SUPPORT HUBS WILL IMPROVE SERVICE DELIVERY ======================================================================== Posted September 10, 2004 7:32 AM Pacific Time Dell Inc. is pushing ahead with plans to open IT support hubs worldwide to improve its service delivery to buyers of its servers, storage devices and workstations. Although the hubs are aimed primarily at enterprise customers, they will also cover consumers and small and midsize businesses. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=89E156:2B910B2 EUROPEAN COMMISSION CLEARS HP'S BID FOR SYNSTAR ======================================================================== Posted September 10, 2004 4:54 AM Pacific Time BRUSSELS -- The European Commission has cleared Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) to buy U.K. IT services provider Synstar PLC, the Commission announced on Friday. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=89E154:2B910B2 HITACHI AND INTEL JOIN ON MOBILE PHONE DRIVES ======================================================================== Posted September 10, 2004 4:46 AM Pacific Time Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Inc. (HGST) and Intel Corp. are pushing the development of an interface technology that they hope will smooth the adoption of compact hard-disk drives (HDDs) into mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and digital music players, the companies said on Friday. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=89E152:2B910B2 JUDGE'S DECISION MEANS UNCERTAIN FUTURE FOR PEOPLESOFT ======================================================================== Posted September 10, 2004 4:37 AM Pacific Time One year ago at PeopleSoft Inc.'s Connect user conference, Chief Executive Officer Craig Conway took the stage to assure several thousand PeopleSoft customers that Oracle Corp.'s then three-month-old bid for control of PeopleSoft had failed. When he stands before the crowd at this year's Connect gathering later this month, he'll have a harder time making the case that Oracle's lingering campaign isn't harming PeopleSoft. 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