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Cisco Partner CSC Offers Telepresence as a Service
Cisco Systems partner CSC is adding telepresence as a service to its offerings with Cisco’s line of high-definition telepresence systems. CSC’s roll out of TAAS comes after a pilot of the service with a few customers. CSC’s TAAS is a fully managed and fully hosted telepresence offering that is billed to clients on a…
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Acer Quarter PC Sales Disappoint
(Reuters) – Taiwan’s Acer Inc’s personal computer sales in the first quarter to date were 10 percent lower than the previous quarter due to weak demand in Western Europe and the U.S., in a worrying sign for technology demand. Acer also said in a statement on Friday that it expected PC revenues in the first…
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Intermedia, Microsoft Negotiate Office 365 Billing
What does Microsoft Exchange hosting giant Intermedia think about Microsoft’s Office 365 and the software giant’s current plan to own the billing for the cloud-based version of Microsoft Office? Not so much. Like many Microsoft partners, Intermedia isn’t really interested in carrying Office 365 as long as Microsoft retains control over the billing, according to…
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Oracle
Oracle With so many Oracle acquisitions in recent years putting pressure on SAP’s major markets already, Ellison’s gang has been a constant thorn in SAP’s side. The biggest sting, though, was a $1.3 billion jury award granted Oracle from SAP last year for intellectual property theft. IBM Like Oracle, Big Blue plays in most of…
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HP Partner: Oracle Itanium Statement Desperate
Oracle’s abrupt decision to end support for the Intel Itanium high-end server platform came as a shock to channel partners and customers alike, and according to one solution provider, the move smacks of desperation as Oracle loses market share for high-end Sun servers. Bill Loupakos, senior vice president at American Digital in Arlington Heights, Ill.,…
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Oracle Revenues Climb Despite Sun Hardware Drag
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL) reported revenue growth of 37 percent to $8.8 billion in its third fiscal quarter, driven by software license revenues, which grew by 29 percent to $2.2 billion. And while some of the company’s newer hardware products showed strong growth, a sluggish overall hardware business was believed to be dogged by Sun’s legacy…
