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HP Targets Small Business with Printers, Mobile Scanner
With the paperless office on indefinite hold, HP is rolling out a plethora of printers for the channel, including a number of industry firsts and its inaugural mobile scanner. Small business and medium businesses will shell out $81 billion on printing by 2013, says HP’s Susy Brooks, LaserJet product marketing manager, and the printer company…
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IBM Doubles the Money for Partners Displacing Oracle
No doubt this will be a small comfort to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and friends, but IBM’s doubling of money paid to partners for displacing Oracle products is not about just swapping competitive products, says Sandy Carter, vice president, IBM Software Group Business Partners. "This is more about delivering more value to the client,” she…
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Data Centers Get Virtualized Management 10GbE Fabric Option
Voltaire, a provider of scale-out data center fabrics, has announced two software products that the company says will offer better performance and management capabilities to scale out 10-gigabit Ethernet fabrics. The products take the capabilities Voltaire has made available in its Infiniband products and makes those features available on Ethernet infrastructures. Available now is Voltaire…
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Apple, Google, Intel Hiring Practices Under Justice Dept. Investigation
A number of high-profile tech companies, ranging from Google and Apple to IBM and Intel, are being probed by federal investigators for their hiring practices, according to the Wall Street Journal. At issue is whether those companies’ alleged agreements to not poach each other’s employees constitute a breach of antitrust laws. The April 9 article…
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Tech Spending to Grow in Enterprise, Consumer Market
Worldwide IT spending in 2010 will jump to $3.4 trillion, and could reach more than $3.5 trillion in 2011, according to Gartner. Helping to drive the upward trend are consumer mobile PCs, virtualization and security software, Gartner said. IT spending worldwide should grow 5.3 percent in 2010 over last year, reaching $3.4 trillion, according to…
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Palm’s Potential Acquirers Include HTC, Microsoft, Dell and Lenovo
Smartphone maker Palm is seeking bids to be purchased, Reuters reported April 11, citing people familiar with the situation. According to Taiwan’s Economic Daily News, HTC, which makes Google’s Nexus One phone, among other popular models, is said to be open to discussions about acquiring Palm. Goldman Sachs and Qatalyst Partners have reportedly…