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  • Salesforce Beefs Up Chatter Social Network as Dreamforce Conference Kicks Off

    Salesforce.com is introducing a new round of features to its Chatter social-networking platform, in effect increasing its bet that businesses will want to give their workers a Facebook- and Twitter-style experience. Chatter allows employees to post comments and share files in a Facebook-style environment. These additions will include Chatter Now, an instant messaging tool that…

  • Intel Forms Subsidiary to Work With Federal Government

    Technology giant Intel Corporation announced the formation of a wholly owned subsidiary, Intel Federal, to provide strategic focus in order to better address new opportunities in working with the U.S. government. Initially, Intel Federal will focus on the high-performance computing segment, including work on exascale computing with the U.S. Department of Energy and other agencies.…

  • Businesses Gain Agility, Cut Costs with Server Virtualization: Report

    Small businesses are moving steadily toward more virtualized computing infrastructures, with server virtualization – running multiple, independent, virtual operating systems on a single server – increasing the productivity, agility and scalability of computing resources and the business itself, with an attending boost in a company’s return on its information technology (IT) investments, according to a…

  • VMworld Vendors Hawk Cloud Offerings, Services

    With cloud being the hot topic on everybody’s mind, it’s no surprise that the major trends and news coming out of VMworld in Las Vegas this week have to do with what VMware has been calling the “journey to the cloud.” Even the Solutions Exchange exhibitor area is filled with IT vendors and channel partners…

  • Ingram Micro Launches Partner Network for Health Care VARs

    Broadline distributor Ingram Micro (NYSE: IM) announced a new network for channel partners who have expertise in IT for the U.S. health care market. The Ingram Micro Healthcare Partner Network is the company’s first dedicated to resellers and managed service providers working in the health care vertical market. The network will work in tandem with…

  • Small Business Employment Lags in August: Report

    Small businesses created 35,000 new jobs in August, but employees worked fewer hours and received less money, key findings among the results of this month’s update of the Intuit Inc. Small Business Employment Index, covering the period between July 24 and Aug. 23. The monthly report found that small business employment grew by 0.18 percent…

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