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HP Reports Q4 Revenue Higher than Expected
Strong growth in China drove Hewlett-Packard‘s revenue up sequentially for its fiscal fourth quarter. The technology giant announced revenue of $30.8 billion, down 8 percent from the previous year but up 12 percent sequentially. Earnings per share were 99 cents compared with 84 cents for the same period a year ago. HP announced the preliminary…
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HP to Acquire 3Com for $2.7B, Upping Ante Against Cisco
Looking to create a “networking industry powerhouse” and up the ante in its growing rivalry with Cisco, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) has announced it will acquire networking vendor 3Com (NASDAQ: COMS) in a stock deal estimated to be worth about $2.7 billion. HP says the acquisition of 3Com, a provider of network switching, routing and security solutions,…
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Video Conferencing’s Big Year: Acquisitions, Standards and Affordability
Video conferencing has been considered one of the primary strategic investments for business in an age of tighter travel budgets and the demand for higher productivity. Take one look at the merger and acquisition activity this year in the space, and you can see that companies are placing their bets. Cisco is hoping to acquire…
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8 Significant Technology Acquisitions of 2009(plus one that didn’t happen)
8 Significant Technology Acquisitions of 2009(plus one that didn’t happen) By Jessica Davis 8 Significant Technology Acquisitions of 2009 (plus one that didn’t happen) Companies can gain advantages by making big strategic moves and taking advantage of bargains. Big movers this year include Cisco and Oracle, certainly. But here are our picks for the biggest…
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Europe May Save Oracle from Sun Deal
Oracle says it will “vigorously oppose” a European Commission ruling that its $7 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems would dampen competition and technology development by putting the MySQL database in the hands of its primary rival. The strong language aside, some solution providers and vendors around Silicon Valley are speculating that this is precisely the…
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Web Application Vulnerabilities Rise, Customers Still Ignore Them
The number of Web application vulnerabilities shot up by 10 percent during the first half of 2009 compared to the last half of 2008, according to a new report released today by Cenzic. The report pulled together analysis of data compiled from customers using Cenzic’s ClickToSecure, an application security assessment and penetration testing managed service,…
