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Dell Offers to Buy Compellent to Grow Storage Business
Dell and Compellent Technologies are in "advanced discussions" about a potential merger, the companies confirmed on Dec 9. BREAKING: Dell and Compellent have reached an acquisition agreement. Full story here. Even though the negotiations are still ongoing, the announcement said Dell will acquire all outstanding Compellent stock at $27.50 per share. The all-cash deal would…
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Microsoft’s Final Patch Tuesday of 2010 Will Be Big
Microsoft has plans for a gigantic Patch Tuesday next week, when it will plug 40 security vulnerabilities across a number of products, including critical bugs impacting Internet Explorer and Microsoft Windows. The bugs will be squashed by a total of 17 security bulletins, two of which are rated "critical." One of the two critical bulletins…
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Dell CEO: Transformation on the Way for PC Maker
Dell Inc’s billionaire chief executive, arguing that his efforts to transform his company have gone unnoticed by some on Wall Street, wants to drive the acquisitions that will prove crucial to its long-term future. But he is also starting to see warning signs of increasingly frothy technology valuations, and said firmly he will not pay…
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EMC, VMWare Create VDI Cloud at N.C. Hospital
IT infrastructure company EMC has unveiled plans to deploy its VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) software at Northern Hospital of Surry County, in Mount Airy, N.C., to lower health care costs and increase data protection at the facility. "We were running out of processing capacity and space in our data center as we expanded our EMR…
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Majority of Consumers Lack Personal Data Backup: Survey
Acronis, a provider of backup, recovery and security solutions for physical, virtual and cloud environments, released research that suggests consumers are generally aware of the need for backup and recovery, even if they are not carrying it out regularly enough. Eighty-three percent of consumers surveyed stated that they understand the need to back up, indicating…
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10 Reasons Enterprises May Pick Tablets Over PCs
10 Reasons Enterprises May Pick Tablets Over PCs 1. MobilityThe best aspect of a tablet for the average company is that it delivers mobility to employees in a way that most other devices just can’t. A tablet, like the iPad, can be tossed into a bag and carried around without much trouble. And as the…
