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HP’s PC Division No Longer Latch-Key Kid
Hewlett-Packard will keep its Personal Systems Group, reversing a decision that would have potentially spun off HP’s profitable PC-manufacturing division. “HP objectively evaluated the strategic, financial and operational impact of spinning off PSG,” Meg Whitman, HP’s CEO and president, wrote in an Oct. 27 statement. “It’s clear after our analysis that keeping PSG within HP…
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Dell’s Latitude ST Enterprise Tablet Aims for Healthcare, Education Markets
Dell has unveiled details about its Latitude ST ultraportable enterprise tablet, a unit suitable for workers in fields such as health care and education. The Latitude ST slate features an Intel Atom CPU, Windows 7, a 10.1-inch multitouch display and six hours of battery life. Kirk Schell, executive director and general manager of Dell’s business…
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HP to Keep PC Division
HP will keep its PC business after all, the company announced Thursday, putting an end to the uncertainty that had flummoxed channel partners and stunned industry observers ever since HP’s then CEO Leo Apotheker said in August that he was considering a spinoff of the Personal Systems Group (PSG). “HP objectively evaluated the strategic, financial…
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KineticD Announces Hybrid Cloud Solution for Backup, Disaster Recovery
Online backup and disaster recovery specialist KineticD announced the beta version of its hybrid cloud backup software solution, KineticCloud for Servers. Hybrid cloud backup, also called disk-to-disk-to-cloud, is an alternative to tape as a backup medium for data stored in files and databases. Key KineticCloud for Servers features include global source-side block-level deduplication for faster…
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Axcient Debuts Cloud Continuity Platform
Data backup, business continuity and disaster recovery service provider Axcient announced the launch of Cloud Continuity, a service aimed at small to medium-size businesses that enables companies to launch all of their servers in Axcient’s cloud. When local servers fail, users can run a virtual office on Axcient’s cloud platform, enabling employees to continue working…
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HP to Partner With Calexda on ARM-Based Servers: Reports
Hewlett-Packard reportedly will partner with chip-maker Calxeda to develop data center servers powered by low-power processors designed by ARM Holdings. Quoting unnamed people close to the situation, Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal are reporting that HP will become the first major OEM to adopt ARM-based processors for some of its servers, a move that…