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Hardware, Software Sales Boost IBM Q2 Profit
IBM continued on its growth course, with hardware and software gains pushing revenue up 12 percent and net income up 8 percent for the second quarter of 2011. IBM reported revenue of $26.7 billion for the quarter, up from $23.7 billion in the same quarter last year. Net income in the latest period rose to…
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Telecommuters Rely on Unified Communications, Lag on Data Backup
According to a recent survey from Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of Staples Inc., telecommuters say they rely on email (96 percent), instant messaging (68 percent), video conferencing (44 percent) and unified communications technologies (25 percent) to stay connected. While more than two-thirds of telecommuters said they didn’t receive IT security training in preparation for…
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Small Business Optimism Stalls Out
The National Federation of Independent Business’ monthly Small-Business Optimism Index dropped one tenth of a point in June, settling at 90.8, an unsurprising reading, basically unchanged from the previous month and solidly in recession territory. While some indicators rose slightly — including expected capital outlays — pessimism about future business conditions and expected real sales…
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IBM Announces New Cloud-Base Web Analytics and Marketing Suite
IBM has announced a new cloud-based Web analytics and digital marketing suite aimed at helping its business customers automate online marketing campaigns across digital channels, such as Websites, social media networks and mobile phones. The new IBM offering combines software IBM got in its acquisitions of Coremetrics and Unica and provides analytics that help companies…
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Adobe Acquires Electronic Signature Firm EchoSign
Adobe Systems announced that it has acquired EchoSign, a Web-based provider of electronic signatures and signature automation. Adobe officials said EchoSign s electronic signature solution will be a key component of the company’s document exchange services platform for reliably exchanging documents for universal access, review and approval, in a press release on the acquisition. Adobe…
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IBM Releasing XIV Storage System Gen3
IBM on July 20 will announce the first new version of its XIV storage system to be released since 2008, the year Big Blue bought the Israel-based company. IBM XIV Storage System Gen3, which uses a patented grid architecture to process high-transaction-type workloads, features several hardware improvements, a revamped user interface, multi-system monitoring, and improved…