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Tomorrow’s Netbook
Back in the ’90s, I remember computer hardware vendors used to bring around new systems to the offices of the technology publication where I worked for reviewers and reporters to see. And every time, the reporters among us would say:,”Hey, can’t you make an ultra-small laptop that we could take with us when we are…
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Xerox Fires Back on Managed Print Services
Xerox says just because HP has created a big hoopla around managed print services with its host of product, alliance and MPS announcements this week doesn’t mean they are the best choice for all customers or maybe even any customers. It’s not surprising to hear Xerox take such a stance. After all, Xerox is a…
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Will Oracle Walk Away from the Sun Deal?
While greeted with much fanfare when announced in April, Oracle’s (NASDAQ:ORCL) planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) has seemed to lose much of its shine recently. Indeed, observers, including analyst Rob Enderle, point out that one of the original suitors, IBM, may have become the real beneficiary of the proposed Oracle-Sun deal, as customers waiting…
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Gelsinger’s Exodus from Intel — A Veteran Departs
About four years ago, soon after Pat Gelsinger had switched roles at Intel, I got to sit down with him and my then boss, both of us working for another publication at the time, for a Q&A interview in between sessions at the Intel Developers Forum (IDF) in an empty, darkened auditorium at Moscone Center…
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Next Year’s PC Refresh Forecast: Truth or Fantasy?
From Intel to Dell to HP to Tech Data, a growing number of technology vendors and distributors are predicting a coming PC refresh cycle that is set to hit sometime in 2010 as the existing fleet of PCs in commercial enterprises remains deployed well past its lifespan of two years with some even four or…
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Cisco’s Data Center Ambitions Stir the Pot
In an industry ripe with vendor rivalries, the latest battleground is notable for its many-against-one flavor. Alliances have been forming in what appears to be a mission with a singular goal: Anyone but Cisco. Clearly, Cisco’s breaking beyond its networking roots in a quest for dominance in the data center space has rattled more than…