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Technology Sector Showing Signs of Recovery
Technology Sector Showing Signs of Recovery If failing banks, tight credit and swelling unemployment ranks are getting you down and there’s no sign of hope in site, take heart. While the total picture is far from rosy, there are growing signs pointing to some hope for a better economic future for technology sales. Here are…
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Storage Vendor Data Domain Chooses NetApp, Rejects EMC
BOSTON, June 15 (Reuters) – Data Domain Inc (DDUP.O), a specialty storage equipment maker, rejected a hostile takeover bid from rival EMC Corp (EMC.N), asking shareholders to back a $30-per-share deal it has signed with NetApp Inc (NTAP.O). The widely expected move sets the stage for EMC, the top maker of corporate data storage equipment,…
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Computer Makers Dell, HP and Apple Push Green
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Personal computer makers are increasingly prioritizing "green" strategies, creating a pivotal point of competition for customers that are becoming more attuned to their financial — and societal — benefits. Analysts say going green has become a business plan unto itself for the industry’s heavyweights: a way to stand apart from rivals,…
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HP ProCurve Rolls Out New 10/100 Switches
Hewlett-Packard’s ProCurve networking division on Monday took a swipe at rival Cisco with the rollout of four new 10/100-based switches touted to simplify overall management from core to the edge. The new offerings reside in HP ProCurve’s 3500 family of form-factor switches, accommodating customers with 10/100 Ethernet networks, while providing them with the benefits of…
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Dell to Standardize Reseller Channel Program Globally
Dell is looking to standardize its channel partner certification programs across all the geographies where it operates in an effort to simplify programs for partners and its own operations. The move follows Dell’s reorganization, announced at the end of 2008 and implemented in the first quarter of 2009, around four customer markets: large enterprise, the…
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Microsoft Morro: A Potential Catalyst for Higher Level Security
The prospects of free, basic antivirus protection from Microsoft would have been enough to send shivers down security pros and PC users’ spines just a couple of years ago. Today, however, Microsoft’s plans for free, cloud-based virus scanning seem more a sign of the changing security times and the need to think about higher level…
