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Microsoft Office 2010 takes Word, Excel and PowerPoint to Cloud
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp launched an updated version of its Office software on Wednesday, aiming to keep its grip on the hugely profitable business application market while countering the challenge of free online alternatives from Google Inc. The world’s largest software company is upgrading its popular Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint applications and rolling out…
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Cisco Quarter Strong, Partnerships Key
Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers sounded both excited and cautious as he announced strong quarterly earnings for the company May 12. Several times during a lengthy conference call with analysts and reporters, Chambers touted fiscal third-quarter results that included revenue of $10.4 billion and net income of $2.2 billion – 27 percent and 62.6 percent…
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Intel, AMD Must Evolve to Succeed
CEO Paul Otellini says the industry should stop viewing Intel as solely a chip maker and come to see it as a computing business, complete with software and services. For its part, AMD, with its Vision strategy, is looking to change how consumers buy PCs; at the same time, the company sees the 2011 release…
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EMC SourceOne Intros Information Governance for Microsoft SharePoint 2010
EMC Corp is taking advantage of today’s launch of Microsoft SharePoint 2010 with the announcement of an addition to its information governance family of modular, integrated products for archiving, compliance and e-discovery solution, EMC SourceOne for Microsoft SharePoint delivers operational control, compliance and e-discovery capabilities without impacting end-users. That can reduce costs, improve system scalability…
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Citrix Taps VARs, Microsoft to Beat VMware in Desktop Virtualization Market
SAN FRANCISCO: Citrix is looking to leverage its VARs and its relationship with Microsoft to cash in on one of the hottest emerging IT segments – desktop virtualization. It’s a space that many VARs and CIOs are looking to as a potential money-saver as they look to reduce their administrative and management overhead at the…
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Quick Facts on the Evolution of Palm From Palm Pilot PDA to HP Acquisition
Quick Facts on the Evolution of Palm From Palm Pilot PDA to HP Acquisition Founded in 1992 as Palm Computing, and acquired in 1995 by U.S. Robotics Corp., Palm released its first handheld product, the Palm Pilot in 1996. Silicon Valley was abuzz about the handheld device, like the Apple’s failed Newton, but with handwriting…
