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IBM Computer Hardware Sales Drop Sharply
IBM (NYSE:IBM) posted lower revenues and net income for its fiscal Q1, with services and software sales showing less of a decline than hardware sales. IBM reported net income of $2.3 billion in Q1, down 1 percent from the same quarter last year. Revenues dropped to $21.7 billion, an 11 percent drop from the same…
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Oracle Buys Sun in Cash Deal, Gets Java and Solaris
Database and ERP giant Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) has emerged from the shadows as the company that will acquire Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) in a deal worth $7.4 billion, or $9.50 per share, in cash. IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Sun had been reported to be in talks on a deal starting in March, but negotiations fell apart over price.…
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Deducing Poe’s RSA Mystery
Edgar Allen Poe, the first American master of the macabre, provides the theme of this year’s RSA Conference—the largest gathering of security vendors, resellers and professionals—which opens today in San Francisco. What does a writer who plied stories about ghouls and madness have to do with security? His classic poem "The Raven" is hardly a…
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Shipping Version of Presto Linux Makes Netbook Users Long for the Beta
Xandros has officially launched Presto, a Linux distribution targeted at users who want instant booting, ease of use and speed. Xandros originally envisioned Presto as a secondary operating system that users would install on their systems alongside Windows. The idea was to allow a user to quickly boot their system for a minor task or…
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Government 2.0 and the Channel
With the election of the most technology-savvy president in history, the government sector has quickly become one of the most exciting places to work if you’re a solution provider. Traditionally, the government sector was hampered by conflicting policies that made it a difficult place for a solution provider to thrive. Worse yet, government agencies are…