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Microsoft to Pitch Software Plus Services to Partners
DENVER—The big-picture message Microsoft executives will try to convey at its annual Worldwide Partner Conference that kicks off here July 10 is that software plus services is the future. Underscoring this message is the fact that CEO Steve Ballmer will use his keynote to announce a partnering framework for Microsoft around software plus services. Speaker…
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IBM Cuts Services Jobs in N.A.
IBM has eliminated approximately 1,500 jobs in North American in its technology services unit, a spokesman has confirmed. The cuts mark the second this month in the services arm of the company. The first set, totaling 1,450, were to IBM Global Services mostly in North America, said Ed Barbini, an IBM spokesman. Big Blue’s CTO…
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A New Dell Direction: Is It the Right Course?
Tom Miller has been keeping a close eye on Dell for years. The senior director of IT for FoxHollow Technologies, a cardiovascular health products company in Redwood City, Calif., Miller has been a longtime Dell customer. His company of about 600 employees is standardized on Dell servers and PCs. And Miller has watched as Dell…
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Lenovo Eliminating 1,400 Jobs
Lenovo Group, the world’s third largest PC vendor, is eliminating 1,400 jobs worldwide, a move executives said will help save the company $100 million during this fiscal year. In a statement released April 19, Lenovo CEO William J. Amelio said that the cuts were necessary in order to grow the company, reduce expenses and keep…
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Data Protection Drive
Not finished with updating your organization’s payroll for the day? No problem. Just save the documents to a USB thumb drive, drop the drive in your briefcase, stick it in one of your family PC’s USB slots and finish up in the comfort of your own home. But wait. Your kids were downloading some cool…
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The Drive for Data Protection
Not finished with updating your organization’s payroll for the day? No problem—just save the documents to a USB thumb drive, drop the drive in your briefcase, stick it in one of your family PC’s USB slots and finish up in the comfort of your own home. But wait. Your kids were downloading some cool IM…
