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Nokia Stole iPhone Secrets, Apple Alleges
Computer maker countersues rival over smartphone technologies.
Global CIO: Riverbed Sees Cloud Computing Boom In 2010
With CIOs looking to the cloud to help rekindle growth and CEOs dazzled by the economic promise, Riverbed is very bullish on cloud computing.
Tech Firms Stock Up On Foreign Talent
Recession not slowing use of H-1Bs as program nears limit in just three months.
AOL Completes Spin-Off From Time Warner
The standalone company's stock value dropped on its first day of trading on its new AOL symbol.
LCD Maker Pleads Guilty In Price Fixing Scheme
Chi Mei Optoelectronics will pay $220 million in fines for conspiring with other TFT-LCD companies to set prices for the displays.
Tibco To Launch Enterprise Social Networking
Tibbr will use a social networking framework to deliver topic-based communications and documents to employees with a stake in those subjects.
Global CIO: Why SAP Won't Match Oracle's 22% Maintenance Fees
Here are five reasons why SAP won't make the awful mistake of raising annual maintenance fees to match Oracle at 22%.
Video Driving Cisco Growth
Cisco will accellerate its move into video while also branching aggressively into collaboration and virtualization, said CEO John Chambers.
Global CIO: IBM Supports Oracle But Microsoft Kisses EU Ring
IBM exec Steve Mills says MySQL doesn't compete with Oracle, but Microsoft obsequiously awaits its chance to kiss the EU's ring by demonizing Larry Ellison's company.
Network Planners Need Next-Gen Approach
Telecoms need to synch their network planning with marketing data for successful rollouts of next-gen services, says a survey.
Global CIO: General Motors CIO On 4 Essential IT Skills
He'd like to hire people with all 4 into the new GM. But how can IT pros get this broad experience?
Global CIO: Steve Jobs Is Bugs Bunny But Microsoft Is Elmer Fudd
Windows 7 is nice, Bing is neat, Sharepoint is solid, and Azure is promising. But does Microsoft scare the crap out of any of its competitors anymore?
Sprint Completes iPCS Acquisition
The $831 million deal will end all pending litigation between the companies and expand Sprint's coverage area and number of subscribers.
Global CIO: The 50 Top Tech Quotes For 2009, Part II
"Take two of the five most-profitable businesses in China: they don't pay for their software." We've got 24 more great quotes in Part II of our best of 2009.
Oracle To Plead Sun Acquisition Case Before EC
The company will make its case with support from the likes of Eben Moglen of the Software Freedom Law Center, the Justice Department, and an Oracle users group.
Craigslist, eBay Face Off In Court
The lawsuit, in which eBay accuses Craigslist of diluting its investments and diminishing its voting power, went on trial Monday.
Renault Outsources To Capgemini
Capgemini will provide French automaker with a range of application management and optimization services.
Good Adds Android, iPhone Support
The mobile messaging service will help businesses handle the looming consumerization of the enterprise smartphone space, Good Technology said.
Apple Buys Lala Music Service
The service enables customers to buy tunes for 10 cents each and stream them on their PCs or Mac.
Global CIO: The Top 50 Tech Quotes From 2009
What were the most-memorable, confrontational, insightful, and valuable comments in 2009? We've pulled together 50 of the best.
Lenovo Offers AT&T Tech Support With PCs
The companies are courting SMBs with the PC and IT support bundle.
Motorola Invests In Multitouch Company
The investment in Sensitive Object could eventually lead to Motorola handsets with stronger touch interfaces.
Ciena Beats Nokia To Acquire Nortel Unit
Nokia Siemens Networks made an unsuccessful last-ditch effort to wrest Metro Ethernet Networks from Ciena with a higher bid.
Global CIO: Outsourcer HCL To Cut Insurer's Costs By $150 Million
HCL is taking on an end-to-end chain of processes in a deal valued at $200 million that blends IT infrastructure and services with deep business processes and more.
Psystar Halts Mac Clone Sales
Knock off manufacturer claims it's reached a partial settlement with Apple.
Global CIO: Will SAP Move To Tiered Maintenance Fees?
SAP's intentions are always difficult to discern, but it might be on the verge of revising the support/maintenance fees its customers love to hate.
SAP Delays Support Price Increase
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.
Broadcom To Acquire Dune For $178 Million
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.
Global CIO: Fear Of Facebook For The Enterprise
Enterprise social networking, at its worst, looks like another way to get buried in data.
Gartner Sees Stabilization In Server Market
Server shipments and revenue increased significantly in the third quarter from the previous quarter.
Ericsson To Buy Nortel GSM Unit For $70 Million
Nortel's European and Taiwanese GSM and GSM-R operations will go to Kapsch CarrierCom.
Joost Assets Acquired By Adconion
It announced that "certain assets" of Joost will be acquired, but Adconion did not disclose terms of the deal.
Global CIO: Oracle, Larry Ellison, The EU, And MySQL
Would you be shocked--shocked!--to learn that the EU's battle against Oracle is all about politics, power, and preserving jobs?
