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IBM Bundles Middleware on Linux Systems

IBM Bundles Middleware on Linux Systems

IBM on Tuesday said it wants to free desktops from Microsoft software(from: http://www.china-computer-accessories.com/buy-software/), announcing an alliance with Linux vendors to preload its middleware on Linux distributions.

 

IBM said it has reconfigured its Lotus Foundations software -- which includes Lotus Notes, Sametime and Symphony -- to preload on Linux distributions like Red Hat, Ubuntu and Novell's Suse Linux. The repackaging makes the middleware easier and cheaper to install on Linux PCs, IBM said.

 

The easy availability of collaboration tools could trigger businesses to switch to Linux, considering Windows Vista adoption has been stagnant, IBM executives said in a press conference at the Linuxworld conference in San Francisco.

 

Citing Linux as a low-cost operating system compared to Windows, IBM(from：http://www.china-computer-accessories.com/buy-IBM/) hopes that preloading the tools on Linux could also help break Microsoft's stranglehold on the SMB market with its Small Business Server software.

 

"There hasn't been a choice for the ... space besides the Microsoft SBS offering," said Jeff Smith, vice president of open source and Linux middleware, during the press conference. IBM hopes its implementation could bring its Domino server products to more SMB infrastructures.

 

Deployment of the software, which is partly open-sourced and private-sourced, is as easy as a few clicks, especially for small and medium-size businesses that don't have the IT infrastructure of large organizations, IBM's Smith said.

 

It also saves organizations time and money, said Lou Esposito, president and chief information officer of Stradasoft, which distributes IBM middleware(from: http://www.china-computer-accessories.com/buy-middleware/). Making the middleware easy to deploy by preloading it in appliances or virtual environments has brought down install times from days to hours, Esposito said. It also freed up Stradasoft's resources, allowing engineers to focus on other projects.

 

"Now it's all put together, plug it in -- that's what it's all about," Esposito said.

 

IBM also said it is working with hardware distributors to preload the software on Linux-based appliances, IBM's Smith said. The company will announce hardware partners later this year.

 

The middleware will also be pre-bundled with Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 and Ubuntu Linux. Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, will make the middleware components, like Notes, separately available as downloads, said Malcolm Yates, partner manager at Canonical. The Linux distributions are not limited to desktops -- they could also work on laptops, Yates said.

 

IBM will also ship the repackaged middleware for Apple's Macintosh(from: http://www.china-computer-accessories.com/buy-Macintosh/) OS later this year, Smith said.

 

The company on Tuesday also announced a software toolkit to write applications specifically for Lotus Foundations deployed on the appliances, Smith said.

  

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The Inkjets expected to weigh on earnings

The Inkjets expected to weigh on earnings  

Lexmark(from:http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/d-p12185359-Lexmark_Cartridge/)International will release its second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, and analysts expect the Lexington-based printer maker to continue its well-publicized struggles stemming from its inkjet printer division.

 

Since late 2005, that division has struggled as consumers bought printers, which often are sold at a loss, but failed to purchase enough ink cartridges over time to meet Lexmark's profit expectations. The company withdrew from 20 percent of its inkjet sales in 2006 and then announced last October that it would drop another 30 percent of sales in hopes of finding the most profitable customers.

 

Along with those announcements were restructurings that closed plant(from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/buy-plant/)s, eliminated employees and transferred thousands of jobs to lower-wage countries.

 

”It's even money if they'll announce another restructuring next year,“ said Tom Carpenter, vice president and senior equity analyst at Hilliard Lyons in Louisville.

 

”At this point, it's tough to see inkjet surviving,“ he said, pointing to Lexmark's decision to walk away from such a high percentage of its business.

 

”Can inkjet survive when you're walking away from 30 to 40 percent of your business?“ Carpenter said. ”After a while, that's going to catch up to you.“

 

The company(from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/Companies/)'s laser printer division has performed better but has come under increasing scrutiny because of expenses. The segment saw its revenue increase 3 percent year-over-year in 2006, and 5 percent year-over-year in 2007. But when excluding certain restructuring charges, the division's operating income – its profit – fell 5 percent and 2 percent, respectively, in those years. Executives have said the division's expenses have increased because of a strong investment in research and development, as well as spending for a larger sales force.

 

”Given the overall economy, laser growth is likely to be tepid“ in the second quarter, Carpenter said last week.

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Analyst slashes AbitibiBowater target on the price

Analyst slashes AbitibiBowater target on the price  

Shares fell 79 cents, or 8.9 percent, to $8.14 in afternoon trading (http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/). In the last 52 weeks, the stock has traded between $4.70 and $37.45, and is off by nearly 57 percent since the start of the year.

 

In a client note, Lehman Brothers analyst Peter Ruschmeier cut his price target on the Montreal-based company to $9 from $13 -- a 30.8 percent reduction. His new price target implies upside of less than 1 percent over its ending price Thursday of $8.93.

 

"We remain concerned about the company's

From:http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/Companies/ exposure to declining newsprint demand, chronically high costs, a strong Canadian dollar, and significant financial leverage," the analyst wrote.

 

Ruschmeier, who has an "Equal Weight" ranking on the stock, hiked the amount he estimates AbitibiBowater will lose in the second quarter to $2.42 per share from $2.31 per share. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial expect, on average, a loss of $2.43 per share.

 

He also now anticipates a wider full-year loss of $11, compared with his prior view of a per-share loss of $9.75, due to "weaker lumber and newsprint demand coupled with higher costs for wastepaper, energy, chemicals, and transportation."

 

Analysts expect an annual loss of $8.97 per share. The company is slated to report its results on Aug. 7.

 

Shares of AbitibiBowater Inc. fell Friday afternoon after an analyst slashed his price target on the paper products maker by more than 30 percent, citing its higher costs and weaker newsprint (from : http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/d-p11167687-NEWSPRINT/) and lumber volumes.

 

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