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Lenovo Offers Zero-Percent Financing Promotion
Computer maker Lenovo has introduced a new zero-percent financing offer in the United States to help business customers buy the computer equipment they need. Lenovo Financial Services is offering customers zero payments for the first three months combined with zero-percent financing for the following 36 months, the company said. Transactions of between $10,000 and $250,000…
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Microsoft Windows Smartphones Target of Hacker Attacks
(Reuters) – Hackers have planted viruses in video games for smartphones running on Microsoft Corp’s Windows operating system, according to a security firm specializing in mobile devices. The games — 3D Anti-Terrorist and PDA Poker Art — are available on sites that provide legitimate software for mobile devices, according to John Hering, CEO of San…
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Using Social Media to Market VAR Business
Social media marketing may simply be a new technology attached to an old marketing method (word of mouth), but using it effectively can improve relations with existing customers and – over time – generate net new business for VARs. Social media experts offer some tips as to how to do just that. As an extension…
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IBM Cloud Certification Demonstrates Expertise, Partners Say
Looking for proof that the move to cloud computing is already underway? Just ask IT solution provider Ultramatics. At the beginning of 2010 when the company spoke with its customers to discuss their IT needs, more than a third said they were looking to buy some kind of technology as a service, according to David…
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Hewlett-Packard’s Palm Acquisition Gains FTC Approval
The stockholders have scheduled a special meeting for Friday, June 25, to vote on the proposed merger. Hewlett-Packard moved a step closer to officially owning smartphone-maker Palm June 1, when the Federal Trade Commission gave its approval of the acquisition, granting the early termination of a waiting period imposed by a 1976 antitrust act. “The…
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Video to Lead Internet Traffic Growth, Cisco Report Projects
Cisco announced the results of the annual Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast, 2009-2014, which projected global Internet traffic will increase more than fourfold to 767 exabytes (an exabyte equals one quintillion bytes) by 2014. This amount is 100 exabytes higher than the projected level in 2013, or an increase the equivalent of 10 times…
