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Economic Uncertainty, Competition to Drive Low-Cost IT: Report
Economic fluctuations and business uncertainty, accelerated service globalization, and increasing competition of IT services are major factors that could force businesses to move further toward low-cost IT, according to a study from IT research firm Gartner. Gartner analysts said that based on the proliferation of advertising ‘IT as a service’ as a pricing model, business…
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Cisco, Citrix Offer Desktop Virtualization Solution
Cisco and Citrix Systems announced a partnership to deliver a combined desktop virtualization solution that allows businesses to deploy high-definition virtual desktops and applications to all users across the enterprise. The Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solution with Citrix XenDesktop combines Cisco unified computing and Citrix desktop virtualization technologies, including FlexCast and HDX, to deliver a scalable…
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HP Wins Bidding War for Data Storage Vendor 3PAR for $2.4B as Dell Bows Out
(Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:HPQ) won the bidding war to buy data storage company 3PAR Inc (NYSE:PAR) for $2.4 billion, after rival Dell Inc (NASDAQ:DELL) bowed out from a drawn-out bidding war on Thursday. HP raised its offer by $3 to $33 per share, beating Dell’s latest $32-a-share offer and ending an exchange of bids…
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VMware Fortifies Cloud Efforts with Integrien and TriCipher Acquisitions
Looking to provide more comprehensive cloud offerings and services VMware announced the acquisition of two companies during a keynote address at VMworld this week. VMware will acquire Integrien, a real time application and infrastructure performance analytics software provider and TriCipher, a provider of secure access management and enterprise identity federation for cloud-hosted software as a…