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`• Compaq, Micron working on small-form-factor solutions
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`By Ephraim Schwartz
`and l)a11 Brimly
`S MA LL-FOR M- FACTO R PCs will
`start to appear on desktop s later
`tJ1is year as system OEMs look
`for ways lo bring down their total
`cost of co mpu1ing and pass lhc
`space and dolla r savings on to vol(cid:173)
`ume buyers.
`·1wo major manura c1u rers, Com(cid:173)
`paq and Micron ElectJ'Ooics, arc
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`curr~ntJy at work on a small-form (cid:173)
`foctor PC.
`Compaq'sdes ign is about thesi1.e
`of a notebook co mputer and will
`use PC Cards for expansi on, ac(cid:173)
`co rding to a sou rce familiar with
`the project.
`·100 small to accommodate regu(cid:173)
`lar add-in boards, the Compaq
`design will use PC Cards for the
`LAN and fax/modem interface, tl1e
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`source said. Compaq wams • Cord(cid:173)
`Bus interface to 1he network be·
`cause i1 needs to offer networki ng
`options without a board.
`"PC Card options [usiug Card (cid:173)
`Bus] arc a bridge from tl1e PC Card
`to the PCI bus:'the so urce said."As
`long as you can talk to the PCI bus,
`you can do anythin g.• Car dllu s
`supports 132M Bps performance,
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`PC boundaries blur
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`• NetPC, PC technologies converge
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`By Da11 Briody
`AS NETPCS make
`t \ eir debut this week at PC Expo in
`New York, lhe difference
`between lhe systems and
`their PC counterparts is be(cid:173)
`coming difficult tod iscem.
`Hewlett- Packard 's Net
`Vecl ra PC, for example,
`which will be shown at PC
`Expo, is priced starting at
`$1,000 and features a 166-
`MH1.or 200-MH1. Pentium
`MMX processor, 16Mll or 32MB of
`RAM.a I GB or 1.6GB hard drive.a
`smarH :ard reader, and a raft of
`manageabiJity software. In con (cid:173)
`lrasl, HP's Vec1ra VE PC. with a
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`133-M.lizPentium chip, 16MB of
`RAM, a I GB hard drive, and HP's
`TopTools management softwa re,
`costs less than S 1,000 .
`Some industry experts
`said the Net PC is simply a
`marketing push.
`"Betwee n lhe two prod (cid:173)
`ucts, you don't have the
`price differential, manage(cid:173)
`ability will be ubiquitous
`{across all PCsJ.and people
`aren't happy with a sealed
`box; said Roger Kay, an analyst at
`lnternational Data Corp., in Fram(cid:173)
`ingham, Mass. "It is marketing to
`talk abou t manageability in the
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`Legacy integration
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`will link Notes
`to IBM b~ iron
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`ByAmyDom,
`I S us, NG its massive research
`IBM
`and dewl opmcnt effort in Web 1cch(cid:173)
`nology 10 build a bridge to legacy
`systems and integrate Lotus Notes
`with the rest of its line.
`The Electronic Document Man(cid:173)
`agement (EDM) suite,set to hit beta
`testi ng nexi quarter, will give com (cid:173)
`panies a single, br owser-b ased
`point of access to documents acro,s
`IBM DB2, Lotus Notes datab ases,
`and the entire mM electronic(cid:173)
`business platform.
`The EOM line of soft ware and
`serv ices is intended to crea te a co (cid:173)
`hesive system for c,ctrane t activi(cid:173)
`ties, such as billin g and cust0 mer
`serv ice. It bundles new compo(cid:173)
`neius for workn ow, imaging, and
`retriev al, as well as the Lotus
`Domino.Doc system.
`The EDM suite will help IBM
`kn it the IBM and Lotus product
`lines more tightl y togeth er, somc (cid:173)
`tJ1ing IBM ha s slrugg lcd to do
`since it acqui red lhe gro upwar e
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`NEWS
`Microsoft tackles OLAP
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`Synchronous DRAM •
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`Industry rallies around SOHAM standard
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`• Company readies market entry
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`By Paul Krill
`MICROSOFT, which has watched
`other vendors establish strong
`footho lds in the online analytical
`processing (OLAP) market, is get(cid:173)
`ting ready to enter the market with
`its own offering.
`The company this summer will
`begin beta testing of technology
`acquired with the purchase of
`Panorama Software Systems, in Tel
`Aviv, Israel, last faU, according to
`Dan Basica, Microsoft's product
`manager for SQL Server, in Red(cid:173)
`mond, Wash.
`Microsoft's goal is to release an
`easy-to-use tool integrated with
`SQL Server but able to access other
`relational and possibly nonrela (cid:173)
`tional databases, Basica said.
`The Panorama technology fea(cid:173)
`tures a client programming inter(cid:173)
`face and a server component that
`stores meta data, or information
`about the data being stored. The
`technology can store multidimen(cid:173)
`sional cubes of data in its own data
`store or in a SQL Server database,
`Basicasaid.
