Profile of Antone Gonsalves

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HP Unveils EliteBook Mobile Workstations

4/15/2011
The three workstations are more durable and provide the processing power and graphics punch to handle professional video editing, design, and engineering tasks, according to the computer maker.
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Sans Digital Intros Tower Storage System

4/14/2011
The eight-bay system for SMBs comes standard with a 6 Gb SAS interface, a data transfer rate of 800 MB per second, and a maximum of 24 TB.
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Intel, Micron Shrink NAND Flash

4/14/2011
The chipmakers' joint venture is providing customers with samples of 20-nm NAND flash memory, the industry's smallest.
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Toshiba Lightens Business Laptops

4/14/2011
Intel's Core processors power the updated Tecra and Portege business notebooks.
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Intel Says Itanium 'Poulson' Chip Coming Next Year

4/13/2011
At the Beijing Intel Developer Forum, the company reiterated its support for the 64-bit RISC architecture and claimed the next generation eight-core chip is on schedule.
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Acer Launches SMB Storage Systems

4/12/2011
The Hitachi-made storage arrays and adaptable modular storage complement the Acer servers launched earlier this year for small and midsize businesses.
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Lenovo Adds Secure Cloud Access To PCs

4/12/2011
ThinkPad laptops and ThinkCentre desktops get a Lenovo software client that improves security when connecting to cloud applications.
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Intel Oak Trail Chip Invades Tablet Market

4/11/2011
More than 35 tablets will hit the streets in May with the latest low-power Atom processor from Intel.
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House Rejects FCC Net Neutrality Rules

4/11/2011
President Obama has threatened to veto legislation overturning the agency's ability to regulate broadband Internet traffic.
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Commodore 64 Replica Boasts Modern Components, Retro Look

4/8/2011
The old-school case packs not just nostalgia, but also an Intel dual-core 525 Atom CPU, an Nvidia Ion 2 graphics chipset, five USB ports, and an optional Blu-ray disc player.
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Dell To Spend $1 Billion Deploying Cloud Services

4/7/2011
Ten data centers and 12 research centers are planned to help customers move to cloud computing on Dell technology.
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Server Vendors Rushing Intel E7 To Market

4/6/2011
HP, Cisco, Supermicro, and Dell are among the major vendors launching systems with Intel's latest Xeon server processors.
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Nvidia Unveils High-Power Compact GPU

4/6/2011
The Quadro 400 is five times faster than high-end consumer gaming cards and its small footprint allows it to fit in any workstation.
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Intel Launches 10-Core Xeon Chips

4/5/2011
Based on the 32-nanometer Westmere EX architecture, the Xeon E7 family comprises 18 processors with up to 10 cores for two-, four-, and eight-socket servers.
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Apax Partners To Merge Epicor, Activant

4/5/2011
ERP vendors are being acquired or merging to better compete with large software companies like SAP and Oracle.
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Seagate Launches Thin External Hard Drive

4/5/2011
The GoFlex Slim holds 350 GBs of storage, is 38% thinner than the previous model, and weighs less than six ounces.
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Texas Instruments To Buy National Semiconductor

4/4/2011
The $6.5 Billion acquisition would make TI the world's third largest maker of semiconductors.
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EMC Buys Network Security Company NetWitness

4/4/2011
NetWitness' network analysis and visualization tools, used to investigate the high-profile breach of RSA's SecurID authentication system, will be folded into EMC's RSA security management products.
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GAO Critical Of H-1B Visa Program

4/1/2011
A Government Accountability Office report indicates that a small number of companies reap the most benefit from the foreign worker program and U.S. worker protections have eroded.
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RockMelt Refreshes Social Browser

4/1/2011
The 20th update in five months adds features that make it easier to chat and access Twitter without leaving the browser.
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LizaMoon SQL Injection Attack Hits Websites

4/1/2011
The scareware sends users to a bogus Web page warning them that their PCs are infected with malware and tries to sell them an anti-virus application.
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Acer CEO Resigns Over Board Disagreements

4/1/2011
Gianfranco Lanci has left the company after failing to reach an agreement with directors on the PC maker's future.
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Google App Engine Adds New Features

3/31/2011
Java and Python software development kits get upgraded as Google refreshes its platform-as-a-service offering.
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Microsoft Files Antitrust Complaint Against Google

3/31/2011
The formal complaint with European Union regulators says Google is not playing fair in capturing the lion's share of ad revenue from search.
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Google +1 Adds Social Element To Search

3/30/2011
Facebook is the target as the company builds a social network around search results that lets people share recommendations for websites and online advertisers.
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Google Launches In-App Billing On Android Market

3/30/2011
Feature provides more ways for developers to make money, combats piracy, and reduces the number of apps in the online store.
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Internet Pioneer Paul Baran Dies At 84

