21.   PointOne declined to disclose the name of that hardware maker.

22.   Presuming that enough people are, hardware makers and software suppliers plan a new generation of equipment to replace old machines and analog tapes.

23.   Sybase will also reveal new partners, such as Sun Microsystems and Silicon Graphics, two hardware makers.

24.   Sun, IBM and other hardware makers began to produce NCs.

25.   That would benefit telephone hardware makers such as Alcatel Alsthom and software companies such as Cap Gemini SA.

26.   The balance comes from data-storage hardware makers, including Sun Microsystems, Dell Computer, Quantum, and Siemens.

27.   The Ann Arbor-based telecommunications hardware maker blamed slower sales in Japan.

28.   The company says it is in discussions with several big hardware makers about incorporating its software in its designs.

29.   The computer hardware maker has been virtually immune to the buffets afflicting the technology sector since summer.

30.   The delay is frustrating, especially to hardware makers who have machines ready but nothing to play on them.