Dateline: November 7, 1997
IT capital spending from nationwide retailers up 32%, at an average of $7.8 million per company, according to an Ernst & Young (New York City, http://www.ey.com) survey
Infodata (Fairfax, VA, http://www.infodata.com) appoints former AMS VP James Ungerleider as president and CEO
Qualstar (Canoga Park, CA, http://www.qualstar.com) to unveil the TLS-6000 series of DLT automated tape libraries at Comdex (http://www.comdex.com)
LanVision (Cincinnati, OH, http://www.lanvision.com) chosen to provide web-based document imaging and workflow solutions to the Sisters of Providence Health System
Brocade (San Jose, http://www.brocadecomm.com) signs agreement to integrate its Silkworm fibre channel switch with Digital Equipment's (Acton, MA, http://www.digital.com) StorageWorks storage solutions
Open Text (Waterloo, Ontario, http://www.opentext.com) appoints Stuart Hillston as director of European channels and partners
Softstar Systems (Amherst, NH, http://www.softstarsystems.com) unveils Costar Version 5.0 product for estimating a software's cost, schedule and staffing
NEC Technologies (Washington, http://www.nec.com) unveils the HealthID fingerprint identification system for the healthcare industry
Macromedia (San Francisco, http://www.macromedia.com) announces resignation of CFO John Parsons; Betsey Nelson named as acting CFO
SoftArc (Markham, Ontario, http://www.softarc.com) set to launch a new reseller program at Comdex
Sterling Commerce (Dallas, http://www.storage.sterling.com) chosen to create a web-based shared data warehousing solutions for the National Paper Trade Association
Ingram Micro (Santa Ana, CA, http://www.ingrammicro.com) signs agreement to use Marimba's (Palo Alto, CA, http://www.marimba.com) Castanet technology to develop a business-to-business purchasing application
Verity (Sunnyvale, CA, http://www.verity.com) announces the "Graduate to Verity" migration program for Fulcrum (Ottawa, Ontario, http://www.fulcrum.com) customers to migrate to the Search '97 knowledge retrieval solution
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC, El Segundo, CA, http://www.csc.com) awarded $47 million contract to provide IT services for the Department of Labor's Federal Black Lung Program