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Citrix Online, Cisco Differ on Telepresence Future
Cisco Systems’ CEO John Chambers predicts that consumer versions of his company’s high-definition telepresence systems will hit the home/consumer market within a year. "What you’re going to see is, over the next 12 to 15 months … high-definition capabilities for TelePresence into the home," Chambers told reporters last week. Chambers reported he has one of…
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IT Decision-Makers Turn Attention to Cost Containment
IT decision-makers at U.S. corporations believe 2009 company performance will be better than 2008. That’s according to new forecasting trend information gleaned from the most recent CDW IT Monitor poll of more than 1,000 IT decision makers. Now a year into its CDW IT Monitor survey of IT decision maker sentiment, the survey can offer…
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Sun Chief Calls Layoffs Difficult but Necessary
In a video posted on his corporate Web site, Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz described the decision to reorganize the high-end hardware and software vendor and lay off nearly 6,000 workers as a difficult but necessary decision for the future of the company. “Our customers are facing very difficult conditions,” Schwartz said. “They too are…
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Sun Flames 6,000 Workers in Cost-Cutting Bid
Sun Microsystems announced this morning that it will lay off as many as 6,000 workers and realign its software division–which includes the widely used Java platform–in an effort to stem costs amid the economic downturn. Sun recently announced a $1.68 billion loss for the third quarter ending Sept. 30. It was a huge reversal from the…
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CIOs Forecast Flat Spending Growth, but No Declines
CIOs are forecasting lower spending for 2009 but not dramatically lower. That’s news that should cause both vendors and IT solution providers to breathe a sigh of relief and then look at how to pump up their marketing and sales to answer sales objections to ensure they get their piece of the smaller 2009 IT…
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From Must-Have to More with Less
It’s hard to believe only two short months ago the level of optimism in the business world was light years away from the current mood. Even though the economy already was shaky before the collapse of a handful of banking institutions in late September that seems to have caused a global recession, we hadn’t quite…
