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Economic Uncertainty, Competition to Drive Low-Cost IT: Report
Economic fluctuations and business uncertainty, accelerated service globalization, and increasing competition of IT services are major factors that could force businesses to move further toward low-cost IT, according to a study from IT research firm Gartner. Gartner analysts said that based on the proliferation of advertising ‘IT as a service’ as a pricing model, business…
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Consumer Electronics Sales to Decline in 2010
Will the consumerization of IT be enough to save technology spending? Not this year, according to a new report from market research firm IDC. The report – ConsumerScape 360 – shows that the U.S. consumer electronics market has been hit disproportionately hard by the economic downturn. U.S. households are projected to spend 17 percent less…
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HP, ArcSight Deal Offers New Channel Opportunities
After two weeks of speculation about the fate of ArcSight following its revelation in late August that it was looking for buyers, HP’s announcement yesterday that it would pull the trigger on a $1.5 billion deal came as a surprise to no one within the IT security community. "I’m not surprised at all by this,"…
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Business E-Mail on Smartphones Poised for Big Growth
Whether it’s a BlackBerry, iPhone or Android-based smartphone, more workers will be checking e-mail on their smartphones in the years to come, according to a new report from IDC, which predicts the number of subscribers to mobile e-mail will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 36.5 percent through 2014. More than 250 million…