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HP Stacks Up to IBM
Hewlett-Packard Co is close to a deal to acquire Electronic Data Systems Corp for between $12 billion and $13 billion, according to a source familiar with the matter. Shares of EDS jumped 27 percent on the news, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, while HP shares slid 2.5 percent. Both stocks were halted, news…
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HP Deal for EDS Would be a Mixed Bag for the Channel
The proposed merger between Hewlett-Packard and EDS is going to give just about every Hewlett-Packard channel partner in the world cause for pause. HP has been trying to build up its IT services business for the past few years. But in terms of its total size, HP’s efforts to drum up services business wasn’t much…
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Dell: The Channel`s New Darling?
Surprised? I can’t really say I am. Though it may seem even shocking that Dell did so well in the Channel Insider Products of the Year awards, snagging the top spot in the desktop and notebook categories, it actually makes a lot of sense. Yes, the channel doth protest too much about Dell, but as…
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David Archuleta’s Dad Keeping It a Little Too Real
The channel’s most famous dad, Jeff Archuleta, reportedly got into a bit of a scrape with the American Idol folks this week. Hey, the guy gets animated when he’s passionate about something and he likes to see things done right. If nothing else, you know for sure he’s one of us. According to the Associated…