Strategic Matters (Cisco, Veritas, IT Spending, I.B.M., Microsoft - Adobe , Venture Capital)

Cisco's Strategy: Helping Businesses Go Wireless - Networking vendor is moving aggressively to integrate wireless LAN technology from Airespace into its product portfolio - informationweek

Veritas CEO Talks Convergence - "Information and currency are becoming one and the same," Garry Bloom tells the audience at the vendor's Vision conference. - informationweek

Merrill Lynch CIO survey sees IT spending stable in Q2 - The 100 CIOs surveyed also weighed in on new technologies and Windows - computerworld

I.B.M. Plans to Buy a Health Consulting Firm - nytimes.com

WINHEC - Microsoft aims "Metro" at Adobe - infoworld

85% of IT executives consider application quality critical - itfacts.biz

- Microsoft names new CFO -Chris Liddell, former finance chief at International Paper, to move into the CFO's office for the software giant.
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Venture investing falls 7.9% - Venture capital investing, the financial fuel of the innovation economy, slowed in the first three months of this year, according to the first-quarter MoneyTree survey released yesterday. - boston.com

Netscapees Launch Yet Another Start-Up - thealarmclock.com