3/29/2011
Baran helped develop key technology for the modern Internet and went on to launch seven companies, five of which went public.
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Intel Unveils Bigger, Faster SSDs

3/29/2011
The third-generation solid-state drives are 25-nanometer devices that pack up to 600 GB of memory.
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Java Inventor Joins Google

3/29/2011
James Gosling comes aboard as his former employer, Oracle, battles Google over the use of Java in Android.
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Tabula Raises $108 Million For Programmable Chips

3/29/2011
The programmable logic semiconductor designer notched one of the largest venture capital rounds ever for a private chip company.
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Lenovo Boosts Workstation, Desktop Performance

3/28/2011
The ThinkStation E30 and ThinkCentre M81 are targeted at creative, engineering, and financial professionals.
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SGI Introduces 256-Core Windows Server

3/25/2011
The Intel Xeon-based Altix UV runs Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 R2 for more demanding business intelligence and other large-scale workloads.
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Tablets, Web Apps Lead 'Consumerization' Of IT

3/25/2011
Forrester Research finds much less support for allowing employees to bring their own PCs to work.
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Oracle Reports 37% Revenue Growth

3/24/2011
Software revenue increased 19% from a year ago, reaching $6 billion, and gross margins for the hardware business Oracle acquired when it bought Sun Microsystems reached 55% in the most recent quarter.
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Samsung Starts Production Of Denser Mobile DRAM

3/24/2011
Smartphone and tablet makers will be able to make thinner and lighter mobile devices using the smaller faster memory chips.
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Firefox 4 Beats IE 9 In Day One Downloads

3/24/2011
Internet Explorer has nothing to fear, even though Mozilla's upgraded Web browser has been downloaded more than 10 million times since it was first made available.
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IBM Introduces Pre-Engineered Technology Services

3/23/2011
Big Blue claims the standardized approach to server, storage, service desk, and unified communication projects can reduce the time of deployment and reduce management costs.
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Toshiba Unveils Portable Monitor For Windows PCs

3/23/2011
The 14-inch Mobile Monitor weighs only 2.8 pounds and is powered by a USB connection for maximum portability.
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HP Revs BladeSystem With Quad Core Itanium

3/23/2011
The Integrity NonStop BladeSystem NB54000c includes the hardware, middleware, database, and HP-UX operating environment to run a business application out of the box, says HP.
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Dell Launches Commercial Microservers

3/22/2011
The high-density PowerEdge systems pack many server nodes into a single chassis and are designed for use in public or private clouds.
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Cisco Extends Network Security For Teleworkers

3/22/2011
The Aironet 600 Series OfficeExtend wireless access points set a separate and secure channel with data encryption to access the corporate network, while still allowing an employee's family to use the home Internet connection.
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25% Of Global Silicon Wafer Production Suspended

3/21/2011
Major wafer suppliers Shin-Etsu and MEMC have stopped production in Japan to assess damages from the earthquake.
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Japan Earthquake Driving 'Panic' Buying In Component Market

3/18/2011
Increased ordering by electronics manufacturers seeking to bolster inventory in the face an anticipated scarcity are prompting wide swings in pricing on the cash-driven spot market, according to iSuppli.
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Western Digital Releases 6TB External Drive

3/18/2011
My Book Studio Edition II storage system for the Mac adds a third more storage; the drive ships with software and instructions to reformat for Windows.
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Japan Earthquake Pushes Component Prices Higher

3/18/2011
Apple's iPad 2 and other electronic devices are vulnerable to potential supply chain disruptions resulting from damage to Japan's infrastructure, according to iSuppli.
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Graphics CPUs Near 50% Of PC Market

3/17/2011
The graphics-enabled microprocessors that Intel and AMD launched this year are expected to rapidly gain market share, shipping in 83% of laptops and 76% of desktops by 2014, IHS iSuppli says.
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Dell Upgrades OptiPlex Desktops, Latitude Laptops

3/16/2011
To lower the total cost of ownership, the computers include security and management options that leverage Intel's new vPro technology for businesses.
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Seagate Unveils Enterprise SSDs

3/16/2011
The latest solid-state drives include an enterprise-class, 800 GB multi-level cell NAND flash drive.
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Intel Challenges ARM With Micro Server Processors

3/16/2011
Xeon and Atom processors introduced for the low-power servers gaining traction in Internet companies' data centers.
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Nvidia Launches Graphics Card For Medical Imaging

3/15/2011
The Quadro 2000D offers as much as 12-bit grayscale for showing the most subtle abnormalities in diagnostic images, Nvidia said.
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SMB PC Spending Up 33% In 2010

3/14/2011
Overall spending on IT hardware by small and midsize businesses increased 18% to $38 billion last year, reaching pre-recession levels, reported NPD Group.
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Intel Buys LTE Vendor SySDSoft

