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  • Data Security Vendor Dataguise Hires VP of Sales

    Specializing in data security within testing and QA environments, Fremont, Calif.-based Dataguise is amping up its efforts to appeal to compliance-minded business users with a new sales executive appointment that may also heat up its efforts to engage the channel. The company named Martyn Baker as vice president of sales earlier this month. With more…

  • Microsoft CEO Ballmer Cuts Pay Following Rough Year

    Microsoft Corp paid its chief executive Steve Ballmer 5.5 percent less for the last fiscal year as the world’s biggest software company suffered its first ever drop in annual sales. Ballmer, CEO since 2000, earned a total of $1,276,627 for fiscal year 2009, which ended June 30, according to a filing with securities regulators on…

  • Google CEO Anticipates One Small Acquisition Per Month

    (Reuters) – Google Inc expects to buy one small company a month as it rekindles its acquisition engine and moves beyond the worst phase of the global recession, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said in an interview on Wednesday. The Web search giant has historically maintained a steady pace of acquiring small, privately held companies, but…

  • Dell Pulls Curtain on High-End, Thin Business PC

    (Reuters) – Dell Inc on Monday unveiled its latest high-end, ultra-thin personal computer, bringing some fresh design appeal to its enterprise models. Dell called the new Latitude Z the world’s thinnest and lightest 16-inch laptop, at 4.5 pounds and less than one inch thick. However, the Latitude Z does not come cheap, starting at $1,999.…

  • Gartner Boosts PC Forecast, But Still in Negative

    Analyst firm Gartner has released an updated forecast for 2009. The good news is that the numbers are improved from its’ June forecast. The bad news is that the numbers are still in the red, compared to 2008. The September forecast projects worldwide PC shipments as being on pace to reach 285 million units in…

  • Networking Vendor QLogic Expands Go-to-Market Strategy

    Looking to bring its leading-edge networking technologies to a broader set of markets, QLogic has signed a distribution deal with Ingram Micro. Ingram Micro and QLogic believe their reseller partners currently have only a 20 percent overlap, opening up large additional bases for both companies. The agreement comes at a time when QLogic has released…

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