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Dell Acquires Cloud Computing Integration Tool Provider Boomi
Dell has announced plans to acquire Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) integration tools provider Boomi, adding some weight to the PC maker’s efforts to become an infrastructure and cloud company. Based in Berwyn, Pa., Boomi offers AtomSphere, technology that enables administrators to integrate applications by allowing transfer of data between cloud-based and on-premise applications with no appliances, software…
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Microsoft Quarter Strong on Windows, Office Sales
SEATTLE, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) beat Wall Street’s expectations with a 51 percent jump in quarterly profit, as higher sales of its flagship Windows and Office software knocked down fears Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad would take a bite out of its main business. Its shares, down 14 percent this year, rose 3…
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Samsung Galaxy Tab Coming to U.S. Cellular
Mobile operator U.S. Cellular announced the anticipated Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet will be in its stores this holiday season, backed by its 3G network. The operator joins T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and Sprint on the list of Galaxy Tab carriers. While U.S. Cellular did not disclose a price for the tablet or an offer any details…
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1. Windows, Windows, Windows
1. Windows, Windows, Windows Windows is integral to the success of Microsoft going forward. If it can’t continue to deliver an experience with Windows that consumers and especially enterprise customers want, it will fail miserably. That’s something that Microsoft must keep in mind. And ensuring that Windows stays relevant should be central to the company’s…
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Microsoft at a Crossroads: Core Business, Cloud, Consumer, Mobile and Innovation
(Reuters) – Every July, Microsoft Corp invites a sizable Wall Street crowd to its leafy, low-rise campus outside Seattle. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer and his top managers take a half-day to explain where the world’s biggest software company is going, to a generally friendly audience. This year things didn’t go quite according to plan. Ballmer,…
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HP Quiet on CEO Testimony in SAP, Oracle Trial
SAN FRANCISCO/BOSTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:HPQ) has declined to say whether its incoming chief executive, Leo Apotheker, will testify in a high-profile trade secrets case involving Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) and SAP (DE:SAPG). HP, the world’s largest technology company by revenue, would not say whether Apotheker, a former CEO of SAP, will start his…
