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IT Workers Unlikely Candidates for Layoffs: Report
Despite a surge in tech-sector downsizing in the second half of 2011, the number of job cuts announced by these firms last year plunged to the lowest level ever recorded in tracking going back to 1997, according to the latest report on technology sector job cuts released Jan. 23 by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray &…
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Should RIM’s New CEO Shake Up the Company’s Strategy?
Research In Motion appointed a new CEO Jan. 22, replacing longtime co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie with Thorsten Heins, the company’s chief operating officer for product and sales. Heins has quite a task in front of him. RIM’s market share is steadily eroding in the face of aggressive competition by Apple’s iOS and Google…
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Mellanox Rolls Out Aggressive 10GbE Pricing
Mellanox Technologies is ramping up its efforts in the burgeoning 10 Gigabit Ethernet space with a new aggressive pricing structure and an expanded channel effort. Mellanox officials are hoping to add fuel to a business that they say has doubled its market share over the past two quarters and to make its 10GbE products from…
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EMC Rules in Backup Appliance Market: IDC
Analyst firm IDC places EMC at the top of the worldwide Purpose Built Backup Appliance market, with EMC claiming 62 percent share for the first half of 2011. EMC s primary PBBA products include EMC Avamar, Data Domain and Disk Library for mainframe systems. Market growth and the impressive lead over its nearest competitor bodes…
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VMware Profits Rise 67 Percent
VMware, the world’s largest virtualization software and services provider, popped open at least a few people’s eyes Jan. 23 when it announced a whopping 67 percent year-over-year net income increase in its fourth-quarter 2011 earnings report. Continued growth in service and license revenue to go with larger profit margins helped VMware post quarterly net income…
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Dell OEM Systems, SUSE Partner on Linux-Based Enterprise Systems
Dell OEM Systems and SUSE are now offering customizable, integrated systems based on SUSE Linux Enterprises, and supported worldwide by Dell, the companies announced on Jan. 24. The two organizations are targeting the vast market of businesses that incorporate computers into their final products or solutions—but who are not computer manufacturers. Dell OEM Systems customers,…