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Business Spending Hit $59 billion in 2010: NPD Report
Bouncing back to above pre-recession levels, sales of technology products to businesses through U.S. distributors, commercial technology resellers and office products dealers rose 12 percent to almost $59 billion in 2010, according to a report from NPD Group. Last year’s rebound in business spending followed a 9 percent decline in 2009, according to NPD Group’s…
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IBM Netezza, Revolution Launch Analytics Appliance
Revolution Analytics, the provider of R software, services and support, and IBM Netezza announced a partnership to integrate Revolution R Enterprise and the IBM Netezza TwinFin Data Warehouse Appliance. At the Predictive Analytics World conference in San Francisco on March 14, Revolution Analytics and IBM said their partnership enables customers seeking to run predictive analytics…
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HP Sets Cloud, WebOS and Analytics as Top Strategic Priorities
SAN FRANCISCO—In his first meet-the-press-and-analyst conference, new Hewlett-Packard chief executive Leo Apotheker on March 14 laid out in both general and in specific terms where he wants to take the IT giant in the next two years. In the process, Apotheker revealed that HP is about to roll out a new platform-as-a-service business for cloud…
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HP CEO Apotheker To Reveal Strategy Ahead
(Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:HPQ) is expected to unveil a plan that emphasizes software over hardware in a move that could send its shares significantly higher, according to a report in Barron’s financial newspaper. HP, which has lagged behind rivals in the software business, is likely to increase its software holdings through acquisitions, according to…
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Cisco Partner Summit: Cloud, Video, Virtualization and More
As usual, Cisco Systems’ (NASDAQ:CSCO) annual partner conference was a busy, information-packed week that included new program and product announcements, as well as much guidance on the company’s road map and strategies for the coming year. The theme for this year was “impact.” “Impact is really all about making a difference, first and foremost, about…
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HP Denies Report Its PC Business Is for Sale
Hewlett-Packard officials have moved quickly to stamp out rumors that the company was planning to sell its PC business. In a terse two-paragraph statement issued March 10, Bill Wohl, HP’s senior vice president and chief communications officer, said the rumors were unfounded and illogical, and took aim at the source of the rumors. "Irresponsible reporting…