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Iomega StorCenter ix2 Offers Ample Storage for Negligible Price
If Eddie Money penned a song about the Iomega StorCenter ix2, it would probably be titled, "I’ve Got Two Tickets to Terabytes." That’s because the latest network-attached storage unit from Iomega can be configured one of two ways, as a 2TB "just a bunch of disks" storage device or 1TB device that uses drive mirroring…
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Perot Systems Sees Q4 Results Below Street
Nov 4 (Reuters) – Computer services company Perot Systems Corp (PER) posted quarterly profit in line with market estimates, but forecast fourth-quarter results below expectations as its sees a drop of $25 million in revenue due to certain changes in contracts with clients. For the fourth quarter, the company expects earnings of 23 cents to…
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Dell Asks Workers to Take Unpaid Vacation
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Computer maker Dell Inc (DELL) has asked employees to consider taking up to five days of unpaid vacation as it struggles to cut costs in the face of weak global demand. The No. 2 computer maker, which is near the end of a program of 8,900 job cuts, is…
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Intel`s Core i7 CPU Cranks Up Performance
“Nehalem and Smackover” may sound like the stars of the latest TV police drama, but this dynamic duo from Intel — the Intel Core i7 CPU and Intel X58 Chipset — is headed straight for the desktop. Intel is hoping that users looking for the highest performance possible will want the Nehalem CPU and Smackover…
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Tough Times Drive Managed Services
Right about now a lot of vendors that declined to create specific channel programs around managed service offerings should be kicking themselves. As the economy continues to lose steam it is becoming pretty clear that managed services have a lot of counter cyclical economic potential. What creates that potential is the simple fact that…
