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IBM Acquires Ounce Labs, Bolsters App Security Offerings
IBM picked up yet another high-profile security solution developer to add into its portfolio with the announcement today that it would gobble up Ounce Labs, a Waltham, Mass.-based developer of application security testing tools. This latest buy by IBM further emphasizes the company’s commitment to developing or acquiring the capabilities to offer a fully fleshed…
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IBM to Buy Analytics Player SPSS
IBM has agreed to plunk down $1.2 billion to acquire SPSS, a maker of predictive analytics software and solutions based in Chicago. IBM says the all-cash deal, still subject to regulatory approval, to acquire SPSS will broaden its existing Information on Demand (IOD) software family and expand its range of analytics capabilities and offerings. The…
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Sprint Snaps Up Virgin Mobile
(Reuters) – Sprint Nextel Corp said it will buy Virgin Mobile USA in a deal that values the equity of the small wireless carrier at $483 million, including Sprint’s current 13.1 percent stake. Sprint, the No. 3 U.S. mobile service, also agreed to retire all of Virgin Mobile USA’s outstanding debt when the deal closes,…
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Storage Controllers Improve Performance Without Full System Upgrade
Looking to help customers and their VARs do more with less, LSI is releasing a new family of drop-in controllers that can be added to existing equipment to enable faster transfer speeds to stored data, but without upgrading entire systems. The new high-performance MegaRAID SATA+SAS RAID controller cards are based on 6Gb/s SAS technology –…
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Customers Say No to Credit Offers, Leases
IT distributors and IT vendors have been quick to promote new financing, credit and leasing programs during the current recession. After all, it was the big credit crisis and subsequent Wall Street meltdown that seemed to start this whole mess. But all you have to do is look at everybody’s quarterly earnings reports to see…
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Bill Gates Quits Facebook — But Should You?
Here’s one of those cautionary tales about social networking: Too much can be WAY too much, even for techno-god Bill Gates. Gates quit Facebook this week. He said he’s been just deluged by invites and messages and can’t spend the time to figure out if these are people he even knows. Sound familiar? We all…