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Apple, Samsung, HTC Lead Smartphone Sales Growth: Report
Worldwide mobile communication device sales to users totaled 427.8 million units in the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 19 percent from the first quarter of 2010, according to IT research firm Gartner. The company estimates that manufacturers’ sales into the channel will drop in the second quarter of 2011, while sales through to…
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Dell Quarter Profit Grows on High-Margin Products
Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) reported a one percent increase in first fiscal quarter revenue year over year and a 177 percent increase in net income as a focus on higher margin products and services boosted the company’s bottom line. Dell’s results stood in stark contrast to HP’s (NYSE:HPQ) results announced earlier this week. HP saw a decline…
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HP, Dell Launch Servers for High-Performance Computing
Hewlett-Packard and Dell are continuing to build servers that bring graphics chips into the data center. HP officials on May 17 announced that Nvidia’s new Tesla M2090 GPU (graphics processing unit) will appear in a number of upcoming HP ProLiant servers aimed at the HPC (high-performance computing) space, a move they say will address organizations’…
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Comcast Launches Metro Ethernet Services for Small, Midsize Businesses
Communications giant Comcast announced Metro Ethernet services as part of an ongoing strategy to expand its portfolio of business services to meet the requirements of larger customers. Targeted at midsize businesses with 20-500 employees, Comcast’s Metro Ethernet services provide access to the company’s fiber optic network for businesses with high-bandwidth needs and often multiple locations.…
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Avaya Releases IP Office 7.0 for SMBs
Business collaboration systems, software and services provider Avaya announced the new version of the company’s communications solution for the small to medium-size business (SMB) market, Avaya IP Office 7.0. The latest version of the software completes the integration of Nortel Enterprise Solutions (NES) IP and digital phones into the IP Office platform. This integration now…
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Cisco, Microsoft Partner on Unified Computing
Cisco Systems is taking its Unified Computing System mainstream with reference architectures that support Microsoft SQL server. The partnership puts Cisco in the same realm as a Microsoft partner as competitors HP, IBM and Dell. New data center solutions from Cisco include Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Fast Track Data Warehouse 3.0 for Cisco UCS,…