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  • Dell Replaces Server Parts Infected with Virus

    BOSTON, July 22 (Reuters) – Dell Inc (NASDAQ:DELL) is giving customers replacement parts for servers that were infected with a computer virus designed to steal private data. The company said it was not aware of any attacks as a result of the rare incident, and that it was replacing the tainted parts as quickly as…

  • Isilon Quarter Profit Jumps

    July 22 (Reuters) – Isilon Systems Inc (NASDAQ:ISLN) posted a quarterly profit that was double Wall Street expectations and raised its full-year revenue growth view, sending shares of the data storage firm to a three-year high. For the second quarter, the company posted net income of $2 million, or 3 cents a share, compared with…

  • Paying a Premium

    I’m going to rant a little about data plans. AT&T has made major changes to some of its data plans for coverage, with Verizon doing the same. Sprint is making similar changes. In an unrelated move, Starbucks is opening up its WiFi access points to be unlimited for customers within its stores. Bandwidth is a…

  • Microsoft, ARM Licensing Agreement Gets Closer

    LONDON, July 23 (Reuters) – ARM (ARM) announced a new licensing agreement with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), lifting shares in the British chip designer on Friday. The agreement deepens ARM’s 13-year relationship with Microsoft, giving the U.S. group access to ARM architecture instead of licensing products one by one. Microsoft, whose Windows software runs nine in 10…

  • Businesses Eager to Join the Cloud, Survey Finds

    "The flexibility of cloud computing could help organizations recover from the current global economic downturn, according to 68 percent of IT and businesses decision makers who participated in an annual study commissioned by Savvis," the cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions specialist announced July 21. Research company Vanson Bourne "surveyed more than 600 IT and…

  • Virtualization Offers Opportunities, Challenges for SMBs, Report Says

    IT business and market analytics company AMI-Partners announced the findings of a report July 22 suggesting small and midsize businesses are increasingly turning to virtualization to solve their business challenges, which AMI said posed "serious implications" for the midmarket ecosystem, with effects such as "limiting the growth in shipments of physical IT equipment, especially servers."…

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