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========================================================= Sponsored by Dell Small Business Up to $300 off on select business systems @Dell. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1325-18-66-7787-146631-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: $250M IBM Division in Pursuit of Sensors 2. News: SAP, HP Team on ERP for SMBs 3. CIO Insight: Tyco: New Kid on the Block 4. Baseline: Trex: Knock On Wood 5. News: EDS Chooses Favorites Visit eWEEK.com's Manufacturing Industry Center http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1325-18-66-7787-146634-1 ========================================================= Manufacturing Update ========================================================= 1. News: $250M IBM Division in Pursuit of Sensors As IBM's Sensor and Actuation Solutions division sees it, RFID is only one type of sensor technology. Other types of sensors will be used in biometrics, chemical monitoring and more. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1325-18-66-7787-146637-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: SAP, HP Team on ERP for SMBs Small and midsize businesses that are looking for an ERP solution but aren't able to handle such things as cost and implementation have a new solution from SAP America and Hewlett-Packard to consider. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1325-18-66-7787-146640-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. CIO Insight: Tyco: New Kid on the Block Getting past the scandal was the easy part. Now, with the help of IT, Tyco must transform its super-acquisitive culture into a real operating company. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1325-18-66-7787-146643-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Baseline: Trex: Knock On Wood Trex mixed recycled shrink wrap and wood chips with automated manufacturing and logistics to nail slumbering lumber companies. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1325-18-66-7787-146646-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: EDS Chooses Favorites In an announcement from the Gartner ITxpo, the $20 billion a year computer systems integrator said that it is forming an "agility" alliance that will create a computing platform based on products from Dell, Cisco Systems, EMC, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Xerox. Learn about the EDS Agile Enterprise Platform here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1325-18-66-7787-146649-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1325-18-66-7787-146652-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1325-18-66-7787-146655-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1325-18-66-7787-146658-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://www.eweek.com/unsubscribe_newsletter/0,4223,,00.asp?n=84&type=u&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1325-18-66-7787-146661-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1325-18-66-7787-146664-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1325-18-66-7787-146667-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
