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IBM CEO (Almost) Says Why IBM Targeted Sun Microsystems Acquisition
IBM (NYSE:IBM) has upped its software and services game to become 80 percent of its business, a big increase from the 50-something percent that software and services used to contribute. But as IBM recounted its strategic moves towards emphasizing software and services putting less of a focus on hardware sales during its IBM Analysts Day…
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Intel Atom Processor Shipments for Netbooks Drop
Netbooks may have propped up PC sales during the worst of the recession, but the Intel Atom processors behind popular mininotebooks saw their shipments decline by 33 percent in Q1 compared with Q4, proving they are not recession-proof. The drop in netbook shipments indicates that mininotebook OEMs held significant inventory of Intel Atom processors coming…
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AMD Market Share Leaps Forward, Intel Maintains Dominance
New data from research group IDC shows Advanced Micro Devices gained on arch rival Intel in the first quarter PC microprocessor market. There is of course still a huge gap between the two — Intel earned a 77.3 percent unit global market share, a loss of 4.7 percent, while AMD held 22.3 percent, a gain…
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Intel Says PC Sales Slump Hits Bottom
If chips and processor sales are an indicator of the downstream health of the IT marketplace, Intel chief Paul Otellini is signaling that PC and server sales may have stabilized. He told analysts that Intel sales are “a little better than we expected.” Intel stock value jumped 3 percent in after hours trading following Otellini’s…
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Windows 7, Server 2008 Ready By Christmas, Microsoft Says
The announcement that Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate (RC) is now available highlighted the announcements on the first day of Microsoft TechEd North America 2009. The final version will be released at the same time as the Windows 7 operating system, which Microsoft also confirmed will be released to market in time for the…
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Fujitsu Launches Virtualization-Friendly Blade Server
Fujitsu claims that reseller channel partners who are looking for an edge in today’s server and data center market may find a happier home with Fujitsu than with its larger rivals in the server space—Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Dell. Fujitsu, No. 4 in the server space, is going up against its competitors with an integrated solution…