`The OLAP product accesses rela(cid:173)
`tional databases via ODBC AP!s,
`and may link with legacy databases
`via the company's OLE database
`interface.
`Microsoft comes late to data
`warehousing and decision support,
`said Dwight Davis, editorial direc(cid:173)
`tor of Windows Warcher newsletter,
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`in Redmond.
`uMicrosoft a year ago was a no(cid:173)
`show in the data-warehousing mar(cid:173)
`ket:' Davis said.
`Panorama will add multidimen(cid:173)
`sional database functions to Micro(cid:173)
`soft's arsenal, but could leave the
`company competing with members
`of its own Alliance for Data Ware(cid:173)
`housing, Davis said.
`Microsoft,in addition to moving
`into the OLAP space, plans to boost
`data-warehousing support in two
`upcoming editions of SQL Server.
`The Enterprise Edition of SQL
`Server 6.5, due by September, will
`access as many as 3GB of physical
`memory.exceeding the 2GB limita(cid:173)
`tion in the existing 6.5 release. The
`Enterprise Edition will also support
`as many as eight processors, a dou(cid:173)
`bling of the current four-processor
`limit.
`The Sphinx release of SQL Serv(cid:173)
`er, due to hit shelves later this year
`or next, will offer data transforma(cid:173)
`tion services, for easier movement
`of data iotoSQL Server.Additional(cid:173)
`ly, queries will be spread in paraUel
`across multiple processors. Sphinx
`will go to beta testing this month.
`A parallel function that spreads a
`query across multiple processors in
`different machines is expected be(cid:173)
`tween I 998 and 1999, Basica said.
`Microsoft Corp., in Redmond, is
`at (206) 882-8080 or http://www
`.microsoft.com.
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`By Andy San1011i
`RESPONDING TO concerns about
`incompatibilities between synchro(cid:173)
`nous DRAM (SDRAM) modules
`and the systems that use them,
`module suppliers are lining up
`behind an industry standard that
`aims to overcome problems that
`could cause major headaches for
`upgrade rs.
`Problems crop up when IS man(cid:173)
`agers look to upgrade SDRAM·
`based systems with more memory
`to accommodate W'mdows NT, for
`example. (See "Memory lapseS:'
`May 26, page 1.) Due to a lack of
`sta.ndards, users may have trouble
`finding compatible $DRAM mem(cid:173)
`ory modules.
`A standard published by the
`Electronic Ind ustries Association
`(EIA), in Arlington, Va., aims to
`eliminate these problems.said Brett
`Etter, product marketing manager
`for DRAM at Hitachi Semiconduc(cid:173)
`tor. SDRAM dual in-line memory
`module (DIMM) suppliers such as
`H.itachi, Mitsubishi,NEC,and Sam(cid:173)
`sung, along with major third-party
`DIMM suppliers including Kings-
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`ton Technology.are expected to ad(cid:173)
`here to the standard, Etter said.
`Published by the EI A's Joint Elec(cid:173)
`tron Device Engineering Council
`(JEDEC), the standard eliminates
`one potential problem by specify-
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`SDRAM MODUl.ll such as this Hitachi part
`ease upgrade problems by meeting
`industry standards.
`
`ing that D!MMs have serial pres(cid:173)
`ence detect (SPD) circuitry, Etter
`explained. This solves an incom(cid:173)
`patibilityproblem that can occur if
`a user plugs a module without SPD
`into a system that requires it.
`SD RAM DIMM suppliers can be
`expected to include SPD because
`the cost of adding SPD is just about
`$!,said Cecil Conkle, assistant vice
`president of marketing at Mitsu(cid:173)
`bishi Electron ics America. OEMs
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`that design some systems without
`SPD nonetheless will use DLMMs
`with SPD to save money by mini(cid:173)
`mizing the number of different
`parts they have to buy and stock.
`JEDEC is also working on stan(cid:173)
`dards for the electrical
`performance of SDRAM
`D!MMs, Conkle said. Io
`the past, industry stan(cid:173)
`dards did not address per·
`formance issues.he noted.
`That has changed with
`SD RAM because the per(cid:173)
`requirements
`formance
`are so much tighter, said
`George lwanyc, an indus(cid:173)
`try analyst at Dataquest, in
`San Jose, Calif. With a window of
`just 10 nanoseconds for data trans(cid:173)
`fers, even the layout of traces on the
`DIMM or the PC motherboard can
`cause reflections and noise that up(cid:173)
`set memory operations, he noted.
`Hitachi America Ltd., in Bris(cid:173)
`bane, Calif., is at http://www
`.hitachi.com/. Mitsubishi Electron·
`ics America Inc., in Sunnyvale,
`Calif .. is at http://www .mitsublshi
`.com/.
