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10 Things That Are Wrong With HP’s New Strategy
10 Things That Are Wrong With HP’s New Strategy The PC IdeaOne of the most surprising moves from HP was its decision to possibly spin off its PC business, an operation has been the backbone of its operation for years, and a key component in its relationships with enterprise users. By spinning it off now,…
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Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps More Different Than The Same
Over the past several years, one of the most-watched, and yet least substantial, business application rivalries has been that between Microsoft and Google. In one corner, we ve had Microsoft, with its lineup of ubiquitous, category-defining on-premises server and thick-client productivity applications, and in the other corner, we ve had Google, with its popular Webmail…
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IBM, HP in Tie for Worldwide Server Lead: IDC
IBM, fueled by a 24.5 percent jump in revenues, moved into a statistical tie with Hewlett-Packard as the world’s top server vendor, according to second-quarter market numbers from market research firm IDC. IBM saw growth in all segments, including a 61.1 percent jump in revenue — to $1.2 billion — from its System z mainframe…
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs Resigns
An east coast earthquake, a hurricane and now Steve Jobs has resigned as Apple’s CEO. In a note addressed to the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community, Jobs wrote: “I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I…
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Microsoft Windows Phone Mango Marketplace Open to Developers
Microsoft has opened the doors for developers to submit Windows Phone Mango apps to the market. In July, the software giant said it would enable developers to submit apps to the Windows Phone Mango marketplace in late August. And it appears the company has made good on its promise. In an Aug. 22 blog post,…
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Why Cisco Cius Survives While HP’s TouchPad Fails
With the TouchPad experiencing one of the shortest product lifecycles in IT in the last few years (some argue the Microsoft Kin had a shorter lifespan, but it did get a temporary resurrection), analysts are pointing the finger for its untimely death at a major switch in HP’s strategic focus, product launch delays and confusing…
