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Cisco Reorgs Consumer Products, Kills Flip Camera
(Reuters) – Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) will shut down its Flip video camera business in an overhaul of its troubled consumer products business, following chief John Chambers’ recent admission that the company had lost its way. Cisco’s consumer division, in particular, has been a target of criticism by analysts, who have said it strays too…
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Microsoft Dynamics ERP Moves to the Cloud on Windows Azure
Microsoft is unveiling yet another front in its intensive battle for the cloud, with the announcement at its Convergence 2011 conference that the next major releases of the company’s enterprise-resource planning applications will be running on the cloud-based Windows Azure platform. By positioning its Dynamics ERP offerings as a hosted service, Microsoft expands further beyond…
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Intel Unveils Oak Trail Atom Platform
After more than a year of saber rattling, Intel officials have taken a significant step in their push into the mobile device space and in ramping up the competition with ARM Holdings, whose chip designs are found in most smartphones and tablets. At the Intel Developer Forum in China April 11, Intel officials unveiled its…
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Ciscos Spending Spree 18 Acquisitions
Ciscos Spending Spree 18 Acquisitions newScale – March, 2011• Software that offers a service catalog and self-service portal for cloud services. • Privately held. Terms not disclosed. No Title Inlet Technologies – February, 2011• Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) digital media processing platforms to strengthen Cisco’s Videoscape TV platform.• Privately held. Price: $95 million cash No…
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10 Things Dell Doesn’t Get About the Mobile Market
10 Things Dell Doesn’t Get About the Mobile Market 1. It’s Apple’s MarketIf nothing else, it’s time Dell realizes that the mobile market is Apple’s. That company is simply delivering the best devices and value to customers. Considering Apple has sold over 100 million iPhones since launch and 15 million iPad units last year alone,…
