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Bluewolf Integration Tool Combines SAAS with Managed Services
Software as a service and managed services have emerged in recent years as transformative business models for solution providers, but though sometimes confused, the models are distinct from each other. That is, until now. At the intersection of SAAS and managed services stands Bluewolf, an IT consulting and services firm that this month added remote…
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Lenovo to Cut 50 jobs in U.S. by End-2008
HONG KONG, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Lenovo Group (0992.HK), the world’s No.4 personal computer maker, said on Wednesday it will cut 50 jobs at its U.S. headquarters by the end of 2008, as the global economic crisis overshadows the business outlook. Global PC shipments grew a slower-than-expected 15.8 percent in the third quarter of this…
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NetSuite Targets Salesforce Clients with Discounts
BOSTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Software maker NetSuite Inc (N.N) launched a marketing campaign on Wednesday to win customers away from rival Salesforce.com Inc (CRM.N), offering them 50 percent discounts over current fees. NetSuite, which is majority-owned by Oracle Corp (ORCL.O founder and billionaire Larry Ellison, is focusing the new marketing drive on pricing at…
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Dell Aims to Outpace Industry, Sees Uncertainty
By Fang Yan and Helen Ding SHANGHAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Dell (DELL), the world’s second-biggest computer maker, expects to grow faster than the industry this year but its CEO added it is hard to say whether the global PC market will improve heading into the year-end. While slashing jobs, the company, which made nine…
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EMC Gives Weak Outlook, Sees Slower Tech Spending
By Jim Finkle BOSTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – EMC Corp (EMC) forecast earnings for the current quarter at the low end of Wall Street expectations as the world’s top corporate storage equipment maker faced slower spending on information technology. But shares rose 7 percent on relief that the news wasn’t worse and also by stronger-than-expected…
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IBM Global Financing Sweetens the Credit Pot for Technology Purchases
Looking to ease concerns over technology financing availability and make credit available for IT purchases at a time when companies are tightening their budgets, IBM Global Financing was set to announce a lease financing program on Thursday. The captive finance arm of IBM will announce its "Why Wait?" technology financing offer, which provides 90-day interest-free…