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Subject: Faulkner's Systems Flash 11/24/99 - (Parr 2 of 2)

Mergers/Acquisitions 
	 CSC completed the purchase of Nichols Research, following approval of the
deal by the Federal Trade Commission and Nichols shareholders.
	 Deloitte & Touche acquired virtually all of the assets of Sterling Health
Capital Management, which offers strategic and business planning, capital
financing, facility development, and consulting to the healthcare industry.
Charles A. Kachmarik, president and CEO of Sterling, became a partner at
Deloitte & Touche. He will lead the health care group of the firm's
Tri-State Management Solutions & Services practice.
	 Linux vendor Red Hat agreed to buy Cygnus Solutions for $674 million in
stock. Cygnus offers development tools that allow software packages to work
with Linux.
	 Siebel agreed to purchase OnTarget in a stock-for-stock deal valued at
	 $259 million and expected to close by the end of 1999. For each share of
OnTarget stock, Siebel will issue about a third of a share of Siebel stock.
Siebel said that it plans to combine OnTarget's training programs and
professional services for sales and marketing with its own CRM
applications. The companies expect to deliver a combined product by the end
of June 2000.

Operating Systems 
	 IBM Global Services launched its Windows 2000 consulting and
	 implementation service. The service aims to help firms evaluate whether
Windows 2000 would benefit their operations and provides implementation
assistance. Red Hat and Oracle agreed to partner to add features to Red
	 Hat's distribution of Linux. The companies initially plan to add Java
support, Motif 2.1, and support for large memory and file systems. Further
down the road, they will add backward and forward data base and OS
compatibility, a journaling file system, a volume manager, and support for
Intel's IA-64 platform. In exchange for Oracle's support, Red Hat will
market Oracle8i for Linux.
	 Sony agreed to use the Palm operating system, rather than Microsoft's
Windows CE operating environment, in its handheld devices. The agreement is
another victory for Palm in its rivalry with Microsoft in the handheld
market. Palm also agreed to adapt its operating system to Sony's Memory
Stick portable storage medium.

PCs AND NCs 
	 Dell reported that it plans to offer wireless networking products for
business customers. The company plans to install the Aironet 4800 series in
its OptiPlex desktops and Latitude notebooks, and will offer Research in
Motion's Blackberry wireless handheld.

Peripherals 
	 IBM introduced the ITQX20 high-definition thin film transistor liquid
crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel, which IBM says is the industry's first
commercially-available 20.8 inch TFT display that combines the high
resolution in a production-level monitor panel with a large image size and
good image quality.

Personnel and Organizational Changes 
	 Amdahl reported the appointment of Bobby Young to the position of vice
president of Future Technologies and Solutions. He will report directly to
David B. Wright, President and CEO.
	 America Online and the Cisneros Group launched America Online Brasil,
offering local content, customer service, and billing for customers in
Brazil. Eastman Software appointed David Lakness to the position of chief
technology officer. David will report directly to Gerry Sutton, president of
Eastman Software.
	 IBM opened the doors to its center dedicated to the development of Next
Generation Internet technologies and applications. The Advanced Internet
Applications Center in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands, will enable IBM to
create technologies that will help customers in Europe, the Middle East, and
Africa harness new Internet applications for their own e-business needs.
	 Sybase reported the appointment of Cecilia Claudio to its Board of
	 Directors.

Notebooks and Handhelds 
	 Hitachi introduced an updated version of its Windows CE-based ePlate
tablet-sized handheld. It now includes a transflective LCD display designed
for usage in all light conditions.

Regulatory News 
	 Intel and DSP Communications reported that they have received approval
	 from the Israeli Office of the chief Scientist for the indirect
acquisition of DSP's Israeli subsidiaries by Intel or an affiliated company
due to the previously announced acquisition of DSP by Intel.

