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Apple vs. Microsoft: Who Has the Greater Tax?
OK, so it’s not really a tax in the sense that governments levy upon us. But many solution providers, companies and individuals are raising the revolutionary flag against the compulsory fees and maintenance costs associated with their respective computing platform. Microsoft recently began pumping a public relations campaign that users considering Macs with OS X…
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Trend Micro, BigFix Team Up for Endpoint Security Management
A new partnership between security vendor Trend Micro and systems management vendor BigFix will give solution providers tools for managing and securing enterprise customers’ globally distributed endpoints. Trend Micro will license BigFix’s unified management platform software and extend it across all of Trend Micro’s endpoint security products, providing simplified management of mobile devices, remote office…
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DataCore, Tech Data Team Up on Storage Solution
Tech Data’s Advanced Infrastructure Solutions division has partnered with storage virtualization provider DataCore to give solution providers tools to help customers manage growing data volumes more effectively and leverage existing infrastructure more efficiently. The partnership will bring DataCore’s SANMelody and SANSymphony storage virtualization software to Tech Data solution providers whose customers are struggling to balance…
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EMC Cutting Workforce by 7 Percent, CEO Tucci Takes Pay Cut
EMC (NYSE: EMC) announced it will cut its workforce by 7 percent as the data storage giant looks to cut costs. The storage giant will eliminate 2,400 positions as part of an effort to reduce costs by about $350 million in 2009 and an additional $500 million in 2010. Despite the pending layoff plans, EMC…
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Synnex Quarterly Revenues Climb, Forecasts Down
Synnex (NYSE: SNX), the value-added technology distributor, reported fourth quarter net income of $26.4 million or $0.80 per share, compared to $20.2 million or $0.61 per share in the prior year quarter. Revenues increased 6.4 percent to $2.1 billion from $1.97 billion in the previous year quarter. “We are pleased with Synnex’s achievements in the…
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Google Goes Analog to Warn of Pending Layoffs
Google has announced that it will cut its temporary workforce, but no one is quite sure how many people will be affected. In an unusual move, Google filed notice of its cost-cutting plans in paper, not electronically, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) during the holidays. This left many analysts and stock trackers in…