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HP TouchPad Headed for Retail, Channel July 1
"What makes HP TouchPad a compelling alternative to competing products is webOS," said Jon Rubinstein, senior vice president and general manager, Palm Global Business Unit, HP, in a statement. "The platform’s unmatched features and flexibility will continue to differentiate HP products from the rest of the market for both personal and professional use. This is…
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10 Reasons Microsoft’s Cloud Efforts Don’t Hold Up
10 Reasons Microsoft’s Cloud Efforts Don’t Hold Up 1. The Billing IssueWith Microsoft’s upcoming launch of Office 365, the company plans to bill end customers directly. For those in the channel, that’s an issue, and an issue that could thwart widespread adoption of the technology. Channel partners are extremely important to Microsoft. No Title 2.…
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NetEnrich Launches Cloud Practice for Solution Providers
IT infrastructure management services provider NetEnrich announced the launch of Cloud Practice, designed to support IT solution providers that have or want to build a full portfolio of cloud computing solutions aimed at small to medium-size businesses. The Cloud Practice uses NetEnrich’s Service Delivery framework to remotely manage IT application stacks and databases within private,…
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HP Threatens Oracle Over Itanium Support
HP (NYSE:HPQ) is ramping up its battle to get Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) to continue to support Intel’s (NASDAQ:INTC) Itanium chip and platform, sending “a formal legal demand” to the database and enterprise software giant this week. HP did not release the letter publicly but a spokesman said in a statement “This morning we took a significant…
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ARM’s Help
ARM’s Help ARM is arguably one of the most important behind-the-scenes companies in the tablet market. The company’s processor architecture helps power most tablets on the market. Now that Windows 8 will support ARM, tablet vendors will likely jump at the chance to bring Microsoft’s console to the market. And along the way, it’ll help…
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HP to Offer $2 Billion to Finance Cloud Computing Initiatives
Hewlett-Packard is lending a hand to companies looking to take advantage of the benefits of cloud computing by offering up to $2 billion to help customers finance cloud computing initiatives. The funding comes through HP Financial Services, the company’s asset management and leasing arm. "In this hugely competitive global economy, having the financial flexibility to…
