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Volume 1, Number 16 -- May 22, 2002
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Bill's, Andy's, and Linus' Enterprise Adventure, Every Week
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HP, Dell, and Sun Tweak Intel-Based Server Lines
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Three of the dominant vendors in the Wintel and Lintel server markets--Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and Sun Microsystems--have recently tweaked their offerings in the entry server category. All three vendors are chasing the same customers with these products--companies who want to install inexpensive and easy-to-use infrastructure and application servers. The new HP and Dell machines can run either Windows or Linux, while the Sun machine is an updated Cobalt appliance server that uses Intel processors and a custom implementation of Linux made by Sun's Cobalt subsidiary. READ MORE >

Great Plains Adds Functionality to Business Apps
by Dan Burger

The Great Plains Business Solutions unit of Microsoft has announced the availability of Solomon IV Release 5.0, its midmarket suite of business management and e-business applications. The Solomon IV product family runs on various Microsoft platforms, including Windows 2000 and SQL Server 2000; it also uses Microsoft's Visual Basic development language. The latest Solomon upgrade builds upon Solomon IV Release 4.5, which was introduced in July 2001. Its primary enhancements are found in the distribution modules. READ MORE >

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Sonoma Winery's CRM Push Unearths New App
by Alex Woodie

When the sixth-generation vintners at the Gundlach Bundschu Winery decided they needed a better way to manage their 3,000-member wine club, their first instinct was to go to a prepackaged CRM application. After reviewing their CRM options, however, none of the applications seemed to fit. Instead, the winery decided to expand its Lotus Notes system, and in the process helped create what may be the first killer application for the midrange wine industry. READ MORE >

As I See It: Surviving the Life
by Victor Rozek

Interminable delays at the airport, days of driving, motel rooms that reek of stale smoke and Lysol, bad water, strange food, hostile locals, exotic illnesses, and high prices--all coupled with the desperate urgency of trying to squeeze a year's worth of living into two cramped weeks. These are just some of the possible delights encountered on the great American vacation. It's little wonder many of us return home more exhausted than when we left. READ MORE >



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TABLE OF CONTENTS
HP, Dell, and Sun Tweak Intel-Based Server Lines

Great Plains Adds Functionality to Business Apps

Sonoma Winery's CRM Push Unearths New App

As I See It: Surviving the Life



Editor
Timothy Prickett Morgan

Managing Editor
Mari Barrett

Contributing Editors:
Dan Burger
Joe Hertvik
Shannon O'Donnell
Victor Rozek
Hesh Wiener
Alex Woodie

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