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Feds to benefit in brewing price war
Compaq Computer Corp. may have touched off a renewed price war in the PC market with the recent announcement of lowpriced, highpowered models. HewlettPackard Co., IBM Corp. and Digital Equipment Corp. responded with new models and price cuts of their own. This round of price competition could ac
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PC Docs aims to build federal customer base
If the popular perception of federal employees is that of "paper pushers," then it should be no surprise that the federal market is popular for companies that sell document management products. PC Docs Inc. is no exception. The Burlington, Mass., company counts the Federal Trade Commission as one
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Lumina targets fed market with multifunction device
Lumina Office Products has introduced the Lumina 2000, a multifunction device that incorporates a scanner, fax machine and copier. Lumina's product differs from most multifunction peripherals in that it lacks a printer. Lumina targets the large installed base of potential customers who already have
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Packard Bell to gain fed entry in ZDS buyout
Zenith Data Systems may offer federal government customers a chance to buy PCs from consumer market powerhouse Packard Bell Electronics as the result of Packard Bell's pending acquisition of ZDS from Groupe Bull. After the merger is finalized, ZDS Federal Systems will have a wide array of options a
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Traveling Software debuts LapLink for Windows 95
Traveling Software Inc. last month introduced the latest version of its remotecontrol software, a welltimed announcement considering that January's foul weather stranded many federal workers at home. Traveling Software's LapLink for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 95 is the most recent addition to a se
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Air Force's upgrade decision could resonate industrywide
The Air Force's threat to hold Desktop IV contractors in default if they do not supply Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 95 operating system and Office 95 free to users could have broad ramifications for buyers and sellers of federal information technology. Prime contractors Government Technology Services
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Corel buys WordPerfect; new release due in April
Federal WordPerfect users have to ride out another sale of their beloved word processing package. However, the new owner said an upgraded version of the package and its companion office suite will be issued on time in April. Novell Inc., which bought WordPerfect in June 1994, last week sold it, al
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EPA merges fragmented IT setup
Information technology at the Environmental Protection Agency will become a more integrated and "holistic" business under the terms of a recently completed strategic plan. A fragmented IT regime within the agency will come under the control of a central information resources management office, th
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C-Phone helps Target Technologies make fed inroads
The Army is buying desktop videoconferencing equipment from Target Technologies Inc., which is taking on such giants as PictureTel Corp. and Intel Corp. in the market. Target, Wilmington, N.C., offers its CPhone to the Army and all Defense Department buyers through TRW Inc.'s Desktop Video Tele Co
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Notes 4.0 tangles with Web
Lotus Development Corp. today will formally roll out Lotus Notes Release 4.0, a pivotal product that has won high praise from federal Notes adherents but faces competition from groupware solutions based on the Internet. Agencies and resellers began receiving copies of Notes 4.0 last week. The new p
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Vendors unleash 150, 166 MHz Pentiums
Intel Corp. turned the performance crank a couple of notches higher, announcing earlier this month faster 150 MHz and 166 MHz versions of its speedy Pentium processor. Many vendors have announced new models using the chip, while others say they plan to do so in the near future. Dell Computer Corp.,
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GTSI's CEO mixes business, tech
Industry oddsmakers say Dendy Young looks like the perfect man to put Government Technology Services Inc., the largest federal computer reseller, back on track. (In December, Young was named GTSI's president and chief executive officer.) The only question in anyone's mind is why he would want this
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GTSI, IBM top fiscal '95 sales charts
Government Technology Services Inc. and IBM Corp. climbed to the top of the General Services Administration's multipleaward schedule program in fiscal 1995. GTSI, which led the PCoriented Schedule B/C, and IBM, which led the large systemscentered Schedule A program, were lifted by a rising tide
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New bus eases connections
Sick of the tangled mess of wires on the back of your PC? Starting this year, vendors plan to replace it with a single connection for all external peripherals, including keyboards,mice, printers, scanners and modems. Like an electrical outlet, the Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector will simplify
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Second shutdown hurts vendors, agencies
Information technology providers last week reported dampened profits and displaced personnel as the partial shutdown of the federal government stretched into its third week. The impact of the longest government closure in history has made itself felt around the Beltway and beyond. So far services v
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