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IBM Targets Government Services with NISC Acquisition
IBM added another piece to its information management services empire this week by buying the government sector-oriented firm National Interest Security Co. (NISC) for an undisclosed amount. NISC bills itself as a strategy and operational solutions provider, offering a range of services and solutions in security, logistics, energy, health care and defense. IBM honchos say…
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Microsoft, Intuit Target Small Business, QuickBooks Cloud Computing
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) are teaming up to deliver Web-based applications to small business customers through the Intuit App Center, calling on their respective .NET and Intuit Partner Platform Developers to extend existing applications such as QuickBooks to make them more useful to small businesses. The two companies say that developers and channel partners…
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HP ‘Aggressively` Going After Dell`s SMB Customers
SMBs—small and midsize businesses with fewer than 500 employees—will spend about $55 billion on technology products and services each year, and the lion’s share of that belongs to Dell. And that doesn’t sit well with rival Hewlett-Packard. HP officially unveiled SMB Exchange, a concentrated sales team that will target non-HP customers with special offers for…
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IBM Unveils Android, iPhone and Blackberry Support at Lotusphere 2010
If anyone was wondering if IBM was in the mobile game to stay, Big Blue’s slew of announcements at Lotusphere 2010 this week showed a continued commitment to expanding the mobile footprint of Lotus applications into the enterprise. The company unveiled new applications and support for BlackBerry, iPhone and Android. IBM’s annual collaboration conference has…
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IBM Says Small Deals Lead Technology Consulting Rebound
IT consultants are probably already feeling it: the start of a rebound in business. But there’s a difference this time. The rebound is coming mostly in smaller deals rather than in gigantic ones. That may be because businesses are dipping their feet in with jobs that just can’t wait before they dive into a recovery…
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Dell Hit by Server Inventory Shortages
If you’re waiting on a back-ordered Dell server, you’re not alone. Dell confirmed to Channel Insider that it’s experiencing inventory disruptions in some server lines that are causing shipping delays and back orders to partners and customers. Several vendors are affected by a shortage of raw materials used to make components in common IT hardware…