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  • Intel Chief: IBM Is Getting Sun Cheap

    Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini told employees at the chip maker that it should come as no surprise that IBM is interested in buying Sun Microsystems since the one-time high flier of Silicon Valley is trading stock at a bargain price. According to reports by Reuters, Otellini said Sun has been shopping itself around to…

  • Dell’s Efficient Enterprise Targets Services, Data Center

    Dell announced a raft of new technology products and services aimed squarely at the data center today, a little more than a week after Cisco announced its data center play. “Dell intends to lead the way in driving the cost of infrastructure down,” said Steve Schuckenbrock, president of Large Global Enterprise at Dell in a…

  • Dell to Distribute PCs through Ingram Micro, Tech Data

    In another move away from its roots as a direct-sales-only company, Dell is making selected standard configuration desktops and laptops available through distribution partners Ingram Micro and Tech Data, the company announced today.   Dell’s global channel chief, Greg Davis, says the move is designed to speed delivery times to channel partners and their end…

  • Michael Dell: Stay Tuned for Smartphones

    Dell will neither confirm nor deny that it is working on a smartphone, but it’s CEO dropped some strong hints this week during a speech in Tokyo. “For the last three years, we have integrated 3G radios into our notebooks,” Dell said. “We already have agreements with many mobile carriers around netbook devices, so it…

  • Skype’s SIP Support Creates New Telephony Opportunities

    Free phone service provider Skype is horning further in on the corporate market with new functionality that enables it to work with most existing corporate phone systems. Skype for SIP, which the company has released in beta, works with SIP-based PBX systems to enable companies to receive calls from Skype users directly into their PBX…

  • Novell Targets Data Center with SUSE Linux Enterprise 11

    Novell is going greener today, announcing the availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise 11, which it says is designed for the next-generation data center, offering better energy efficiency, high availability, and  virtualization support. That could be welcome news for IT solution providers and IT organizations looking to demonstrate cost savings to those who control the budgets.…

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