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  • HP’s Options after Oracle’s Itanium Gambit

    Hewlett-Packard and its HP-UX customers stand to take the biggest hit if Oracle sticks with its decision to end support for Intel’s Itanium platform, though the server maker does have options for easing the situation, according to an analyst. In particular, HP relatively easily could port HP-UX to its x86 server platform and already has…

  • Microsoft’s InTune: Price Too High for SMB?

    Microsoft’s cloud-based Windows InTune gives IT administrators for midsize businesses an enterprise-style level of control over a network, via a combination of cloud services, on-site PC-management tools and added malware protection. Whether it involves checking that software licenses are up-to-date, or diagnosing unbootable PCs, the platform is supposed to be streamlined for those IT pros’…

  • Acer Iconia Tab A501 Android Tablet to Debut

    AT&T, making good on its promise to support more Android-running devices, will offer Acer’s first 4G tablet, the Iconia Tab A501. Pricing and an exact release date were left off a March 22 news release, but the 4G tablet will launch in the second quarter, according to AT&T—which could mean just weeks. The Iconia Tab…

  • Risk management and mitigation

    Risk management and mitigation Organizations will increasingly look to third-party consultants and services firms for advice on avoiding disaster projects and products with costly hidden TCO. Increasing focus on organizational change management. Managing risks means making meaningful changes to the organization. Executives are learning that org change is not just an option anymore – it’s…

  • Polycom Buys Video Content Management Provider

    Unified communications services specialist Polycom announced the acquisition of Accordent Technologies, a provider of video content management and delivery solutions, for approximately $50 million in cash. Polycom said it expects this acquisition to be neutral to earnings in 2011 and slightly accretive to earnings in 2012. Accordent grew to $9 million in revenues in 2010…

  • T-Mobile’s G-Slate, G2x Offer 4G

    ORLANDO, Fla.—Whether or not T-Mobile eventually ends up absorbed by AT&T, the carrier is still pushing forward into the tablet and smartphone spaces. At this year’s CTIA conference here March 22, the company is showing off the results of its latest collaboration with LG Electronics: the G2x, an Android smartphone with a muscular dual-core processor,…

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