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HP Teams with Trump on Printer Payback Promotion
Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world’s largest technology company, unveiled its HP LaserJet Pays You Back global marketing campaign to illustrate the cost savings, which the company pegs at up to $2,500 in less than one year, that are possible when using an HP color LaserJet multifunction printer (MFP). The worldwide campaign includes a number of channel…
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Microsoft vs. Google: The Battle to Own Productivity Apps in the Cloud
As vendors build out aggressive cloud strategies, two behemoths are going toe-to-toe for marketshare in the office productivity applications space. Although Google beat Microsoft to the punch in the cloud computing world with the launch of its successful Google Docs portfolio of cloud applications, Microsoft has been playing catch-up lately, announcing a stronger commitment to…
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Watson Exits Microsoft Channel Chief Post
Allison Watson, Microsoft’s longtime global channel leader, will hand over the reins to the massive partner program to Jon Roskill at next month’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington, D.C. In a surprise announcement made this afternoon, Microsoft said Watson was assuming a new role, corporate vice president of Business & Marketing Organization in the U.S.,…
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HP Tackles Dedupe With Data Center Blitz
LAS VEGAS — In a bid to reinforce its claim to be the only vendor who can legitimately provide a single-source solution to all of an organization’s data-center needs, HP has announced a flurry of new servers, storage products and its first home-grown data dedupe solution. Unveiled at its Tech Forum 2010 as part of…
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FTC in Talks with Intel to Settle Antitrust Lawsuit
The FTC filed a lawsuit in December 2009 accusing Intel of anti-competitive business practices intended to stifle competition from AMD and Nvidia. Intel and the FTC have now filed a joint motion to suspend the legal proceedings while the two sides work to negotiate a settlement. Intel’s statement indicated that a consent order has been…