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IBM to Buy Analytics Player SPSS
IBM has agreed to plunk down $1.2 billion to acquire SPSS, a maker of predictive analytics software and solutions based in Chicago. IBM says the all-cash deal, still subject to regulatory approval, to acquire SPSS will broaden its existing Information on Demand (IOD) software family and expand its range of analytics capabilities and offerings. The…
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Is Microsoft Really Playing Cupid with Matchmaking?
Following the wrap of Microsoft’s annually Worldwide Partner Conference, the software giant started asking its partners to pass around the link to a new Website for enabling peer-to-peer partnerships. It’s called Microsoft Matchmaker. The idea behind Matchmaker is relatively simple: Authorized Microsoft partners load their leads into the system to share with select or preferred…
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Bill Gates Quits Facebook — But Should You?
Here’s one of those cautionary tales about social networking: Too much can be WAY too much, even for techno-god Bill Gates. Gates quit Facebook this week. He said he’s been just deluged by invites and messages and can’t spend the time to figure out if these are people he even knows. Sound familiar? We all…
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Microsoft’s Unprecedented Results Cast Doubt on Tech Recovery
(Reuters) – The tech sector’s road to recovery just got a lot bumpier. Microsoft Corp’s billion-dollar-plus revenue shortfall in its fiscal fourth-quarter abruptly dampened hopes that demand for PCs was on the mend and sent a spate of tech stocks tumbling after-hours on Thursday. While Wall Street has rallied on better-than-expected quarterly results from chipmakers…
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Microsoft Misses Revenue Mark, Shares Fall
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp posted a steeper-than-expected 17 percent drop in quarterly revenue and said its business continued to be hurt by the weak global PC and server markets, sending its shares down 8 percent. The world’s largest software maker, whose operating systems power the vast majority of the world’s personal computers, reported fiscal fourth…