3/14/2011
Intel plans to use the Egyptian company's technology to boost its products for 4G LTE wireless networks, as well as other communication standards.
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Researchers Develop Low Power Memory

3/11/2011
Nanotube technology invented by University of Illinois engineers holds promise for significantly extending battery life in mobile devices.
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Japan Earthquake Predicted To Cause Semiconductor Shortages

3/11/2011
Damage to fabrication plants in Japan, home to more than a fifth of worldwide semiconductor production in 2010, is likely to cause shortages and price swings.
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Symantec Finds Fake Google Security Tool

3/10/2011
The phony version of the Android Market Security Tool was found by Symantec on China-based, third-party Web sites that are not sanctioned by Google.
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HP Adding WebOS To Windows PCs

3/10/2011
The world's largest computer maker is looking to leverage the millions of PCs it sells every year to build a huge platform that will prove attractive to app developers.
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Graphic Card Shipments Fall 3.3%

3/9/2011
Nvidia shipments were down 6.2% in 2010 and AMD saw growth of 12.6% while all other card makers fell 44%, as less-expensive technologies took the place of graphics cards in lower-end PCs, John Peddie Research reported.
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Lenovo Launches ThinkPad Tablet, Ultraportable Laptop

3/9/2011
The X220 laptop can get up to 24 hours of battery life and the tablet 16 hours with an optional external battery pad.
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HP Introduces All In One PC For SMBs

3/8/2011
The mid-priced OmniPro 110 offers a choice of three operating systems: Windows 7, RedFlag Linux, and FreeDOS.
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ViewSonic Tablet Runs Windows, Android

3/8/2011
The 10-inch, dual-boot ViewPad tablet runs an Intel Atom processor and has two USB ports for a keyboard and mouse.
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Dell Preps Sandy Bridge PC Shipments

3/8/2011
The computer maker will start shipping laptops with the latest Intel Core processors next week, launching a complete refresh of its consumer PCs.
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Sony Launches S Series Vaio Laptop

3/8/2011
The 13.3-inch mobile PC runs Intel's new Core i5 or i7 Sandy Bridge processors and has an optional sheet battery that doubles the system's power life to 15 hours.
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Intel Releases Core vPro Processors

3/7/2011
Laptops with the second-generation Core i3, i5, and i7 business chips can be disabled remotely using text messages in the event of theft.
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Cisco Cuts Price Of Umi Video Conferencing

3/7/2011
By making its telepresence technology cheaper and easier to integrate with businesses and service providers, the networking company is hoping to entice more customers.
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Microsoft Starts Countdown For IE6

3/4/2011
With Internet Explorer 9 nearing launch and developers clamoring for HTML 5, the software maker is hoping the countdown will quicken the browser's extinction.
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Amazon Web Services Connects To VMWare's Management Platform

3/4/2011
The plug-in make it possible to move a virtual machine from the data center to Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud.
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Tablet Growth Projected To Slow PC Demand

3/3/2011
Gartner has lowered its worldwide PC shipment forecast for 2011 from a 15% to a 10% increase from last year as tablets take market share from low-end laptops and netbooks.
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Teradata To Buy Aster Data For $263 Million

3/3/2011
Acquiring the 89% of Aster Data Systems it doesn't already own, expands the company's data analysis capabilities to social networks and other Web communities.
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PCI Express Spec For SSDs Released

3/3/2011
Solid-state drives will see significant performance gains by running on a PCIe platform rather than SATA, said the Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface Work Group.
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Intel 8-Core Xeon Processors Power SuperServer

3/2/2011
A newer version of Super Micro Computer's server running Intel's forthcoming 10-core Xeons will be released later this year.
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Seagate Intros 3TB Hard Drive

3/1/2011
The Barracuda XT hard drive ships with software that makes it possible to bypass the 2TB limit of Windows PCs running older BIOS.
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IBM Atop Q4 Worldwide Server Sales

3/1/2011
HP, Dell, Sun, and Fujitsu trailed IBM in server revenue for the fourth quarter of 2010; Big Blue captured more than a third of the $15 billion market according to IDC.
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Intel Launches 6 GBps Solid State Drive

3/1/2011
The 510 Series' read/write speeds are double or triple those offered by Intel's previous SSDs.
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SeaMicro Launches Low Power Server With Atom Chips

2/28/2011
Intel's 256 Atom N570 dual-core processors power servers optimized to run applications that process high-volumes of small Web transactions such as in online gaming and social networks.
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Intel Study Finds Mobile Etiquette Lacking

2/25/2011
The majority of Americans have seen boorish behavior with mobile devices and the number of incidents is growing.
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Android Spyware Distributed By Third Party Online Marketplaces

2/25/2011
On the heels of HongTouTou, Chinese security firm NetQin has found spyware -- SW.SecurePhone and SW.Qieting -- that collects messages, call logs, and other data.
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Apple Updates MacBook Pro Laptops

