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Siebel Second-Quarter Earnings Drop 16 Percent

Siebel Systems' profits fell 16 percent as delays in purchasing decisions by customers hurt results.
Man Charged With Hacking Acxion Database Company

A Florida man has been charged with stealing large amounts of consumer information from Acxiom Corp., one of the world's largest database companies.
IBM To Embed Reporting In Development Platforms

In an effort to provide software development customers with business intelligence capability, IBM will add Crystal reporting functionality to its WebSphere Studio and Rational Software tools.
FileNet Rolls Out ECM With Web Services Support

FileNet this week said its FileNet P8 3.0 platform now offers Web services-based access to its flagship enterprise content management (ECM) product.
Nortel Sues Arbinet Over Copyright

Nortel Files Lawsuit Against Arbinet, Alleging Copyright Infringement.
U.S. Votes For Open Source

VARs wondering just how ready the federal government is to embrace Linux and its open-source cousins don't have to wonder anymore.
Adds Axapta expertise

IBIS Is Latest MBS Partner To Expand

Microsoft partner IBIS expands geographic footprint, adds Axapta to lineup.
Training Day

In the spirit of providing constructive observation on the ongoing offshore outsourcing topic, I want to weigh in with some thoughts about pending legislation.
Ballmer Blasts Off At Partner Conference

In a hockey arena last week in Canada, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer reminded his best and most loyal business partners why it makes sense for them to put their biggest bets on his company.
Kavado Enhances Application Security Suite

Web app security vendor Kavado rolls out new versions of its application scanning and firewall products.
Virus Targets WinCE Devices

First Windows CE Virus Emerges
CAPPS II Crash Lands

Homeland Security cites privacy concerns in canceling airline prescreening project
Key trends, facts and interpretation you need to run your business

Economy Sees Gross-Profit Margin Gains

The U.S. economy continues to make positive gains as evidenced by a number of factors, including rising gross-profit margins at a number of VARBusiness 500 solution providers.
New release due by year's end

IBM Rational Shows Off New Programming Direction With Atlantic

IBM Rational Unveils New Features, Direction For Tools Portfolio With Atlantic
After Stumbling, Sayers Is Up And Running Again

For Sayers, 2003 wasn't the best of times. The Chicago-based solution provider (VB195) struggled yet again with a brutal economic environment and lack of IT spending, which caused Sayers' sales to drop more than 40 percent.
The Government Transformation

Government agencies are seeking something beyond leading-edge technologies--they're looking for support in re-engineering their business processes.
GTSI Appoints Ballam

Craig Ballam was recently named CIO at Chantilly, Va.-based GTSI, the IT and security-systems firm.
Gartner: Market Growth Dismal

Between 2002 and 2003, the worldwide systems-integration market grew a lackluster 3.5 percent, according to preliminary statistics from Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner, a top provider of research and analysis on the global information-technology industry.
Government Finally Gets It

The Department of Defense's taking the lead on adopting vital technology standards that will fight terrorism and save lives in the battlefield.
Fast CPUs are available for less than half the cost of replacing PCs

Upgrade Processors, Not PCs

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	CRN Exclusive: Outgoing Tech Data CEO Dutkowsky On Distribution Evolution, The Avnet TS Buy And Why Rich Hume Has Earned His New Role Bob Dutkowsky, the second major distributor CEO in 2018 to decide to step aside to make way for new leadership, says incoming CEO Rich Hume has proved he's ready for the job.
	20 Wild And Wacky Scenes From RSA Conference 2018 CRN looks back at the fun scenes and activities from the show floor of RSA Conference 2018 in San Francisco last week.
	The Best And Worst Technology Company Stocks In The First Quarter Of 2018 Twenty-six of the 44 technology companies on our watch list recorded gains in the price of their publicly traded shares in the first quarter of 2018. Take a look at who were the winners and who were the losers.