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Cisco Enters Data Center Server Market
Cisco Systems is planning a big move into the server space, threatening to chip away at the market-leading status enjoyed by Hewlett-Packard, Dell and IBM in the $50 billion server market, The New York Times reports. Cisco’s first server, expected in the next few months, will cater only to virtualized applications, and will feature sophisticated…
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Cisco to Partners: Save to Invest
Cisco Systems and its solution provider partners are hoping a "save to invest" strategy will drive new revenues with innovative solutions that help end users create efficiencies and cut costs. Denny Trevett, Cisco’s director of operations, says solutions that partners found successful in the past aren’t as relevant in the current economy. “The same solutions…
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Tangent Delivers Solid E-mail Archiving for Compliance
Government bailouts, e-discovery requests and new laws are sure to impact the compliance market. Add to that yet another case of the White House loosing e-mails, along with the financial markets subjected to audits and data preservation comes to center stage in the world of compliance. Tangent is hoping to get a piece of that…
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Intel Remains Profitable but Pressured
Intel is the last technology company to announce disappointing fourth quarter and full-year earnings; the chipmaker’s revenue dropped 19 percent from Q3 and 23 percent from the same time last year. Intel, the world’s top producer of microprocessors and memory components, reported fourth quarter revenues of $8.2 billion and a profit of $234 million, down…
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Talk of Microsoft Layoffs Intensifying
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp is considering significant layoffs across its various divisions, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the company’s plans. But plans for the cutbacks have not yet been firmed up and Microsoft could end up finding alternative methods to control costs, the Journal reported on its…
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IBM Counting on ISVs to Lead in 2009
IBM is doubling down on its independent software vendors (ISVs) channel in the hopes of capitalizing on pent-up demand for Software as a Service (SaaS), virtualization and other technology that helps customers optimize their infrastructure and save money. Mark Hanny, vice president of strategic partnerships, IBM says even in today’s weak economy, IBM ISV partners…