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`Microsoft investment could alter cable's future
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`By Bob Trott and Joh11 Wilen
`M ICROSOFT's biggest investment
`ever -
`a $1 billion stake in Com(cid:173)
`cast, the nation's fourth-largest
`cable television operator -
`shows
`that the software giant is betting
`chat I ntemel and TV technologies
`will soon converge.
`The cash deal, an 11.5
`percent stake in Comcast
`for Microsoft, is designed
`to enhance the integration
`of broadband pipes and
`content to expand services
`offered to consumers.
`"Our vision is one where not only
`is the PC experience better with a
`high-speed connection, but of a
`new generntion of TV experience;'
`Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said
`last week, pointing to Microsoft's
`pending $425 million deal to buy
`WebTV Networks.
`Comcast prov,des cellular tele(cid:173)
`phone serv ice on the East Coast;
`owns the QVC Network, the cable
`TV home-shopping network; and
`is a major investor in @Home,
`which provides high-speed Inter·
`net access ove r cable systems.
`@Home plans to offer The Micro(cid:173)
`soft Network to its subscribers for
`S4.95 per month.
`Although Gates was quick to note
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`• Microsoft
`bought almort
`46ml11ion
`shares of
`~ffl(il$! stock.
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`that Microsoft is "not in the cable
`business ourselves; the company is
`doing aU it can 10 promote the
`union of computer technology and
`digital TV, with cable supplanting
`telephone lines as the pipeli ne of
`choic,,.
`The next version of Windows 95,
`code-named Memphis, is
`being tooled to add inter(cid:173)
`active Web pages and data
`to television broadcasts.
`For Comcast, the deal
`likely wiU hasten the roUout
`of its 1 nternet services
`specifically tailored to businesses.
`Comcast's commercial strategy in(cid:173)
`cludes o telecommuting service,
`currently in beta testing in New Jer(cid:173)
`sey, and a service 10 link businesses
`directly to the lnternet.
`"We are very close to coming out
`with a product for Internet access
`
`forsmaU to medium-size business(cid:173)
`es," said Mark Coblitz, Comcast's
`vice president for strategic plan(cid:173)
`ning.
`In Comcast's existing@Home of(cid:173)
`ferings, customers see data speeds
`"north
`of
`I Mbps
`to
`!.!>Mbps,"
`Coblitz said. " It is possible Lo get
`numbers like 4Mbps.•
`Cable television companies eye(cid:173)
`ing the data communications mar(cid:173)
`ket must revamp their back-office
`systems from the one-way broad(cid:173)
`cast model of cable TV into the
`two-way communications model
`required by businesses and Internet
`users.
`Microsoft Corp .. in Redmond,
`Wash., can be reached at http://
`www.microsoft.com/.
`Comcast Corp., in Philadelphia,
`can be reached at http://www.com
`cast.com/ .
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`For the record
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`"lbc Junc9articl,.."~ovell's Marengi outa~companyfacestougb time.,;•
`(page 19) contained an error. Novell !?resident and Chief Operating
`Officer Joseph Marcngi tendered his resignation and will le'3ve the
`company at the end of this month,
`In the Ma)' 26 Hclp Dcsk{pagc44), NCSA should have been iden(cid:173)
`tified as National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
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`Copy 1ghted mator al
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`Open Profiling Standard
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`Privacy issue unites rivals
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`By Bob Trorr
`"Through the standards body,
`clearly, we can govern ourselves,"
`RIVALS Microsoft and Netscape
`are teaming up on the Open Profil(cid:173)
`said David Fester, product manag·
`er for Microsoft I ntcraet Explorer.
`ing Standard {OPS), o format that
`Soon, implementations of OPS
`would allow users to create a stan(cid:173)
`will be available for Lntemet Ex(cid:173)
`dard profile for receiving personal(cid:173)
`plorer and Netscape's Communica(cid:173)
`ized information via push technol(cid:173)
`tor browser software, fester said.
`ogy and other lnternet -deHvery
`Separately, the W3C announced
`models.
`Microsoft signed on to the OPS
`plans to develop the Platform for
`Privacy Preferences, a system that
`format plan submitted by NeLscape.
`allows Web sites to inform users
`Firefly, and VeriSign LO the World
`about its data coUections methods,
`Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
`The format uses Internet-security
`and allows users to tell the site
`mechanism s to let users control
`about their privacy preferences be(cid:173)
`which information in their profiles
`fore they enter the site.
`l'ircFly Network Inc., in Cam(cid:173)
`is shared with services.
`bridge, Mass., is at http://www.fire
`By more tightly controlli ng the
`fly.net. Netscape Communications
`personal information that busi(cid:173)
`nesses collect from Internet users,
`Corp .• in Mountain View, Calif.,
`is at http ://home.netscape.com.
`the companies hope to keep the is(cid:173)
`Microsoft Corp., in Redmond,
`sue within the industry instead of
`watching government regulators
`Wash., is at http:/ / www.micro
`soft.com.
`impose rules.
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