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Hardware, Software Sales Boost IBM Q2 Profit
IBM continued on its growth course, with hardware and software gains pushing revenue up 12 percent and net income up 8 percent for the second quarter of 2011. IBM reported revenue of $26.7 billion for the quarter, up from $23.7 billion in the same quarter last year. Net income in the latest period rose to…
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IBM Announces New Cloud-Base Web Analytics and Marketing Suite
IBM has announced a new cloud-based Web analytics and digital marketing suite aimed at helping its business customers automate online marketing campaigns across digital channels, such as Websites, social media networks and mobile phones. The new IBM offering combines software IBM got in its acquisitions of Coremetrics and Unica and provides analytics that help companies…
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IBM Releasing XIV Storage System Gen3
IBM on July 20 will announce the first new version of its XIV storage system to be released since 2008, the year Big Blue bought the Israel-based company. IBM XIV Storage System Gen3, which uses a patented grid architecture to process high-transaction-type workloads, features several hardware improvements, a revamped user interface, multi-system monitoring, and improved…
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Cisco to Cut 6,500 Jobs in Cost Cutting Effort
Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) will cut 6,500 jobs in an effort to cut costs and simplify its organization, the company announced Monday. The cuts are part of the company’s $1 billion annual operating expense reduction. The 6,500 includes about 2,100 employees who elected to participate in a voluntary early retirement plan. The reduction also includes 15 percent…
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IT Vendors Offer More Customer Financing to Boost Sales
Although, in the wake of the worst of the recession, solution providers’ access to bank funding continues to be limited, distributors and vendors are rolling out a plethora of financing and leasing options designed to fuel sales and ignite channel business. Even at the economy’s high-points, traditional money-lenders did not always understand the service-oriented solution…
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Where’s Microsoft’s Plan to Win in the Consumerization of IT Age?
Image via Wikipedia Take a look at the companies that have made major progress in the technology industry in the past few years and you’ll notice a pattern. Apple and Google both emphasize simplicity and a go-to-market strategy that emphasizes consumer markets. In an age when the consumerization of IT is the reality and the…
