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Dell Reports Q3 Sales as PC Demand Rises
Dell revenue climbed sequentially to $12.9 billion for the third quarter, but did not meet analysts’ consensus predictions as shipments stayed flat sequentially and down 5 percent from the same period a year ago, the company reports Nov. 19. Revenue climbed 1 percent sequentially and fell 15 percent from the same period a year ago.…
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Intel Chief Portends Pinch Points in PC Production Chain
(Reuters) – Intel Corp Chief Executive Paul Otellini said on Tuesday the semiconductor industry may experience possible "pinch points" in the PC production chain as manufacturers ramp up to meet higher demand next year. Otellini told Intel Capital’s CEO Summit that the industry may face a component shortage in the face of a forecasted rise…
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8 Weapons 3Com Brings to the HP Cisco Brawl
8 Weapons 3Com Brings to the HP Cisco Brawl 3Com Open Network ProgramHP has made it clear that the biggest differentiator it has developed in its battle against the Cisco networking juggernaut is a product base built on an open architecture. 3Com complements this strategy with its 3Com Open Network Program, through which the company…
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Microsoft Unveils Windows Azure Cloud Platform
Microsoft will turn on its Windows Azure cloud platform as of January 1, 2010, said Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie in a keynote speech at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2009 here. In his speech on November 17, Ozzie said Microsoft would continue to offer Windows Azure as a Community Technology Preview (CTP)…
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Putting the HP in HPC
While other segments of the IT industry have been suffering along with the economy, high-performance computing (HPC) has been relatively recession-proof says HP, which is making significant additions to its Extreme Scale-Out (ExSO) portfolio. These new offerings, including the HP ProLiant G6 blade, ‘skinless’ server technology, storage, software and interconnect/networking products, are intended to reduce…
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IBM’s New Service Embraces Cloud Computing
(Reuters) – IBM launched a new cloud computing service on Monday, aiming to take on companies such as Amazon.com Inc, Google Inc, Microsoft Corp and Salesforce.com Inc. Cloud computing allows companies to run software and store information in remote, large-scale data centers that can be accessed over the Internet. That means users can cut back…
