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Check Point Acquires Nokia Security Appliance Unit
Check Point Software Technologies announced this morning that it will acquire Nokia’s security appliance unit for an undisclosed price. In September, Nokia made public plans to sell of its security appliance business to raise cash to buoy its troubled core telecommunications and handset business. The initial report pegged the buyer as an anonymous private equity…
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Server Wars: AMD`s Opteron VS. Intel`s Xeon
With the launch of “Shanghai”, AMD has revamped their Opteron product line to do battle with Intel’s Xeon in the multi-cpu server space. Does Intel have anything to worry about? Server CPUs tend to be unique beasts. Sure you can build a server with a desktop CPU, but once you move into the multi-processor space,…
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2009 Channel Outlook: It Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better
Howard Cohen has been around long enough to know the signals. And the signals, he says, point to things getting worse before they get better. "We haven’t seen the bottom drop out yet," says Cohen, a 26-year veteran of the IT channel and a principal at solution provider Synergy Corporate Technologies. In business for more…
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Last Minute Gift Ideas for the Geek in Your Life
Last Minute Gift Ideas for the Geek in Your Life Last minute gift ideas No Title Flip MinoHD Camcorder No Title CardScan Executive 700 No Title Apple 3G iPhone No Title Sony Reader Digital Book No Title Universal Charging Station No Title Solar Gadget Charger No Title Netbook Asus Eee PC 2G with Intel Celeron…
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RIM Revenues Surge on Demand for New BlackBerry Units
Research in Motion announced that third-quarter sales jumped 66 percent compared with a year ago. RIM closed at $38.44 today, down 5.48 percent on expectations of a miss, but jumped almost 10 percent in after-hours trading. Profit grew 7 percent over last quarter with reported revenue of $2.78 billion for the quarter ending Nov. 30.…
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Oracle Gets Flexible to Offset Recession Pressure
Solution providers report Oracle is taking a more flexible approach to sales and partner engagements as it struggles to find its footing in the sluggish economy. Oracle became the latest company to report poorer-than-expected earnings under the weight of the economic recession and slowing enterprise spending for new software and equipment. On Dec. 18, Oracle—the…