Security 
	 Entrust Technologies is developing software that will protect mobile phone
users who make e-commerce transactions from hackers. The company will use
its public-key infrastructure technology to secure Internet appliance
equipment, cellular phones, and pagers that can be connected to the
Internet. Entrust supports the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), an
international standard for linking Internet communications and advanced
phone services with wireless phones. It is working with companies such as
Nokia and Nortel Networks on the project.
	 Network Associates released CyberCop Monitor 2.0, which analyzes both
system and network events at the device level to detect hacker attacks.
Other features include stealth attack recognition, which detects stealth
port scanning from multiple IP addresses over a period of months. It also
offers real-time HTML posting and customizable attack signatures. 
	 Network Associates also introduced version 4.5 of its McAfee GroupShield
for Lotus Notes. This latest version was designed to work with Notes R5.
GroupShield for Lotus Notes 4.5 offers improved real-time mail scanning and
routing. It also provides a remote install feature, which allows
administrators to add the software to multiple servers from a central
location, as well as AutoUpdate of virus types.

Servers 
	 Compaq introduced the AlphaServer SC Series. The server is designed to
deliver supercomputing power with ease of management benefits and
multi-teraFLOPs performance. Compaq also introduced the AlphaServer DS20E
and a dual processor AlphaStation.
	 Hewlett-Packard began offering a pay-as-you-go option for its servers.
Customers can buy more servers than they typically would purchase, then are
charged only for the amount of capacity that they use. A monthly service
charge may be applied to unused servers. Outsourcing 
	 Deloitte Consulting launched e-Volution for Baan Enterprise Solutions.
E-Volution is designed to enable Deloitte to supply Web-based implementation
and post implementation support for Baan applications. It combines tools,
methodologies, and services.

Standards and Protocols 
	 Sun released the Jiro platform core specification, called the Federated
Management Architecture Specification, for public review. The specification
sets forth a standard set of Java Application Programming Interfaces for
multivendor device and application interoperability. 
	 Sun also reported that the Digital Video Broadcasting Project unanimously
selected Java technology for its digital interactive television broadcasting
standard.

Storage 
	 Digital Media Group of Hitachi completed the development of a 4.7GB
	 DVD-RAM drive for PC applications.
	 Fujitsu Siemens Computers launched "Duplex Data Manger" and "MultiPath",
software offerings for its Primergy servers. The Duplex Data Manager is
designed to mirror the data on a storage subsystem, which can be located at
a distance of up to ten kilometers away, while MultiPath is designed to
secure the underlying fiber channel connection.

Super Computers 
	 SGI unveiled a new type of supercomputer based on Intel chips and the
	 Linux operating system instead of on its own proprietary technology.
Scheduled for availability in the spring, the new machine incorporates a
different design, based on a cluster of individual computers, instead of
one big one. (SGI plans to eventually combine up to 100 machines.) The aim
is to enhance power while lowering costs, thereby appealing to a larger
customer base.

Network/Systems Management 
	 BMC Software introduced its systems management product, INCONTROL for
Tandem, at the International Tandem User Group (ITUG) conference. The
product includes the following products: CONTROL-M for Tandem (production
and job scheduling), CONTROL-D for Tandem (output), and CONTROL-SA for
Tandem (security administration). It is designed to handle high-volume
transactions such as those processed by financial, telecommunications, and
healthcare institutions. The company also introduced PATROL DB-Import for
Oracle. It is designed to complement BMC's PATROL Availability Suite for
Oracle, which integrates PATROL data base utilities, such as PATROL DB-Stats
and PATROL DB-Reorg, with Oracle monitoring, provided by the PATROL
Knowledge Module for Oracle.
	 Computer Sciences Corporation and Hitachi formed a long-term strategic
alliance to offer Hitachi customers IT systems and services in Japan. The
alliance will primarily support large projects, such as those due to
financial mergers.
	 Micromuse reported plans to deliver the NETCOOL/OMNIbus application for
	 the RedHat Linux operating system. Micromuse reportedly anticipates the
increased use of Linux for distributed monitoring at remote locations where
higher-end platforms have been viewed as cost-prohibitive.
	 NetManage introduced ViewNow Browser Edition for ActiveX, which is
	 designed to offer host connectivity to PC clients from a Web server over
standard Internet connections. As part of the NetManage eN2000 framework,
ViewNow Browser Edition for ActiveX integrates with directory-based
management tools. It also includes built-in, interactive, real-time support
capabilities delivered through NetManage's SupportNow technology. Nortel
	 Networks launched its Open IP Environment software, which can be used to
Internet-enable servers, appliances, mobile devices, set-top boxes,
processors, and PCs. The software provides IP functions such as routing,
authentication, security, encapsulation and tunneling, as well as IP
applications such as policy, network management, and accounting. SPECTRUM
	 introduced the increased functionality to provide SPECTRUM customers with
the ability to view, manage, and control hardware from Cisco Systems. The
added functionality expands SPECTRUM's current Cisco device management
abilities to include multivendor connectivity mapping for Cisco's Access
Server; Catalyst 1200, 1400 and 2900 series, and the Cisco 3810. Tivoli
	 Systems introduced Tivoli Manager for Oracle 2.0, which integrates with
Tivoli Enterprise, leveraging the three-tiered architecture and
policy-based and one touch management used by other Tivoli applications.
Tivoli Manager for Oracle manages connectivity between end-users and data
bases, encompassing each step in a client-initiated transaction process.

