Year: 2009
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Survey Links IT Investment to Corporate Success
Categories: News and TrendsIn the third of four related studies, Ronin Corp., a market research firm with offices in Princeton N.J. and London, has linked the role of IT in separating the winners from the losers as this recession draws to a close. Looking to build on the McKinsey findings that ‘strategic’ companies emerge stronger from recessions while… Read more
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IBM to CFOs: Server ROI trumps TCO
Categories: News and TrendsIBM is already the world’s largest server vendor — at least in dollars, if not units — but Big Blue’s current efforts to increase fourth quarter sales could get a nice shot in the arm as the result of a new study. According to the Robert Frances Group (RFG) study on IBM’s HS 21 XM… Read more
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Sophos, Juniper Strike OEM Deal for Branch Office
Sophos and Juniper Networks announced this week that they’re teaming up to extend the spam protection on Juniper’s branch office networking security platforms. The partnership enables Juniper to integrate Sophos anti-spam technology into Juniper Networks SRX Series Services Gateways, SSG Series Secure Service Gateways and J Series Service Routers for the branch. Sophos’ technology takes… Read more
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HP Fourth Quarter Shows Higher Profit on Revenue Drop
HP (NYSE: HPQ) pointed to improvements in its printing and PC sales as consumers made the switch to Windows 7, saying that it gained PC market share and its fourth-quarter earnings were in line with previous forecasts. Executives from the technology giant made those observations in a call to analysts following the release of HP’s… Read more
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IT Pay Trends Whats Up Whats Down
Categories: CareersIT Pay Trends Whats Up Whats Down IT Pay TrendsBy Ericka Chickowski No Title According to IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index (ITSCPI), released by the IT pay analysts with Foote Partners, most IT specializations have lost a bit of their luster during this year’s economic crunch. The quarterly ITSCPI examines the pay premium of… Read more
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Hackers Unleash New iPhone Virus
(Reuters) – Hackers have built a virus that attacks Apple Inc’s iPhone by secretly taking control of the devices via their Internet connections, security experts said. The virus has been detected in the Netherlands and can only attack iPhones whose users have disabled some pre-installed security features, according to analysts monitoring the progress of the… Read more