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Tech CFOs Sound Off On 2011
Tech CFOs Sound Off On 2011 77 percent of CFOs at top U.S. tech companies expect revenue to increase in 2011. No Title These financial leaders forecast an increase of 10.4 percent over 2010–a big improvement over the slim 1.6 percent increase in 2010 over 2009. No Title 78 percent of tech CFOs believe that…
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IBM CEO: Analytics a Big Opportunity for the Future
If Sam Palmisano had just one word for partners, one word, it would probably be "analytics." And he should know. "I don’t bore myself anymore with market research," IBM’s CEO told a packed auditorium of IBM channel partners at the IBM PartnerWorld conference in Orlando, Fla., this week. "The estimates will never be right." Rather,…
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IBM Launches Cloud Specialty, Midmarket Analytics Software at PartnerWorld
For solution providers looking to tap into the lucrative cloud computing and business analytics technology practices, IBM is offering a helping hand. The company announced two new programs for solution providers to help them build their businesses in cloud computing and business analytics at its IBM PartnerWorld 2011 conference in Orlando, Fla. To help partners…
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Acer: Mobile PC Growth to be Strong in 2011
(Reuters) – Taiwan’s Acer Inc, the world’s second-largest PC vendor, expects the market for mobile PCs to grow 10-12 percent in 2011, driven by emerging markets, its chief Gianfranco Lanci said on Monday. "The economy is coming back. Consumers are still spending," Lanci told Reuters in an interview. Acer unveiled on Monday three new smartphone…
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Beats Apple iPad 2 to Market
(Reuters) – Samsung launched a second tablet computer on Sunday, with a bigger screen and more processing power than the original Galaxy Tab that is seen as the only real rival to Apple’s iPad. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is intended to be a multimedia hub for afficionados of games, electronic books and social media, with…
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Microsoft, Nokia Fight to Win Developers
(Reuters) – The shotgun marriage of Nokia and Microsoft’s smartphone platforms puts software developers at center stage at the annual Mobile World Congress starting on Monday in Barcelona. Last week, Nokia and Microsoft, the global leaders in mobile phones and software, announced a wide-ranging alliance which they hope will give them a chance of building…