2/24/2011
Intel's high-speed Thunderbolt technology and second-generation Core processors, along with faster graphics cards and high-def FaceTime Webcams, are among the upgrades.
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Intel's Thunderbolt Speeds Connections

2/24/2011
Debuting in Apple's MacBook Pros, the high-speed PC connection technology, previously codenamed Light Peak, provides data transfer speeds much faster than USB 3.0 and FireWire.
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Intel Up, AMD Down In Global Microprocessor Shipments

2/24/2011
Sales of x86 processors running desktops, laptops, and servers rose 26.7% in 2010 from the previous year to $36.3 billion, while shipments grew 17.1% and prices were up 8%, according to IDC.
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HP Upgrades EliteBooks, ProBooks For Businesses

2/23/2011
Intel's second-generation Core processors, as well as a Celeron processor option, will available on the business notebooks.
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HP Shares Down On Missed Revenue Target

2/23/2011
The computer maker's 16% increase in first-quarter profits wasn't enough to meet its forecast, due to weakened sales in its consumer and tech services units.
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Acer Unveils Servers, Storage for U.S. Market

2/22/2011
Sixteen servers, including tower, rack, and blade models will be available with three- or five-year onsite service contracts from the Taiwan-based computer maker.
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Lenovo Unveils Sandy Bridge ThinkPads

2/22/2011
The six business PCs feature longer battery life, improved performance management, video and voice calling features, and Intel's second-generation Core processors.
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Vidyo Intros Scalable Enterprise Videoconferencing

2/22/2011
By deploying software-based routers in multiple regions, the VidyoConference Cloud Edition can deliver telepresence to tens of thousands of mobile device users.
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Obama Tours Intel Hillsboro Plant

2/18/2011
During the President's visit, CEO Paul Otellini announced that Intel plans to build a $5 billion facility in Arizona to manufacture 14-nanometer processors.
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Swann Links Security Monitoring System To Smartphones

2/17/2011
Customers can watch live video from up to four security cameras or receive email notifications when movement is detected.
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Intel Ships Samples Of Medfield Smartphone Chip

2/16/2011
Mounting a serious challenge to ARM, Intel plans to begin mass production of the 32-nm processor later this year.
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Nvidia Announces Quad-Core Tegra Chip For Tablets

2/16/2011
Tablet devices running the quad-core Tegra CPU, which includes a 12-core graphics processor, are slated to be available in August.
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IBM Introduces Workload-Optimized Data Center Systems

2/16/2011
The zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension adds functionality to IBM's mainframe system, allowing integration and management of Power 7 and x86 blade servers.
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Dell Q4 Profits Up 177%

2/15/2011
Strong business PC, server, and storage sales drove revenue of $15.7 billion with the computer maker reporting record profitability in enterprise products and services.
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HP Adds Data Center Construction Services

2/15/2011
The Critical Facilities Implementation service rounds out HP's data center design, testing, and management offerings.
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Dell Introduces PowerEdge Server With Latest Opteron Processor

2/14/2011
The "hyperscale-inspired server," intended for high-performance computing applications such as video rendering, virtualization, and electronic design automation, uses AMD 12-core chips and can deliver can deliver a maximum of 96 cores in a 2U rack.
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AMD Boosts Opteron Performance With More Cores

2/14/2011
The new 8-core and 12-core server processors are socket-compatible with the previous Opteron series, giving customers the option of boosting performance without replacing the server.
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Dell Introduces Mobile Enterprise Services

2/11/2011
Expecting that more and more employees will personally own the smartphones and tablets they work on, Dell's service portfolio enables them to access critical enterprise data from mobile devices.
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Adobe Upgrades Flash Player With ‘Stage Video’

2/11/2011
Version 10.2 of the PC video player is up to 34 times more efficient than previous releases, says Adobe.
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Symantec Teams With Intel On Authentication Security

2/10/2011
Intel's Identity Protection Technology makes it possible to embed Symantec's VeriSign Identity Protection credentials in the chipset.
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Cisco Beats Earnings Expectations Despite Falling Margins

2/10/2011
Shares of the networking powerhouse declined despite reporting sales and profits that were stronger than forecasted.
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AMD Chief Operating Officer Steps Down

2/9/2011
The departure of COO Bob Rivet follows the resignation of CEO Dirk Meyer; Marty Seyer, senior VP of corporate strategy is also leaving the company.
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Dell Readies Windows 7 Business Tablet

2/9/2011
Releasing the tablet alongside two dozen business PCs suggests the computer maker is serious about adding emerging devices to its core products, says an IDC analyst.
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Intel Speeds Fix For Chipset Snafu

2/8/2011
Shipments of flawed Sandy Bridge processor chipsets have resumed for use in PC configurations that do not use the defective ports.
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