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Sun Trying To Snatch HP Customers
Dec 1, 2009
Posted by Bob Evans
Looking to show that turnabout is very fair play, Sun has launched a campaign to snatch customers from HP with a "no-risk migration assessment" aimed at HP enterprise users who "are facing higher support costs, performance and availability issues, and loss of ISV support for critical business applications."

China Not So Worried About Math, Computer Skills
Nov 25, 2009
Posted by Chris Murphy
President Obama's making a new push to encourage and improve math and science education, in order to keep up in the global economy. In China, meanwhile, math and computer skills rank low as a requirement for driving innovation, a surprising Newsweek survey finds.

Encryption Can Get Board's Attention
Nov 22, 2009
Posted by Chris Murphy
There are lots of good reasons for IT leaders to pay attention to even the finest details of encryption policies. One of the more practical is that encryption's a board-level concept. As in, the board of directors will feel no hesitation in second guessing decisions not to encrypt data that ends up exposed.Which makes the findings in this week's cover story on encryption all the more surprising.

Google Chrome OS Coming. Got A Netbook Strategy?
Nov 19, 2009
Posted by Chris Murphy
The clock’s running. Google expects Web-optimized netbooks running its OS to be on sale before the end of 2010. That gives you about a year to figure out how you want to handle employee use of this next generation of devices. No sense waiting.

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The company is waiting until early 2010 to incorporate customers' feedback as it looks to raise its annual maintenance fees.

Cisco Again Extends Tandberg Acquisition Deadline

The company is giving Tandberg shareholders until Thursday to approve its $3.4 billion offer to acquire the Norwegian videoconferencing company.

IT Hiring To Increase Next Quarter

A 3% increase in IT staffing is forecast for early 2010, with traditional jobs in networking, security, and application development most in demand.

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The deal will boost Broadcom's data center and cloud computing portfolio.

Nokia Sues LCD Makers

Phone giant accuses screen suppliers of colluding to artificially inflate prices.

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Server shipments and revenue increased significantly in the third quarter from the previous quarter.

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