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CSC Launches First Brand Advertising Campaign
BOSTON (Reuters) – Technology services company Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to launch the first brand advertising campaign in its 50-year history in a bid to boost its profile. Rivals IBM (IBM), Accenture Ltd (ACN) and Electronic Data Systems, which was acquired last month by Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ),…
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IBM Reworks Storage Strategy
SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) – IBM (IBM) is making a major push to upgrade computer storage products and services it offers customers struggling to manage mountainous piles of data being created inside their organizations. The company is announcing more then 30 new or upgraded products or services that are the result of a $2 billion…
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Making Money on Virtual Clients
Until recently there were basically two decisions that solution providers needed to make when it came to running Windows applications–run them locally on each machine or on a server that was accessed using terminal services software from either Citrix or Microsoft. Today, the nuances around running Windows applications on the client are multiplying dramatically thanks…
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Lenovo CEO says no plans to buy Dell factories
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Lenovo Group (0992.HK), the world’s fourth-largest PC maker, said on Tuesday it has no plans to buy computer factories from rival Dell Inc (DELL), its Chief Executive William Amelio said on Tuesday. Lenovo has enough capacity, Amelio told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in Singapore. Dell is trying to sell…
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Companies Cutting IT Spending Solution Providers Unaffected
No surprise that the Feds took over mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, in a bail out that will make the savings and loan meltdown on the early ’90s look like a gift to the U.S. taxpayers. Early estimates say the bailout will cost as much as $200 billion – astronomical figures, and completely…