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IBM, HTC Partner on Enterprise Initiative
ORLANDO, Fla.–HTC, a maker of smartphones and tablets, hopes its new partnership with IBM, coupled with the mobility hardware maker’s success in the consumer space will help launch strong sales into the enterprise market. The company only recently began targeting enterprises, said David Jaeger, executive director Global Enterprise and Services at HTC, in an interview…
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Microsoft Business Software Sales Up, Windows Weak
Microsoft’s results for its second quarter 2012 offered little in the realm of the unexpected: Xbox 360 and Kinect hands-free controllers continued to sell at a steady clip, as did business software, while Windows revenue dipped on softening PC sales. All told, quarterly revenue topped $20.89 billion, a year-over-year increase of 5 percent, with net…
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IBM Sees Profits Rise on Strength of Software, Services
IBM continued on its course of steady growth, reporting fourth-quarter 2011 net income of $5.3 billion for a 4 percent increase over the same period a year ago. Mark Loughridge, IBM’s chief financial officer, said software and services led the way in the fourth quarter, with software revenue up 9 percent and both Global Technology…
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Intel Sees Record 2011, Looks to Mobile Push in 2012
Intel just completed a year in which it hit record financial numbers, including exceeding $50 billion in revenue for the first time, despite lingering softness in the core PC market. However, it will be the giant chip maker s performance in 2012 that will determine how it goes forward over the next few years. This…
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Apple, BlackBerry Most Common Devices Connecting to Corporate Networks: Report
The number of personal mobile devices connecting to the corporate network has more than doubled in the past two years—with nearly half of devices storing sensitive data, according to a report from security specialist Check Point Software Technologies. The report, "The Impact of Mobile Devices on Information Security," shows 71 percent of businesses believe mobile…
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AMD ‘Ultrathin’ Notebooks to Undercut Intel Ultrabooks by $200: Report
Advanced Micro Devices officials reportedly are not ready to concede the super-thin notebook space to Intel despite the headlines garnered by the larger chip maker s ultrabook strategy at the recent 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. During the event the week of Jan. 9, AMD officials outlined the company s plans for its upcoming Trinity platform,…