Global CIO: The Thanksgiving Angels Of Flight 3405
As Thanksgiving looms, we sometimes overlook those better angels of our nature that are all around us. And that's a mistake.
Senators Urge EU To Finish Oracle Sun Probe
With Sun jobs at stake, U.S. lawmakers want the European Commission to speed up its antitrust investigation.
Feds To Sharpen Cybersecurity Job Policies
The Office of Personnel Management seeks to develop a framework for the classification, hiring, performance management, and development of federal cybersecurity pros.
Chip Market Decline Less Than Expected
Semiconductor revenue plunged more than $32 billion this year, but iSuppli said it could have been much worse.
HP Earnings Up 14% In 4Q
CEO Mark Hurd says the hardware and services company detects an uptick in the economy, even as sales have declined.
AOL Previews Brand, Trims Workforce
The company is offering buyouts to 2,500 members of its workforce as it seeks to trim its employee headcount by nearly a third.
Obama Calls For Math, Science Push
The president kicked off a public-private initiative Monday to promote education in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Wolfe's Den: Intel CTO Envisions On-Chip Data Centers
Justin Rattner, chief technology officer at the chip giant, talks about the explosion of multicore processing, bringing security to cloud computing, and processor-based networking.
Interop: CIOs Eye Cloud With Optimistic Caution
The consensus of the Enterprise Cloud Summit panel was that the cloud promises reduced costs and added IT flexibility, but significant legal and technical challenges remain.
eBay Founder Starting Online News Site
As print journalism suffers from the move of ad dollars to the Web, Pierre Omidyar hopes his service will fill gaps in local Hawaiian news reporting.
Global CIO: Microsoft Data Center Strategy Vital To Azure
The company envisions a more just-in-time approach to bringing on data center capacity.
Salesforce Adds Enterprise Social Networking
Chatter brings Facebook- and Twitter-type capabilities to applications running on the Force.com cloud computing platform.
Sprint iPCS Acquisition Opposed
A key iPCS investor said the acquisition price is far too low considering Sprint Nextel paid more for similar-sized affiliate networks.
Interop: IT Forecast Says Clouds
"The Holy Grail is to deliver IT services on-demand," said Citrix Systems CEO Mark Templeton in his Interop keynote.
Global CIO: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's Goodbye Letter To European Customers
If Larry Ellison were to bid ciao and adieu to the wonks of the EU, here's what his goodbye letter to Oracle customers might say.
Full Nelson: A Web Presence Needs Sizzle, For Shizzle
Customer engagement is the future of the Web. For the bold and the willing, successful ideas are there for the trying -- just don't try too hard.
Global CIO: Building A Brand Takes IT Flexibility
There are fundamental differences in how marketing and IT see their roles, and the world. And it's bad for a company's brand when the CIO and marketing execs don't get along.
Web 2.0 Expo: O'Reilly Warns Of Web War
Internet visionary fears an end to openness as Internet rivals consolidate power.
Verizon Calls AT&T's Lawsuit Meritless
In a plainspoken response to AT&T's suit, Verizon said its 3G map ads are accurate and "the truth hurts."
Healthcare IT Job Outlook Perks Up
Business analysts and technology architects face rosy IT job prospects in the healthcare and green energy sectors.
Global CIO: Instead of 'China Out,' 3Com Goes In With HP
3Com tried to take on the world using China as its base. Easier said than done
Psystar Guilty Of Violating Mac Copyright
Court grants summary judgment in favor of Apple's lawsuit against cloner.
Ericsson Completes Nortel Acquisition
The $1.3 billion purchase of Nortel's CDMA/LTE unit makes North America the largest region in Ericsson's global reach.
Programmers Charged In Madoff Scheme
Two men were arrested for developing and maintaining computer programs that helped convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff cover up his operation.
Military Readies IT Acquisition Reforms
Deputy Defense secretary William Lynn says procurement reforms should be ready by the spring.
Interop New York: Spotlight On Cloud Computing, Networking, Virtualization
The networking techfest, Nov. 16-20, will illuminate today's most important IT trends and technologies.
Global CIO: SAP's Spread Out Payment Plan Is Good But Not Enough
The ERP business has become a buyers' market and is likely to stay this way. SAP could be on the verge of capitalizing on that.
Web 2.0 Expo: The Power Of Less
The industry's premier event will explore opportunities for innovation in a time of uncertainty, amid the entrepreneurial spirit of New York's Web community.
Global CIO: Cloud Computing's New Name: 500 Reader Suggestions!
The CEOs of HP and IBM say "cloud computing" is a lousy name, so we asked you to come up with a new term--and your 500 responses tell us a lot about ourselves.
Avaya-Nortel Acquisition Gets OK
U.S. and Canadian regulatory agencies have signed off on the $900 million acquisition of Nortel's enterprise solutions unit.
Intel, AMD Strike $1.25 Billion Antitrust Pact
Agreement settles multiple claims AMD filed against chip industry competitor.
Global CIO: SAP Tells Oracle To Free Java But Keeps Own Software Closed
SAP's CTO argues that Java is so vital to global IT that it must be in public domain. So does the same hold true for SAP systems that manage 65% of global GDP?
