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Lucent Technologies Inc. last month announced the availability of Release 3.1 of its ClientCare Call Center Deluxe Edition software. The product lets a service provider transform telephone systems at small and midsize business customers into contact management centres. ClientCare Call Center Deluxe Edition performs inbound call handling and routing. It also supports simultaneous voice, e-mail, fax, chat, callback, call-through handling and Web-based queries.

Google names Schmidt CEO Search engine company Google Inc. officially named Eric Schmidt CEO earlier this month. Schmidt, formerly CEO of Novell Inc., was appointed chairman of Googles board of directors in March after having made investments in the company. Schmidt is known for his strengths in technology. During his tenure at Novell, the company announced NetWare 5.1, ZENworks, iChain and Novell Portal Services. Schmidt also was instrumental in spinning out Volera Inc., the companys division responsible for caching and content delivery. As CEO of Google, Schmidt will be tasked with growth and expansion, said Larry Page, a founder of Google. Google is one of the most popular search engines, trailing only Yahoo Inc., which uses some Google technology. Google gained its popularity because it doesnt accept display or banner advertising on its site, instead choosing to display discrete ads tied to a users search preferences. Schmidt will take over for Page, who will become preside

Intel Corp. of Santa Clara, Calif., is teaming up with Orem, Utah-based PowerQuest Corp. to help customers migrate, upgrade and install operating systems remotely across networks. Intel is combining its LANDesk Management Suite with PowerQuest

Network management software provider OPNET Technologies Inc. last month announced OPNET 8.0, the eighth release of the core technology in its Guru, Modeler and Netbiz products. The Bethesda, Md.-based company said it sells software solutions to three distinct markets: ServiceProvider Guru for service providers; IT Guru for enterprises; and Modeler and Netbiz to equipment manufacturers. The company said that many of the 8.0 capabilities are offered in modular extensions to the four products including the Multi-Vendor Import (MVI) Module which automatically generates network models and the NetDoctor Module, which automates the process of identifying and solving configuration problems. The release also includes an improved model library and a new QoS hybrid simulation engine, designed to improve the speed of QoS analyzes, the company said. OPNET 8.0 is available now. For details visit the company on the Web at www.opnet.com.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has developed and is about to begin mass production of a new memory chip for mobile telephones that is about 30 per cent smaller in physical size than existing chips. The new low-power, 8Mb static random access memory (SRAM) chip is produced using a 0.13-micron process that is one generation more advanced than the 0.15-micron process used to manufacture most current mobile phone memory chips. A micron is one-thousandth of a millimetre, and the process figure refers to the smallest gap that can be created between circuits on the surface of the chip. With each advance in technology, chips can be made physically smaller and with improved performance. Sample production of the chip, which was developed earlier this year, has just begun and mass production is scheduled for the fourth quarter of this year, Samsung said.

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