Ryan B. Patrick

At its Connect 2002 Americas user conference last month, PeopleSoft Inc. unleashed a flurry of announcements targeting security, corporate accountability, and real-time automation.

After deliberating on when to release its new Compaq D315 Business PC in Canada, Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd. announced Wednesday it is bringing the entry-level AMD Athlon XP processors to Canadian enterprise customers.

A North American distribution deal signed Tuesday between semiconductor and storage supplier Bell Microproducts Inc. and chipmaker Intel Corp. is a

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Code named Galileo, Borland Software Corp.

Melville, N.Y.-based network storage infrastructure software provider FalconStor Software Inc. recently announced new additions to its end-to-end network availability solutions portfolio, including the latest version of IPStor and a new solution in NIC Express.

In a software market that has seen few blockbusters recently, the sleeper hit of the year appears to be enterprise information portal (EIP) software.

Simple automated management: that sums up Dell Computer Corp.