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Microsoft, Nokia Fight to Win Developers
(Reuters) – The shotgun marriage of Nokia and Microsoft’s smartphone platforms puts software developers at center stage at the annual Mobile World Congress starting on Monday in Barcelona. Last week, Nokia and Microsoft, the global leaders in mobile phones and software, announced a wide-ranging alliance which they hope will give them a chance of building…
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Cisco Security Certifications Back by Popular Demand
Cisco Systems is bringing back three security specialist certifications it retired in 2008 and 2009 because, as two managers from Cisco told Channel Insider, businesses are having difficulty finding security professionals with specialized skill sets. The three specialist certifications being reintroduced are Cisco VPN Security Specialist (retired in March 2008), Cisco Firewall Security Specialist (retired…
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Nokia, Microsoft Announce Strategic Partnership
Handset maker Nokia and technology giant Microsoft announced plans to form a broad strategic partnership that will use their complementary strengths and expertise to create a global mobile ecosystem, saying they intend to jointly create mobile products and services. Each company will focus on its core competencies and said they plan to work together to…
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Oracle, Fujitsu Partner on Unix to Battle IBM
TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Fujitsu Ltd (T:6702) and Oracle Corp (NASDAQ:ORCL) plan to jointly develop next-generation Unix servers and expand their decades-old partnership to include a new distribution agreement, the companies said on Wednesday, as they battle to keep up with market leader IBM (NYSE:IBM). The Nikkei Japanese business daily had earlier said Japan’s…