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Database Player Netezza, NEC Join Forces Against Oracle
(Reuters) – Netezza Corp, a small maker of database computers, is teaming up with Japan’s NEC Corp to take on Oracle Corp in the market for database computers. The tie-up comes partly in response to Oracle’s purchase of Sun Microsystems, which puts the world’s No. 3 software maker in the hardware business for the first…
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Amazon Buys Touch-Screen Company for Kindle Hardware Division
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Online retailer Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) has bought a New York technology company that provides touch-screen technology that could bolster its Kindle electronic reader, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing a person briefed on the deal. The staff of Touchco, which was incubated at New York University’s Media Research Lab,…
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What Apple’s A4 iPad Chip Means for Intel
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – When Apple Inc unveiled its iPad last month, one crucial detail almost got drowned out in the hoopla: the new tablet computer will be powered by an in-house chip called the A4. While Apple likely will not market the chip publicly, analysts say the new processor underscores how rival chip designs…
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NitroSecurity Uses Channel, Integration to Target McAfee, Symantec
After closing out a year of nearly twofold growth, dark horse security vendor NitroSecurity is looking to kick off another strong 12 months with an updated and more tightly integrated security information and event management (SIEM) and log management package that it hopes will further engage the channel and draw recognition for its integrated suite…
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Intel: Spring Peak Laptop Family Offers Hardware Margins over 10%
Intel’s making hardware sales more lucrative for resellers and system builders again, working together with a handful of ODMs on a family of notebook products called “Spring Peak” that can be white-labeled and resold to business end customers at a margins estimated to be above 10 percent. ODMs such as ASI, Equus and Seneca Data…
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Acer, Dell, HP Roll Out New PCs Based on Intel Core vPro Family
If your customers have been waiting for PCs based on the 2010 Intel Core vPro processor family to release their pent-up demand and upgrade to Microsoft Windows 7, their wait is over. Bring on the refresh cycle. Intel has unveiled the processor family, and PC makers Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Toshiba are introducing…