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Article: Pacific Bell and IBM Alliance Promises LAN-Desktop Network Integration; Alliance to Target Skyrocketing LAN-Desktop Market.
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- Business Wire
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- June 10, 1996
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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 1996--Pacific Bell and IBM have announced plans for a technology services alliance that will bring a new approach to managing networked desktop computer systems, a market that industry experts project will rise 290 percent in five years.
Potential revenue for the alliance is estimated to be $1 billion over seven years.
Under the alliance, Pacific Bell and IBM, through their subsidiaries, will jointly market desktop-to-desktop solutions by providing a single point of contact for desktop and local-area network (LAN) design, support services, monitoring and maintenance.
IBM's wholly-owned services subsidiary, ...