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Microsoft Dumps VOIP Response Point Product
Microsoft has made what it called the “tough decision” to terminate its Response Point phone system software, which used voice over IP to save small and midsize businesses money on their communications bills. Although Microsoft marketed the product as an ideal way for businesses of up to 50 employees to cut costs in a moribund…
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Gartner: IT Spending Headed to $2 Trillion This Year
The banking and financial industries, along with health care providers and large government agencies, are helping to push IT spending past the $2 trillion market this year, according to research firm Gartner. For 2010, Garter is predicting that IT spending will total $2.4 trillion, a 4.1 percent increase from 2009, when enterprises and small businesses…
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HP: Web-Enabled Printers to Get Palm webOS
Hewlett-Packard has plans for Palm’s webOS mobile operating system that go well beyond smartphones and tablet PCs, such as Web-connected printers. During a conference call with analysts and reporters to announce fiscal second-quarter 2010 results May 18, HP President and CEO Mark Hurd said that while he certainly wants to grow Palm’s smartphone business, the…
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IBM Says No Competitive Threat from Dell, HP, Xerox Gobbling Up IT Services Firms
(Reuters) – IBM (NYSE:IBM) feels no threat from a series of acquisitions by competitors and has no plans for a major strategy change even as it spends more on mergers and acquisitions, a senior company executive said on Friday. Asked about acquisitions like Hewlett-Packard Co’s (NYSE:HPQ) $13.2 billion purchase of EDS, Adam Klaber, general manager…
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Systems Engineers in Demand, Command High Pay
You may not have noticed, but systems engineering is a promising career choice. In 2009, it was rated No. 1 out of the Top 50 careers in terms of salary and growth prospects over the next 10 years by CNNMoney.com and Payscale.com. Right now in May 2010, the average wage for a systems engineer is…