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IBM Escalates War with Oracle
IBM Escalates War with Oracle IBM says that partners who joined Oracle via acquisition, from Sun, Siebel and PeopleSoft, have expressed uncertainty about their future, representing a "gaping hole" that IBM wants to drive a truck through by signing up these partners and displacing Oracle products. So IBM is doubling the cash rewards to partners…
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HP Service Designed to Simplify Management, Increase Security
HP is introducing a new portfolio of client infrastructure services to complement its existing technology and enterprise services. The HP Client Infrastructure Services portfolio will provide end-customers with ways to simplify management and increase security of their IT environments. Some of the services included in the new portfolio aren’t brand new to HP, while others…
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IBM’s New Power7 Blades
IBM is adding to its Power7 server line with three new blade servers designed for back-end computing workloads that take advantage of the performance enhancements in the new processor platform. Along with the new systems unveiled April 13, IBM also is rolling out a new edition of its AIX Unix operating system aimed at SMBs…
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HP Targets Small Business with Printers, Mobile Scanner
With the paperless office on indefinite hold, HP is rolling out a plethora of printers for the channel, including a number of industry firsts and its inaugural mobile scanner. Small business and medium businesses will shell out $81 billion on printing by 2013, says HP’s Susy Brooks, LaserJet product marketing manager, and the printer company…
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IBM Doubles the Money for Partners Displacing Oracle
No doubt this will be a small comfort to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and friends, but IBM’s doubling of money paid to partners for displacing Oracle products is not about just swapping competitive products, says Sandy Carter, vice president, IBM Software Group Business Partners. "This is more about delivering more value to the client,” she…
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Apple, Google, Intel Hiring Practices Under Justice Dept. Investigation
A number of high-profile tech companies, ranging from Google and Apple to IBM and Intel, are being probed by federal investigators for their hiring practices, according to the Wall Street Journal. At issue is whether those companies’ alleged agreements to not poach each other’s employees constitute a breach of antitrust laws. The April 9 article…
