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						<title><![CDATA[Perficient Picks Up TriTek, Extends IBM Service Offerings]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 10:47:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Rick Whiting</author>
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							<![CDATA[The deal will extend Perficient's service capabilities in content management and business process management in the IBM market and boost its market presence in the Northeast.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[IBM 'Superlab' Staff Still Bracing For Transfer To Lenovo]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 18:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Kevin McLaughlin</author>
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							<![CDATA[IBM's x86 server talks with Lenovo may have broken down, but employees in IBM's massive 'Superlab' facility in Research Triangle Park are still preparing to transition over to Lenovo on June 1.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[Channel Beat: Lenovo-IBM Server Talks Stall (Video)]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 13:33:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Rob Wright</author>
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							<![CDATA[This week's recap also looks at Intel's newest CEO and more server market battles between Dell and HP.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[Report: IBM-Lenovo x86 Server Acquisition Talks Break Down]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 20:53:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Kevin McLaughlin</author>
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							<![CDATA[IBM's talks with Lenovo to sell off parts of its x86 server business to Lenovo have broken down, though it's possible they could continue at some point, according to a report.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[30 Notable IT Executive Moves: April 2013]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Rob Wright</author>
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							<![CDATA[April biggest executive moves include a major shakeup at HP's board of directors and a new home for a veteran channel chief.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[Solution Provider Perficient Launches Mobile Computing Practice]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Rick Whiting</author>
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							<![CDATA[Perficient is focusing the practice around IBM's Worklight mobile application platform and other technologies.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[Lenovo Partners Buzzing About Possible IBM x86 Server Buy]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Rob Wright</author>
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							<![CDATA[Solution providers at the Lenovo Accelerate conference say the addition of IBM's x86 server business would give Lenovo an answer for the enterprise market.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[HP Enterprise Boss Rallies Partners To Capitalize On IBM, Dell Uncertainty]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:17:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Steven Burke</author>
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							<![CDATA[HP Enterprise Group Executive Vice President Dave Donatelli says the time is right for partners to capitalize on the uncertainty surrounding IBM and Dell.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[5 Companies That Came To Win This Week]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:10:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Kevin McLaughlin</author>
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							<![CDATA[For the week ending April 26, CRN looks at five companies that brought their 'A' game and made moves to beat out competitors.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[Sources: IBM-Lenovo Server Talks 'Moving Quickly']]></title>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:28:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Kevin McLaughlin</author>
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							<![CDATA[IBM's negotiations to sell Lenovo part of its x86 server business are heating up and a deal could be consummated soon, sources familiar with the talks told CRN.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[IBM's Adkins Reassigned; Rometty Tells Employees They Need To 'Step Up']]></title>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:21:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Rick Whiting</author>
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							<![CDATA[Rod Adkins, head of the struggling Systems & Technology Group, moves to a corporate strategy role at IBM as its CEO reportedly says the company needs to speed up the shift to new computing models.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[8 Signs That Amazon Is In Other Cloud Vendors' Heads]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Kevin McLaughlin</author>
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							<![CDATA[Amazon Web Services has a multiyear head start on the competition, and everyone knows it. Some vendors are openly taking on Amazon, while others are pretending they're not. But really, they all are.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[IBM's UrbanCode Buy Gives Boost To ISVs, Cloud Service Providers]]></title>
						<link>http://www.crn.com/news/applications-os/240153346/ibms-urbancode-buy-gives-boost-to-isvs-cloud-service-providers.htm?cid=rss_company_IBM</link>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:26:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Rick Whiting</author>
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							<![CDATA[Today it's all about delivering software faster and more cheaply, says IBM, and UrbanCode's technology is key to helping partners meet that demand.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[IBM Partners Cheer Potential Sale Of x86 Server Business]]></title>
						<link>http://www.crn.com/news/data-center/240153241/ibm-partners-cheer-potential-sale-of-x86-server-business.htm?cid=rss_company_IBM</link>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:48:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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							<![CDATA[IBM partners weigh in on the impact of the potential sale of the x86 server business, pointing out that IBM's channel is more value- versus volume-oriented.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[Channel Beat: IBM Eyes Sale of x86 Server Business (Video)]]></title>
						<link>http://www.crn.com/news/channel-programs/240153297/channel-beat-ibm-eyes-sale-of-x86-server-business-video.htm?cid=rss_company_IBM</link>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Rob Wright</author>
