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IBM Rolls Out Cloud IT Certification Program, WebSphere Enhancements
LAS VEGAS—IBM used its Impact event for SOA (solutions-oriented architecture) and BPM (business process management) to roll out more than 30 new products and services to the 6,000 partners that attended the conference here. As more customers and partners look to cloud computing as a potential answer to their IT headaches, IBM has valued the…
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Intel Targets Lower Power Consumption with New Atom Chip for Smartphones
(Reuters) – Intel, the world’s largest semiconductor company, unveiled a new version of its Atom platform, promising lower power consumption, cheaper cost and smaller size to better target smartphones. "Intel has delivered its first product that is opening the door … in the smartphone market segment," Anand Chandrasekher, general manager of Intel’s Ultra Mobility Group,…
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HP Introduces New PCs with AMD Chips
(Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co is rolling out a back-to-school lineup of notebook personal computers in what will be its largest single launch of laptops featuring processors from Advanced Micro Devices. HP said it refreshed or overhauled its Envy, Pavilion and Mini netbook consumer lines, and ProBook enterprise PCs. They will go on sale later in…
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Nokia, Microsoft Launch Mobile Software
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia and Microsoft unveiled on Wednesday the first result of their new software collaboration aimed at breaking the dominance of Research in Motion’s BlackBerry in wireless services for corporations. Nokia and Microsoft, at one time fierce rivals in the mobile telecommunications business, announced the alliance in August 2009. They expect to offer…
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HP Palm Buy Leaves Tablet Space in Flux
Hewlett-Packard’s acquisition of Palm for $1.2 billion is widely expected to change the smartphone landscape, not to mention save the Palm brand from implosion. What’s less certain is how the deal might affect the nascent tablet PC market. HP has a number of decisions confronting it, including how to best integrate Palm’s products into its…
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IBM Targets Enterprise Hybrid Cloud with Cast Iron Buy
Bolstering its play in the cloud, IBM has acquired Cast Iron Systems, which enables IT organizations to create hybrid cloud environments. Creating such hybrid environments is considered by many to be a key in enabling more movement to cloud computing and software as a service (SAAS) by enterprise customers because those large organizations are unlikely…