Aruba, Alcatel-Lucent deepen mobility partnership
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| Alcatel-Lucent plans to extend enterprise security into cellular networks
| through its own fixed-mobile convergence systems and Aruba
| Networks' "follow-me" security technology as part of a planned joint venture.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070727/tc_infoworld/90526
Another Linux user/company.
Hope Springs for Akamai
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| Despite the huge drop in the stock price, Akamai's quarter wasn't exactly
| terrible. Gross margins disappointed, but revenue rose 52%, earnings were up
| 50% and EBITDA margins rose by 3 percentage points. In addition, the
| company's full-year guidance implies revenue growth of 44% and earnings
| growth of 45%.
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http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/markets/activetraderupdate/10370368.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&&cm_cat=FREE&&cm_ite=NA
...and then there's Google (among others).
Related:
Top secret: Microsoft's $6 billion open source play
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| This month's announcement by Microsoft to acquire digital marketing
| services firm aQuantive has revealed little on how the companies
| will integrate their IT, but inside information indicates the deal
| may be Redmond's largest commitment to free software.
|
| [...]
|
| Whether the businesses are complementary or not, Microsoft's integration
| work will no doubt involve a lot of open source software used by aQuantive.
|
| Information available from Atlas' Web site indicates the Internet software
| company employs extensive use of open source software including Linux,
| Apache, MySQL, and Solaris.
|
| Software engineers at Atlas' Raleigh office do client/server development in
| C and C++, software maintenance and "scripting", and developing and
| maintaining custom reporting capabilities.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1616039231;fp;2;fpid;1
It's unofficial: Microsoft bets business on Linux
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| What the press statement didn't mention is that Aruba mobility
| controllers run the Linux operating system which Microsoft has
| aggressively targeted as being inferior to Windows as part of
| its "Get the Facts" marketing campaign.
|
| [...]
|
| Pandey's appraisal of Aruba's technology is in stark contrast to
| Microsoft's "Get the Facts" rhetoric which places Windows as a more secure,
| and higher-performing choice over Linux.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;754084996;fp;2;fpid;1
Akamai Earns More
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| When it comes to stocks, all growth streaks end. Sometimes,
| they end suddenly. (Just ask those who've been invested in
| Microsoft or Intel for more than a few years.) But for Rule
| ^^^^^^^^^
| Breakers pick Akamai Technologies, the cash spigots remain
| turned on full blast.
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http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2007/02/08/akamai-earns-more.aspx?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=y
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