Year: 2008
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Analyst: Price a Wild Card for PC Maker Dell Next Year
Categories: Tech CompaniesWhile competitor Hewlett-Packard reported better than expected earnings and revenue in its quarterly announcement this week, the picture for Dell in the year ahead is not nearly as bright. In a preview of Dell’s earnings announcement slated for Thursday, financial analyst firm Bernstein Research said it was lowering its revenue and earnings estimates for the… Read more
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Microsoft Kills OneCare, Offers Morro as Free Replacement
After garnering only 2 percent market share in the two years since its launch, Microsoft’s OneCare all-in-one security and PC management service will be replaced by a free software package. In a statement, Microsoft said it will stop selling OneCare as of June 2009. The new software, code-named Morro, will be a no-frills program suited… Read more
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Going Green, from Desktop to Data Center
The plunge in oil prices couching the ongoing economic downturn could foster complacency about going green, but IT vendors are doing their best to prevent that. From the desktop to the data center, vendors are pushing technology and services that reduce power consumption and boost technology performance. It may be cheaper to drive than it… Read more
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Making Money on Technology in a Recession
Categories: News and TrendsEverywhere you turn these days, some research organization or another is cutting its spending forecast for 2009. The latest case in point is IDC, which is cutting its forecast for IT spending growth in 2009 from 5.9 percent growth to 2.6 percent growth. Similarly, the folks at Computer Economics, a research company based in Irvine,… Read more
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Netvanta Switch Line Goes Green with Energy Saving Features
The most recent Adtran Netvanta switches incorporate a couple of features that should be of interest to solution providers looking to help green their customers’ environments and speed troubleshooting tasks. The “green” features come as part of the POE (Power Over Ethernet) option offered on some of Adtran’s switches and focus on the ability to… Read more
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HTC Touch Pro Sprints into Mobile Smartphone Market
While unified communications may be a buzz word of note, lately, many forget it is really the software and hardware combination that makes everything unified to begin with. The problem is that most unified communications solutions start to fall apart once the user leaves his or her desk. To resolve that issue, solution providers are… Read more