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Dell: Computer Sales to Business Still Hurting
Dell Inc (NASDAQ:DELL) said demand from businesses large and small is still very weak and the company faces a big challenge long-term in its hardware business, where falling PC prices will pressure margins. Shares of Dell, the No. 2 maker of personal computers, fell 8 percent in morning trade, a day after it forecast lower…
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Ballmer Urges Partners to Stick with ‘Tenacious` Microsoft
While not sugarcoating the dismal economic conditions sapping revenues and profits across the industry, Microsoft President and CEO Steve Ballmer struck an upbeat tone Tuesday at the Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans, urging partners to seize this moment to focus on things they can control, such as gaining market share and making customer satisfaction…
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Microsoft Tosses Gold Certified Partner Designation
Microsoft is revamping its partner program with a new system of membership designation that officials characterize as less hierarchical and better suited for the wide diversity of partner types the company now supports, including such partner types as Web developers and designers. In her keynote opening the annual Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans…
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Survey: Most Business Plan to Skip Windows 7
Six in 10 companies in a survey plan to skip the purchase of Microsoft Corp’s Windows 7 computer operating system, many of them to pinch pennies and others over concern about compatibility with their existing applications. Windows 7 will be released October 22, but has already garnered good reviews, in contrast to its disappointing current…
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IBM, Synnex Cut Ties on U.S. Software Distribution
IBM and Synnex are ending their distribution agreement in the U.S. for IBM software as of Oct. 1st, 2009, which follows on an announcement last October that had the two companies parting ways over IBM System x products. News of the end of the software distribution agreement between the two companies came after it was…