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Tech Giants in Acquisition Frenzy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Technology firms are kicking off a new wave of mergers and acquisitions as cash-rich makers of hardware, software and everything in between position themselves for economic recovery and reach into new markets. The movement toward mobile computing, the increasing importance of data storage, and the use of the Internet to access…
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Greg Spierkel, CEO
Greg Spierkel, CEO Just 13 years after he joined the company and five years after being elevated to CEO Ingram Micro’s Greg Spierkel seems a fixture at the giant distribution company and in the IT industry. He leads a business of about 13,750 workers in 36 countries. Spierkel’s resume includes a stint as president of…
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Citrix Partners with HP, Dell, McAfee, Wyse, More to Help VARs
Citrix is taking this advice to heart: it’s better to show than it is to tell. The Citrix Virtual Computing Demo Center was one of several announcements by Citrix and its vendor partners at the event the week of May 10, 2010. The demo center lets channel partners prepare for a demo and provision a…
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Microsoft Office 2010 takes Word, Excel and PowerPoint to Cloud
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp launched an updated version of its Office software on Wednesday, aiming to keep its grip on the hugely profitable business application market while countering the challenge of free online alternatives from Google Inc. The world’s largest software company is upgrading its popular Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint applications and rolling out…
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Cisco Quarter Strong, Partnerships Key
Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers sounded both excited and cautious as he announced strong quarterly earnings for the company May 12. Several times during a lengthy conference call with analysts and reporters, Chambers touted fiscal third-quarter results that included revenue of $10.4 billion and net income of $2.2 billion – 27 percent and 62.6 percent…
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Intel, AMD Must Evolve to Succeed
CEO Paul Otellini says the industry should stop viewing Intel as solely a chip maker and come to see it as a computing business, complete with software and services. For its part, AMD, with its Vision strategy, is looking to change how consumers buy PCs; at the same time, the company sees the 2011 release…
