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The market for netbooks or mini-notebooks is still expanding, with shipments expected to reach 58 million units in 2010, as consumers and business users continue to look for low-cost computing alternatives, according to a report from research firm ABI. In 2009, netbook shipments topped 36 million units, which was higher that ABI’s original forecast of […]

Juniper Networks officials plan to continue flattening the data center networking infrastructure as they move toward a single-tiered offering starting sometime in 2011. During a news conference and Webcast May 17, Juniper executives outlined the company’s 3-2-1 strategy, saying they are anticipating the collapse of the networking infrastructure to a single layer in 2011 through […]

SGI is embarking upon “a global initiative with LSI Corporation to expand its SGI InfiniteStorage products with compelling new configurations powered by LSI,” the company announced May 13. This expanded relationship will market LSI’s storage-control software in SGI’s hardware through direct and indirect sales forces. SGI makes large-scale clustered computing systems for high-end enterprises.   >> […]

Accounting firm Grant Thornton recently surveyed 496 chief financial officers on a number of economic and business topics. Of the nearly 500 financial executives, 53 of them worked for technology companies. Tech CFOs were more positive across the board. The 53 in that group were feeling pretty decent about their budgets and hiring, but don’t […]

SAN FRANCISCO – Michael Dell went onstage for his keynote speech May 13 at the Citrix Synergy conference to certify once again that his company and virtualization software maker Citrix Systems are the best of tech friends and intend to cultivate their relationship for the good of the world. But the real news became clear […]

Hewlett-Packard officials say they want to help enterprises shift more of their IT spending away from operations and toward innovation. HP is rolling out a number of products and services designed to enable businesses to reduce the operating costs in their data centers – through best practices and technology – so that more money is […]

Tablet devices such as the Apple iPad are expected to become “one of the most successful consumer electronic/tech products,” with 50 to 75 percent of consumers purchasing one within the next three years, according to a May survey by Boston Consulting Group. Noting that both single-purpose e-readers, like Amazon.com’s Kindle, and multipurpose tablet PCs, such […]

Security specialist McAfee announced its strategy to advance the security options for virtualized environments that would provide stronger and optimized security controls helping customers maximize their current and future investments in virtualization. McAfee said it is currently developing a platform and application programming interface to provide a framework that will accelerate and address the specific […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Technology firms are kicking off a new wave of mergers and acquisitions as cash-rich makers of hardware, software and everything in between position themselves for economic recovery and reach into new markets. The movement toward mobile computing, the increasing importance of data storage, and the use of the Internet to access […]

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp launched an updated version of its Office software on Wednesday, aiming to keep its grip on the hugely profitable business application market while countering the challenge of free online alternatives from Google Inc. The world’s largest software company is upgrading its popular Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint applications and rolling out […]

Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers sounded both excited and cautious as he announced strong quarterly earnings for the company May 12. Several times during a lengthy conference call with analysts and reporters, Chambers touted fiscal third-quarter results that included revenue of $10.4 billion and net income of $2.2 billion – 27 percent and 62.6 percent […]

CEO Paul Otellini says the industry should stop viewing Intel as solely a chip maker and come to see it as a computing business, complete with software and services. For its part, AMD, with its Vision strategy, is looking to change how consumers buy PCs; at the same time, the company sees the 2011 release […]