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Cisco Restructuring Pays Off: Q2 Profit Jumps, More M&A Expected
A year of restructuring and removing $1 billion in op-ex is powering Cisco's growth in its fiscal 2012, according to CEO John Chambers.
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Microsoft Sets Windows 8 Consumer Preview Release Date
An event in Europe marks the first time the PC OS will be available beyond the developer community.
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HP Execs: iPad Is Not Secure Enough For Enterprises
Windows 8 tablets are not expected to arrive until the latter part of the year, but HP CEO Meg Whitman and PSG chief Todd Bradley are touting security as a key advantage.
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Acer Sues Former CEO, Alleging Breach Of Noncompete Clause
Acer is seeking damages from its former CEO and current Lenovo EMEA head Gianfranco Lanci.
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CRN Interview: Whitman's Plans To Get HP Back On Track
HP CEO Meg Whitman has put out her share of fires since taking the helm, and in a recent interview with CRN she talks about her plan to keep HP on a stable course.
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Symantec's Code Red: The Law Enforcement/Anonymous E-Mail Exchange Law enforcement officials negotiated via e-mail for more than two weeks with an Anonymous group member trying to extort $50,000 from Symantec to keep stolen product code off the Internet. |
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How To Sell IT Security Services To Your Customers Cyberattacks can cost a business thousands, even millions, of dollars, and can deal a death blow to some. Here's how IT solution providers can help guard against malicious attacks. |
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10 Challenges That HP Wants Partners To Tackle Right Now CRN speaks with HP's business unit chiefs to get a sense of where they'd like partners to focus in the coming year, as well as how CEO Meg Whitman is making a difference. |
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- Microsoft Shows Its Love In Valentine's Day Patch Release
Microsoft plans to release next Tuesday nine security patches, four critical, for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and the Silverlight media player. - Microsoft Details Windows-On-ARM Development Efforts
Microsoft will offer a limited number of ARM-based Windows devices later this month when it releases a "consumer preview" release of Windows 8. - Cognizant Sales Soar, Exec Promotions Follow
Sales jumped nearly 30 percent at the VAR500 solution provider. - PC Sales, U.S. Channel Drive Strong Q3 For Lenovo
For the eleventh quarter in a row, Lenovo's growth rate exceeded that of the overall PC market's, thanks to strong demand for its notebooks and its North American partners. - Worker Abuse Protest Targets Apple, Supplier Foxconn
Protesters angry over reports of worker abuse at Apple's largest supplier handed stacks of signed petitions to company representatives at a half-dozen Apple Stores around the world. - West Coast Video VAR Nabs Former Polycom Americas President
Solutionz Conferencing picks up a well-known Polycom alumnus to be its new COO. - Report Says iPad 3 In March; What Do Apple VARs See Ahead?
Report says the iPad 3 will tout a faster chip and richer graphics, but one VAR says enhancements are too 'consumer-driven' vs. 'business-driven.' - Appcelerator Extends Mobile App Dev Reach With Cocoafish Buy
Appcelerator acquires Cocoafish to expand what it can offer for cloud-ready mobile application functions like push notification. - VAR500 Company EPAM Systems: IPO Update
VAR500 IT solution provider EPAM Systems sells fewer shares in its IPO at a lower price than expected. - Microsoft Taps Cisco Exec To Manage Public Sector Business
Microsoft names Laura Ipsen as corporate vice president of the company's $8 billion worldwide public sector operations.
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