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Google-AdMob acquisition 'a good fit'
News Internet giant's purchase of mobile advertising firm will "bring benefits to both sides" but shouldn't be made exclusive on Android platform, say Ovum analyst.
Tags: Mobile advertising, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Ovum, AdMob, advertisement, mobile, Mobile Advertising, monetization, Google Android
Analyst: IBM needs to 'out-innovate' with Notes
News For Lotus Notes to wrest market share from Microsoft's dominance in e-mail collaboration, IBM needs to place bets on trends before they happen, says Forrester Research.
Tags: E-mail clients, Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, work flow software, Software, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., IBM Lotus Notes, e-mail, Emerging Market, software-as-a-service
Microsoft's plan to get back in phone game
News Company's long-rumored "Pink" plans will start revealing themselves next year, as long delayed overhaul of Windows Mobile hits the market.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, Mobile platforms, Microsoft Windows Mobile, phone, handset maker, Hardware, Microsoft Windows, Smart phones, Cellular phones
10 ways to effectively estimate and control project costs
Techguide Estimating what a project will cost is only half the battle; controlling those costs during the project and after delivery is equally critical.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Cost control, Baseline Cost, Business Unit, Information Technology, Benchmarking Exercise, Project, IT-spending, Cost
Ciena buys Nortel's Metro Ethernet business
News Nortel Networks will sell another piece of its business for US$769 million as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, which require it to dismantle its business.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Ethernet, Nokia Corp., Nortel Networks Corp., CIENA Communications, network, Siemens AG, Wireless, Bankruptcy, Metro Ethernet
HP pushes integration with new blade switches
News HP adds networking infrastructure to its blade product line, following industry moves to tighter integration both of products and business units.
Tags: Components, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP ProCurve, Virtualization, Integration, Cisco Systems Inc., Server, data management, data center, blade
Offline SharePoint tool promised for Mac users
News While Microsoft is not planning to produce a version of Groove for the Mac, the new tool will make SharePoint access much easier for Mac users, company executives say.
Tags: Office suites, Microsoft Office, Simple Object Access Protocol, SOA, Groove Networks Inc., SharePoint Workspace, Tool, Apple Macintosh, P2P, Microsoft PowerPoint
HP and VMware team up on server management
News Companies have jointly released a vCenter-based console that promises to simplify the management of virtual server systems and their physical counterparts.
Tags: Business applications, Servers, App servers, Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Gartner Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Server
HP further cuts EDS salaries
News Hewlett-Packard tells employees of EDS, which it acquired last year, that their salaries will temporarily be cut by 10 percent more than was announced last month.
Tags: Business development/management, Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Puerto Rico, employee benefit, Salary, Worker, CEO, U.S., Business development/management
IT staff hit by 1,150 job cuts at HSBC, Credit Suisse
News Financial giants HSBC and Credit Suisse to lay off 1,150 IT workers starting from their London headquarters within two to three months.
Tags: Workplace, Business Strategies & Functions, Credit Suisse First Boston, commercial banking, London, job, U.K., bank, information technology, health care
Cisco takes the greener network path
News The company has launched a three-point strategy aimed at reducing energy waste in data centers.
Tags: Green IT, Data backup, disaster recovery, Data centers, Security, Cisco Systems Inc., IP, Cisco Catalyst, IP network, EnergyWise, network
Cisco Systems puts more security in the cloud
News Company rounds out hosted security offerings with Security Cloud Services, updated intrusion prevention and botnet filtering software, and WebEx services for secure online meetings.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Cloud computing, Security, Cisco Systems Inc., Ukraine, remote access, RSA Security Inc., Cloud computing, Russia
Toshiba buys Fujitsu HDD business
News Japanese manufacturer buys Fujitsu's hard disk drive business to boost its market share and pave way into enterprise server and data storage markets.
Tags: Storage, Storage software, Servers, Electronics, Manufacturing, Storage, Sales, Fujitsu Laboratories, hard drive, Fujitsu Ltd.
Who's the boss in BCP?
Blogs updated 1 Nov 2008 A colleague asked me about the structure of responsibility for business continuity management at m...
Biz execs must now justify IT projects
News CIOs get some reprieve as responsibility shifts to heads of business units to provide business case to secure budget for their IT requests, say market observers.
Tags: IT project management, IT budgeting, Computer Associates International Inc., Forrester Research Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Project, Electronic Data Systems Corp., phone, CIO
