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TOP STORIES FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 2004 HP and Motorola Target Wireless Infrastructure Costs Data-Mining Software Reference Guide Planned Cisco to Integrate IP with Microsoft's CRM ARM Holdings Buys Artisan Components HP AND MOTOROLA TARGET WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS Hewlett-Packard and Motorola have signed a multiyear agreement the two companies claim will lower infrastructure costs for wireless carriers. Motorola will sell HP-provided Linux servers and software along with a controller system that meets the Signaling System 7 standard. The reliance on industry standards rather than proprietary technology should make it less expensive and easier to upgrade, according to officials, who also said it could open the market to new carriers that could not afford equipment otherwise. The two initial packages will be based on Motorola's IDEN (Integrated Digital Enhanced Network) and the more common CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) network technologies. eWeek, 23 August 2004 http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1638428,00.asp DATA-MINING SOFTWARE REFERENCE GUIDE PLANNED The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center in Charleston, South Carolina, recently put out a request for information (RFI) about software applications that collect, store, mine, visualize, manipulate, model, clean, and normalize networked and Web-based information. The stated goal is to produce an unclassified reference guide with information on off-the-shelf data mining and analysis software for first responders. The guide will be sponsored by the Office for Domestic Preparedness and will be available to federal, state, and local agencies. The RFI specified that proprietary information should not be submitted. Federal Computer Week, 20 August 2004 http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/0816/web-mine-08-20-04.asp CISCO TO INTEGRATE IP WITH MICROSOFT'S CRM Cisco Systems recently announced the Cisco CRM Communications Connector, which is designed to integrate Cisco IP Communications technology with Microsoft's customer relationship management software. The software, developed with Microsoft's support, will be avaialbe to small and mid-sized businesses through Cisco or Microsoft partners targeting that market. The move follows plans announced in February by the companies. Internet News, 23 August 2004 http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3398401 ARM HOLDINGS BUYS ARTISAN COMPONENTS ARM Holdings has agreed to acquire Artisan Components. ARM, founded in 1990 in Cambridge, England, supplies a chip technology used in the majority of cell phones, along with digital cameras and other devices. Artisan, based in Sunnyvale, California, designs components for microprocessors and other electronic circuits. The purchase follows a series of small-company acquisitions by ARM recently that are intended to allow ARM to supply a greater variety of digital technologies to its customers. Wall Street Journal, 23 August 2004 (sub. req'd) http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109325170760098306,00.html ***************************************************** EDUPAGE INFORMATION To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your settings, visit http://www.educause.edu/pub/edupage/ Or, you can subscribe or unsubscribe by sending e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To SUBSCRIBE, in the body of the message type: SUBSCRIBE Edupage YourFirstName YourLastName To UNSUBSCRIBE, in the body of the message type: SIGNOFF Edupage If you have subscription problems, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For past issues of Edupage or information about translations of Edupage into other languages, visit http://www.educause.edu/pub/edupage/ ***************************************************** OTHER EDUCAUSE PUBLICATIONS EDUCAUSE publishes periodicals, including "EQ" and "EDUCAUSE Review," books, and other materials dealing with the impacts and implications of information technology in higher education. For information on EDUCAUSE publications see http://www.educause.edu/pub/ ***************************************************** CONFERENCES For information on all EDUCAUSE learning and networking opportunities, see http://www.educause.edu/conference/ ***************************************************** COPYRIGHT Edupage copyright (c) 2004, EDUCAUSE