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							<![CDATA[This week's Channel Beat recap also looks at Frank Vitagliano's move to Dell and a closer look at Intel's first-quarter results.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[Lenovo Confirms Talks To Buy Server Business]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:28:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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							<![CDATA[In response to CRN's report that Lenovo is the top candidate to buy IBM's x86 server hardware business, Lenovo's chairman and CEO confirms 'preliminary negotiations with a third party in connection with a potential acquisition.']]>
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						<title><![CDATA[5 Companies That Dropped The Ball This Week]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Kevin McLaughlin</author>
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							<![CDATA[For the week ending April 19, CRN looks at five companies that were either asleep at the wheel or just didn't make good decisions.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[IBM Plans Product Line Divestitures, Employee Cutbacks After Disappointing Q1]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Rick Whiting</author>
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							<![CDATA[First-quarter results are called "disappointing" after the company failed to close key mainframe and software contracts worth $400 million.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[IBM In Talks To Sell x86 Server Business To Lenovo]]></title>
						<link>http://www.crn.com/news/data-center/240153148/ibm-in-talks-to-sell-x86-server-business-to-lenovo.htm?cid=rss_company_IBM</link>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:56:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Kevin McLaughlin</author>
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							<![CDATA[IBM is in talks to sell its x86 server business to Lenovo as part of its ongoing campaign to decrease its reliance on low-margin hardware and sharpen its focus on high-margin services, CRN has learned.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[Dell's (Yes, Dell's) Vitagliano Talks About His New Role]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Scott Campbell</author>
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							<![CDATA[Frank Vitagliano joins Dell after seven years at Juniper Networks. He tells CRN why he made the move.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[Five Companies That Came To Win This Week]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Rick Whiting</author>
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							<![CDATA[For the week ending April 12, CRN looks at five companies that brought their 'A' game and made moves to beat out competitors.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[IBM Invests $1B In Flash Storage With 'Channel-First' Strategy]]></title>
						<link>http://www.crn.com/news/storage/240152772/ibm-invests-1b-in-flash-storage-with-channel-first-strategy.htm?cid=rss_company_IBM</link>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:52:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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							<![CDATA[IBM wants to build flash technology optimized for such modern applications as social media, mobility and big data, and it's prepared to invest $1 billion to do so starting with last year's acquisition of Texas Memory Systems and continuing through 2015.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[Transformation Time: IBM Talks 'High-Value' Solutions (Video)]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>CRN Staff</author>
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							<![CDATA[What are the channel and market directives that are driving change in the way IBM does business? Bill Donohue outlines the company's biggest areas of growth and how they plan to transform their business.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[Channel Beat: Facebook Phones 'Home' (Video)]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:20:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Rob Wright</author>
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							<![CDATA[This week's episode of Channel Beat also looks at Cisco's new mobility acquisition and IBM's Hadoop move.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[The Evolution Of The Smartphone In 7 Releases]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Rob Wright</author>
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							<![CDATA[On the 40th birthday of the cell phone, CRN looks at seven major releases that show how mobile phones got 'smart,' from the IBM Simon nearly 20 years ago to Samsung's most recent Galaxy device.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[IBM Set To Launch Hadoop-Ready PureSystems Server]]></title>
						<link>http://www.crn.com/news/applications-os/240152162/ibm-set-to-launch-hadoop-ready-puresystems-server.htm?cid=rss_company_IBM</link>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Rick Whiting</author>
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							<![CDATA[Other 'big data' analysis and management technologies will be unveiled Wednesday under the "BLU Acceleration" name.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[Advanced Persistent Threats: Not-So-Advanced Methods After All]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Robert Westervelt</author>
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							<![CDATA[IBM study reveals that attackers behind many advanced persistent threats, which are known for targeting specific organizations, infiltrating them and then remaining stealthy for long periods of time, are using fairly common hacking techniques.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[Storage-Focused Vendors Continue Grabbing Bigger Share Of Storage Market: Gartner]]></title>
						<link>http://www.crn.com/news/storage/240151419/storage-focused-vendors-continue-grabbing-bigger-share-of-storage-market-gartner.htm?cid=rss_company_IBM</link>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:13:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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							<![CDATA[EMC continued its storage market share grab in 2012 with sales of external controller-based disk storage sales up 10.7 over 2011, while Oracle saw the biggest drop, 11.0 percent, of all the top vendors, Gartner said.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[IBM, EMC Among Possible Suitors Of SoftLayer Technologies In Potential $2B Deal: Reuters]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:56:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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							<![CDATA[IBM and EMC, along with other companies, are in talks to acquire web-hosting company SoftLayer Technologies in a $2-billion cloud services deal.]]>
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						<title><![CDATA[XChange: IBM Helping Partners Capture Cloud, Analytics Opportunities]]></title>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
						<author>Rick Whiting</author>
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							<![CDATA[During an XChange Solution Provider session, IBM's Bill Donohue tells partners that the company is now offering guaranteed margins on IBM storage products, PureSystems servers and mainframes.]]>
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