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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,…
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Symantec Acquires LiveOffice for Cloud-Based Archiving
Data protection and cloud services provider Symantec, filling out its cloud and collaboration software portfolio, revealed Jan. 16 that it has acquired longtime partner LiveOffice, a provider of cloud-based archiving services. Financial details of the transaction were not released, but Jefferies & Company equity analyst Aaron Schwartz said in a media advisory that he estimated…
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Microsoft System Center 2012 Bridges Hybrid Cloud
This week Microsoft announced that it made its System Center 2012 Release Candidate available to better help its customers and partners build out private cloud infrastructure and provide a single pane of glass management for hybrid clouds. According to Satya Nadella, president of Microsoft’s Server and Tools Business, Microsoft is taking the covers off of…