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Reports on the partnership between Siebel Systems Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. to offer the Siebel CRM on Demand subscription service in the U.S. Design of the service; Features of the service; Terms of the partnership.

Reports on the number of mergers of technology companies in the U.S. Acquisition of Rational Software Corp. by the International Business Machines Corp.; Opportunity to acquire weaker competitors; Cost of dealing with a large number of vendors and complex information technology systems.

Reports on the decision of business technology firm IBM Corp. to release its infrastructure software in order to provide technology solutions to small and middle-size enterprises. Features of the software; Improvement of product quality; Strategies of other enterprise application technology companies in solution development.

Presents news briefs on information technology in the U.S. as of June 24, 2002. Cryptic messages intercepted by the National Security Agency before the terrorist attacks on September 10, 2001; Information on the eHealth Care Act proposed by U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.); Amount invested by IBM in its New York City offices to create a facility for demonstrating Linux to Wall Street; Information on the retail software Pricing4Profit from ProfitLogic.