Web Applications 
	 Baan unveiled its Baan OpenWorld Integration Framework. Baan OpenWorld is
an enterprise integration architecture that enables inter-enterprise
collaboration to optimize traditional and Internet-based business to
business commerce. Baan OpenWorld is designed specifically to help
manufacturing companies collaborate across the Internet. It facilitates data
sharing, application connectivity, the integration of business processes,
and partnering with suppliers and customers. 
	 Furthermore, Baan unveiled Baan.agility, a Web-enabled set of services.
This portfolio, designed to be integrated with Baan product offerings, is
described by the company as scalable, collaborative, and agile. The offering
includes a cyber workspace (agility.serviceport) and a customer service
portal (agility.extreme.listening), among other features.
	 Hewlett-Packard released the first tools and opened up the source code for
its e-speak technology.
	 Oracle started signing up buyers for Oracle Exchange, its online trading
marketplace. The goal of Oracle Exchange is to create industry-specific
trading communities online, where companies can buy, sell, or auction goods
and services. Oracle will make its money by charging fees for hosting
transactions on the Exchange.

Year 2000 
	 Computers at most of China's major airlines are Y2K compliant and others
will be ready to pass inspection before the end of November, according to
official China newspaper Shanghai Daily. China Eastern Airlines had
reportedly spent seven million yuan (somewhat under US$1 million) to get its
flight operations and engineering and maintenance systems ready. Shanghai
Airlines spend at least half that much to get its own systems ready. China
Southern is reportedly Y2K compliant, and Air China is awaiting inspection.
	 Commerce Secretary William Daley said that, despite the problems likely to
be suffered by some poorly prepared industries, there is no chance the US
economy will be thrown into a recession by the Y2K bug. In a 25-page report
issued by the secretary at a press conference, the Commerce Department
estimated that US businesses and the federal government will spend 100
billion to fix the bug. Sectors lagging in Y2K repairs included education,
health-care providers, and small businesses.
	 The federal government and vital US services are ready for Y2K but many
localities, small businesses, and schools seem poorly prepared, President
Clinton's top Y2K advisor said in a report. Surveys of more than 2700 of the
nation's 911 emergency call centers found that only half were Y2K compliant
as of October 1, stated John Koskinen, chairman of the President's Council
on Year 2000 Conversion. According to Koskinen, "It is clear that a
significant amount of work remains for all centers to be ready before
January 1" President Clinton said that he believed key US economic sectors
	 and the national infrastructure will be spared any big failures caused by
the 2000 computer glitch. "While there is more to do, I expect we will
experience no major national breakdowns as a result of the Year 2000 date
change," Clinton told reporters on the White House lawn.

