Year: 2008

  • IT Has Great Green Expectations for Obama

    Pedro Pereira

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    When President-Elect Barack Obama takes the oath of office Jan. 20, he will do so amid great expectations. Seldom has a new administration entered the White House with so much weight on its shoulders. The nation is counting on Obama to tackle a range of heavy issues, from health care to the Iraq war to… Read more

  • Factors for Profitability in 2009

    Michael Vizard

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     2009: Periods of Profit It’s no secret that we live in one of the most challenging business climates seen in the last 30 years. That means that success in 2009 is going to be defined by good planning because the margin for error in these economic conditions is near zero. With that in mind, here… Read more

  • Lenovo Cranks Up the Green with M58p PC

    Lenovo Cranks Up the Green with M58p PC

    Frank Ohlhorst

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    While Lenovo has become a master of the portable PC with the Thinkpad series of notebook computers, the company still has a way to go before mastering the desktop with the ThinkCentre series of desktop PCs. Luckily for Lenovo, the ThinkCentre M58p brings them one step closer to mastery of the desktop. Lenovo faces a… Read more

  • Ode to Broken Windows

    Lawrence Walsh

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    Let it be said that Windows Vista didn’t fail for a lack of trying. Microsoft had declared the drop-dead end-of-life date for new installations of Window XP—the last generation of the operating system—would come Jan. 31, 2009. Now, under pressure from business consumers and system builders, it’s extending XP’s life once again. System builders can… Read more

  • Red Hat Beats Street Estimates Quarterly Revenues Up 20%

    Kathleen A. Martin

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    Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the leader in open source Linux software, announced earnings that beat street estimates after the market closed Monday. In addition, Red Hat issued a strong outlook for Q4. Shares rose 6 percent in afterhours trading. “Our solid financial results this quarter reflect our strong market position as the low-cost, high-value provider… Read more

  • Unisys Restructures to Cut $225 Million in Expenses

    Lawrence Walsh

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    Unisys, one of the largest solution providers in the world, announced Monday that it will be aggressively reducing jobs and employee benefits in an effort to save more than $225 million annually. The cuts come as Unisys’ stock struggles to regain its footing. It’s currently trading below $1 per share. No specific reason was giving… Read more