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ATandT to Buy T-Mobile in $39 Billion Deal
AT&T March 20 agreed to purchase T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG, paying $39 billion in cash and stock for the struggling phone carrier to help accelerate its 4G LTE (Long-Term Evolution) network plans. AT&T will pay Deutsche Telekom $25 billion, with the remainder to be paid in AT&T stock for T-Mobile in a deal…
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iPad 2 Cost Savings Touted in Charleston County
(Reuters) – The old three-ring binder filled with paper is on its way out of county government meetings in favor of the shiny, new touchscreen Apple iPad 2. Charleston County in South Carolina will start purchasing iPad2s for council members and key staffers next month, a move that will both save money and the effort of…
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Apple Consultants Question Joint Venture Quality
Members of the Apple Consultants Network (ACN)have a name for Joint Venture, the $499 SMB service offering Apple unveiled two weeks ago. ACN members call it the J.V. squad, short for junior varsity and a knock on the program’s capabilities. Members describe Apple’s Genius Bar employees, the likely foundation of a Joint Venture staff, as…
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RSA SecurID Breach Has Partners Seeking Answers
RSA channel partners are seeking more information and counseling their clients on risk mitigation following the publication on March 17 of an open letter from Art Coviello, CEO of RSA, an EMC company, that outlined a breach that compromised its highly popular authentication token SecurID product. Used by a wide range of organizations such as…
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Healthcare IT Priorities for 2011 An Inside Look
Healthcare IT Priorities for 2011 An Inside Look Currently HIMSS reports that the average information systems operating expense is about 2.4 percent of total expenses for U.S. hospitals. No Title Approximately 76 percent of respondents said their organization’s operating budget for 2011 would increase over 2010. No Title Close to half said their budget would…