Cisco Considers Withdrawal Of Tandberg Offer
Cisco said it might drop its $3 billion acquisition offer if Tandberg stockholders don't vote for the takeover in significant numbers.
NASA Space Technologies Go Mainstream
In its annual report, the space agency identifies 49 technologies that are being repurposed in the private sector, including scheduling software for hospitals and a tuning circuit for 3G networks.
Japanese Bank Outsources To IBM
Big Blue will manage and maintain servers and other IT assets for Chugoku Bank
Global CIO: Why Oracle's Larry Ellison Will Tell The EU To Pound Sand
Larry Ellison wants to compete head-on against IBM. He needs Sun to do that. The EU stands in his way. The popinjays better be sure to buckle up their chinstraps.
Northrop Wins Pair Of Outsourcing Deals
Tech services vendor inks agreements with Department of Homeland Security and PSC, LLC.
EC Objects To Oracle's Sun Acquisition
The European Commission fears that combining Oracle's proprietary database with the open source MySQL would hurt competition.
Global CIO: How IT Builds Brands
Technology is among three key factors driving brand value
Cisco Unveils Collaboration Products
The company launched telepresence, unified communications, and WebEx products and enterprise social software and hosted e-mail solutions.
Global CIO: Cloud Computing's New Name: Who Will Win $100 Million?
HP, IBM, and Oracle say "cloud computing" is a bad name, so we're asking you to come up with a replacement name. You might (hah!) win $100,000,000.
Global CIO: Oracle Trapped By EU Politics As Sun Employees Suffer
As thousands of Sun employees face layoffs, the EU ninnies focus on conjuring up an outcome that will make them seem less pathetic than they truly are.
Supply Chain Vendors JDA, i2 To Merge
The $396 million merger would heat up competition against Oracle and SAP.
14 Charged In Tech Insider Trading Case
Investigators expand probe into securities fraud ring that penetrated major IT vendors.
Qualcomm Reports 4Q Loss
The chipmaker was upbeat, however, on news of its $1.3 billion patent deal with Samsung.
Wolfe's Den: HP Revs Data Center Strategy, Stabbing At Cisco
Hewlett-Packard has fired back at Cisco in the increasingly contentious race to field an overarching data-center strategy, which will enable enterprises to rein in the complexity of sprawling networks and rampant virtualization.
IBM CEO Sam Palmisano Talks With Global CIO
In a rare and exclusive interview, the man who transformed IBM speaks out on business analytics, cloud computing, and the emerging Smarter Planet.
Enterprise 2.0: The Emperor's New Clothes?
Skepticism about the utility and value of Enterprise 2.0 were addressed at a conference panel session.
Dell To Close Perot Deal 'Promptly'
Completion of tender offer gives Dell more than 90% of tech services provider's shares.
Intel Hit With Antitrust Suit In NY
The New York attorney general claims the chipmaker used bribery and coercion to prevent computer makers from using rival products.
Microsoft Slashes 800 Jobs
Software maker says plan to eliminate 5,000 positions is now largely complete.
Global CIO: IBM's New CIO Sheds Light On Priorities And Plans
After two months as IBM's first company-wide CIO, Pat Toole talks about battling 80/20, a massive data-center consolidation, cloud initiatives, and cutting 11,500 apps.
Nokia Siemens To Restructure, Lay Off 5,700
Parent company Nokia's sweeping reorganization plan will cut $740 million annually from the networking unit.
Enterprise 2.0: Is Enterprise Software Failing?
Software providers must look beyond lists of features and address business needs. And they must deliver on the promise of the next-generation customer experience.
Barnes & Noble Sued Over E-Reader
Spring Design claims the bookseller stole its trade secrets and used them in the Nook e-book reader.
VoiceCon 2009: Measuring Avaya Nortel Deal's Impact
Avaya's planned acquisition of Nortel raises many questions for businesses with existing Nortel equipment.
Enterprise 2.0: Corporations Start Collaborating
Keynoter Tammy Erickson of nGenera warns that as organizations get more social, they'll face structural challenges.
Google Sued For Sexual, Religious Discrimination
A workplace discrimination lawsuit charges Google with violating the civil rights of a former employee.
Ruiz Out At Globalfoundries
Former AMD chief executive Hector Ruiz, whose name has been linked to an insider trading case, has not been charged with any wrongdoing.
Global CIO: Capgemini Takes On The Plague Of Bad Requirements
It's embracing visualization from iRise as part of a move to get requirements right early
Bank IT Worker Charged In $1.1 Million Fraud
A computer technician has been indicted for stealing the identities of 150 Bank of New York employees, as well as for grand larceny and money laundering.
Cisco Bid For Tandberg Deemed Fair
The report by Ernst & Young answers Tandberg stockholders who believe Cisco's $3 billion offer is too low.
Worms Invade Corporate Computers, Microsoft Finds
In its latest Security Intelligence Report, Microsoft documents the doubling of worms in enterprises during the first half of 2009.
Smartphones Getting Less Expensive
Within 5 years, 45% of smartphones will hit the market for less than $200 with a new contract, according to data from ABI Research.
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