Year: 2010

  • Intel Quarter, Forecast Signals Upbeat Tone

    Channel Insider Staff

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    (Reuters) – Intel Corp forecast upbeat fourth-quarter sales and margins as resilient demand from emerging markets and corporations offset weak consumer spending, raising hopes that the technology sector could end 2010 on a strong note. Shares of Intel and rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc, which have warned about weak consumer demand for computers, climbed 1… Read more

  • IBM CloudBurst Cloud Service Platform Expands

    Nathan Eddy

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    Technology giant IBM announced it is expanding its CloudBurst cloud service platform by delivering the appliance on Power-based hardware as well as currently installed IBM and non-IBM systems. The CloudBurst appliance is designed to automatically integrate hardware, storage, networking, virtualization and service management software for a private cloud environment. Core to the new offering is… Read more

  • Lockheed Martin Sells Enterprise Integration Group to Private Equity Firm

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    NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp (NYSE:LMT) has agreed to sell its Enterprise Integration Group unit to private equity firm Veritas Capital for $815 million. Lockheed’s decision to sell EIG, which advises government agencies on military platforms, was prompted by a tightening of Pentagon rules aimed at removing potential organizational conflicts of interest caused… Read more

  • 2011 IT Salaries Expect Modest Gains

    2011 IT Salaries Expect Modest Gains

    Ericka Chickowski

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    2011 IT Salaries Expect Modest Gains Web designers will experience the largest salary increases of any job classification, with an expected gain of 5.5 percent that will bring their average salary to between $50,750 and $83,000 annually. No Title Base compensation for ERP technical developers who tailor ERP software for a specific organization is projected… Read more

  • Multiple Apple iPad Killer Tablet Computers Loom

    Multiple Apple iPad Killer Tablet Computers Loom

    Jessica Davis

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    Multiple Apple iPad Killer Tablet Computers Loom Dell StreakWhile the Dell Streak still only runs Android 1.6, it will support over-the-air updates for Android 2.2 later this year. Its 5-inch display has been called too small by some. It offers a 5.0M rear-facing autofocus camera plus VGA front-facing camera and supports a variety of video… Read more

  • Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Wins Early Accolades

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    (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp’s last-ditch attempt to reclaim its prominence in the smartphone market won favorable early reviews on Monday, but it may come too late to claw back customers from Apple Inc and Google Inc. The world’s largest software company, along with network carriers and handset makers, is planning to spend more than $100… Read more