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Citrix Posts Solid Fourth Quarter, Awaits Desktop Virtualization Breakout
At the beginning of the year that many are saying will be the year desktop virtualization is finally ready for prime time, virtualization vendor Citrix Systems (NASDAQ:CTXS) is off to an auspicious start. Citrix reported fiscal 2009 fourth quarter revenue of $451 million compared to $416 for the same period a year ago – growing…
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Companies Hit With Security Breaches More Frequently Than Revealed
(Reuters) – Every second a critical infrastructure supplier has been a target of a cyberattack, a survey of security software firm McAfee showed on Thursday. Hackers frequently succeed in attacking businesses, security experts say, but companies rarely disclose the breaches because they are afraid of damaging their reputations and encouraging criminals. This made Google’s statement…
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Oracle’s Larry Being Larry (Ellison)
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison was in rare form this week, when he held court before hundreds of Oracle and Sun customers, partners, analysts and media, fielding questions about the now-closed acquisition of Sun—and whatever else was on his mind. Read on for some of the choicest comments. On selling the whole enchilada—chips to applications: “The…
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SMB Trends The Channel Needs To Know
SMB Trends The Channel Needs To Know No Title SMBs Ready To SpendThere were signs last quarter that SMBs were releasing pent-up Information and Collaboration Technology (ICT) demand and AMI expects they will tentatively transition out of survival mode and focus on opportunities for business expansion.Key priorities include enhancing existing customer relationships, improving business…
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Who Is Big Brother Now, Apple?
Like most everybody in and around the IT industry I’ve been following the hoopla leading up to this week’s launch of the Apple iPad with great fascination. Would the inventor of the iPod and iPhone and the company that successfully commercialized the graphical user interface and mouse originally invented by Xerox, finally give the tablet…
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Fortinet Partners Reap Benefit from IPO
A full financial quarter after going public, Fortinet is proving to investors and partners alike that it can perform in even the toughest of markets, announcing yesterday that it grew its fourth quarter 2009 revenue by 20 percent compared to fourth quarter 2008. "Q4 was strong and in 2009 we kept it growing and even…
