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December 29, 2004
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In This Edition
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1. News: Wireline Works as Fallback When Disaster Strikes
2. News: RLX Exits Blade Server Business
3. Review: Top Products of 2004
4. Opinion: 64-Bit Options Expand
5. News: Packeteer Buys Network Acceleration Company for $16.5
Million
6. News: Rambus Setback Seen in Patent Infringement Suit
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Infrastructure
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1. News: Wireline Works as Fallback When Disaster Strikes
Nations struggle to regain their footing after the
devastating tsunami in southeast Asia, where many areas have
skipped the traditional wireline infrastructure and have
moved directly to wireless communications.
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2. News: RLX Exits Blade Server Business
Nearly four years after helping create what has become one
of the fastest growing segments in the server space, RLX
Technologies will exit the blade server business and instead
concentrate on expanding the market for its Control Tower
management software.
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3. Review: Top Products of 2004
eWEEK Labs analysts pick the 10 products that most impressed
in tests this year.
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4. Opinion: 64-Bit Options Expand
Hardware is coming along, and applications should catch up a
bit in 2005. Meanwhile, server virtualization is improving
resource allocation. eWEEK's Francis Chu looks back at the
year in 64-bit technology.
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5. News: Packeteer Buys Network Acceleration Company for $16.5
Million
The WAN optimization provider has acquired Mentat, which
makes networking gear for satellite and high-latency
networks.
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6. News: Rambus Setback Seen in Patent Infringement Suit
Rambus stock plummeted as investors reacted to what some see
as setbacks in its patent infringement suit against Infineon
Technologies.
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