		 Geoff Keston

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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)	http://www.amd.com/
Allaire	http://www.allaire.com/
Amdahl	http://www.amdahl.com/
America Online	http://www.aol.com/
Andersen Consulting	http://www.ac.com/
Andersen Worldwide	http://www.arthurandersen.com/
AristaSoft	http://www.aristasoft.com/
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Attune	http://www.attune.com/
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Baan	http://www.baan.com/
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Breakaway Solutions	http://www.breakawaysolutions.com/
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Cap Gemini	http://www.capgemini.com/
Cisco Systems	http://www.cisco.com/
Clarify	http://www.clarify.com/
Commerce Department	http://www.doc.gov/
Compaq	http://www.compaq.com/
Computer Associates	http://www.cai.com/
Corel	http://www.corel.com/
CSC	http://www.csc.com/
DEI	http://www.deinet.com/
Dell	http://www.dell.com/
Deloitte & Touche	http://www.dttus.com/
Deloitte Consulting	http://www.dc.com/
Department of Justice	http://www.usdoj.gov/
Digital Media Group	http://www.dmg-colorado.com/
Digital Video Broadcasting Project	http://www.dvb.org/
DSP Communications	http://www.dspc.com/
EarthLink	http://www.earthlink.com/
Eastman Software	http://www.eastman.com/
Engineering Measurements	http://www.emco.com/
Entrust Technologies	http://www.entrust.com/
Ericsson	http://www.ericsson.com/
Expedia	http://www.expedia.com/
Federal Trade Commission	http://www.ftc.gov/
FileNET	http://www.filenet.com/
First International Computer (FIC)	http://www.fic.com.tw/
Fujitsu Microelectronics	http://www.fujitsumicro.com/
Fujitsu Siemens Computers	http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/
Future Electronics	http://www.future.ca/
Futurelink	http://www.futurelink.com/
General Motors	http://www.gm.com/
Getronics	http://www.getronics.com/
Hewlett-Packard 	http://www.hewlett-packard.com/
Hitachi	http://www.hitachi.co.jp/
IBM	http://www.ibm.com/
IBM Global Services	http://www.ibm.com/services/
Ideal Technology Solutions US 	http://www.itsusnow.com/
Impact Technologies	http://www.itechno.com/
Inflightonline.com	http://www.inflightonline.com/
Information Builders	http://www.ibi.com/
Inktomi	http://www.inktomi.com/
Intel	http://www.intel.com/
JP Morgan	http://www.jpmorgan.com/
Keane	http://www.keane.com/
LookSmart	http://www.looksmart.com/
Lycos	http://www.lycos.com/
Micromuse	http://www.micromuse.com/
Micron Technology	http://www.micron.com/
Microsoft	http://www.microsoft.com/
Motorola	http://www.mot.com/
NetManage	http://www.netmanage.com/
Netscape	http://www.netscape.com/
Network Associates	http://www.nai.com/
Network Solutions	http://www.networksolutions.com/
Nokia	http://www.nokia.com/
Nortel Networks	http://www.nortelnetworks.com/
OnTarget	http://www.ontarget.com/
Oracle	http://www.oracle.com/
Palm	http://www.palm.com/
PricewaterhouseCoopers	http://www.pwcglobal.com/
Prodigy Communications	http://www.prodigy.com/
Progress Software	http://www.progress.com/
Proxima	http://www.proxima.ca/
QLogic	http://www.qlc.com/
Rational	http://www.rational.com/
RealEstate.com	http://www.realestate.com/
Reciprocal	http://www.reciprocal.com/
Red Hat	http://www.redhat.com/
RioPort	http://www.rioport.com/
SAP	http://www.sap.com/
Saratoga Financial Systems	http://www.bankdp.com/
SBC Communications	http://www.sbc.com/
SGI	http://www.sgi.com/
Siebel	http://www.siebel.com/
Siemens	http://www.siemens.de/
Sony	http://www.sony.com/
SPECTRUM	http://www.spectrum.com/
Sun	http://www.sun.com/
Sybase	http://www.sybase.com/
Symantec	http://www.symantec.com/
Telenisus	http://www.telenisus.com/
Telia	http://www.telia.com/
Texas Instruments (TI)	http://www.ti.com/
Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch	http://www.ticketmaster.com/
Tivoli Systems	http://www.tivoli.com/
Toshiba	http://www.toshiba.com/
Universo Online	http://www.uol.com.br/
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Via Technologies	http://www.viatech.com/
Xerox	http://www.xerox.com/


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