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EMC, Isilon in Acquisition Talks, Report
Oct 18 (Reuters) – EMC Corp (NYSE:EMC), the world’s biggest maker of corporate data storage equipment, is in exclusive talks to buy computer storage company Isilon Systems Inc (NASDAQ:ISLN) for more than $2 billion, the New York Post reported on Monday. The report quoted an unnamed source as saying the deal would be done this…
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Synnex Offers Reseller App for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, WebOS
Looking to access product information, pricing, availability and even place orders from your smartphone while you are visiting customer sites? Synnex has introduced a mobile application for its e-commerce website, ECExpress, for use on Android, iPhone, Blackberry and HP Palm WebOS mobile devices in the United States and Canada. The mobile app lets Synnex resellers…
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Rescued by Process
I’m appreciating process a lot this week. In a badly planned set of leave requests, my Service Manager was married to his (now) lovely bride on the same week that my V.P. of Sales is camping in Yellowstone. I’ll begin this by noting that I want my team to take their vacations, and I encourage…
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Google Mobile Business at $1B Run Rate
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) eased fears that big spending would erode margins as its results blew past Wall Street’s targets, and the Web search leader revealed for the first time the strength of its fledgling mobile and online display ad businesses. Analysts said strong growth across Google’s core advertising business…
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AMD: PC Sales for Fourth Quarter to Improve
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Consumers will likely buy more PCs in the fourth quarter but manufacturers will continue to use up components they had over-accumulated in recent months, chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NYSE:AMD) said on Thursday. Two days after Intel’s (NASDAQ:INTC) better-than-expected earnings lifted hopes for technology companies, which have been hurt…
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Tablet Sales to Near 20 Million in 2010, Gartner Predicts
Driven by sales of the Apple iPad, worldwide media tablet sales to users are forecast to reach 19.5 million units in 2010, according to IT research firm Gartner. The firm said media tablets are poised for strong growth with worldwide user sales projected to total 54.8 million units in 2011, up 181 percent from 2010,…