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IBM in talks to buy Sun Microsystems
News Big Blue eyes Web boost by putting Sun Microsystems into its fold, says report. Deal, worth about US$6.5 billion, could close as early as this week.
Tags: Acquisitions, Servers, Business applications, Open source, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Telecommunications, Sun Microsystems Inc., technology company, server company
R&D push to help firms ride on recovery
News Small and midsize businesses can play major part in process of innovation, which is catalyst for economic recovery, says CompTIA official.
Tags: Innovation, Investments, Business, Small And Medium Enterprise, India, Thailand, Information And Communication Technology, Innovation, Australia, Malaysia
Survey: US gains favor as outsourcing location
News A survey by consulting firm BDO Seidman finds that chief financial officers in technology companies increasingly see the U.S. as their favorite outsourcing destination in 2009.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Outsourcing, India, CFO, Manufacturing, Survey, BDO Seidman, technology company, outsource
Yahoo's Bartz: We 'somehow got boring'
News The company is trying hard to right its ship, and will try to convince analysts that it is a rightful player in future of the Internet.
Tags: Web sites, Yahoo! Inc., Internet technology company, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Web sites, Stock, technology company, financial, senior vice president
What EMC is doing in India
News The information management technology giant plans to spend US$1.5 billion on building up capabilities in India over the next five years.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IT Management, Infrastructure/architecture management, Egypt, Conference, India, EMC Corp., Israel, Russia, technology company
Potential Pirate Bay buyer could lose P2P partner
News Peerialism was supposed to be a linchpin of the new Pirate Bay, but the company is owed money and hasn't been made privy to vital details. CEO is losing confidence in deal.
Tags: Web sites, Grokster Ltd., P2P, question mark, technology company, File-sharing, network, president, acquisition, Web sites
Apple's Papermaster countersues IBM
News According to court documents, lawyers for Papermaster plan to claim that Big Blue's noncompete agreement is too broad and should not apply to a consumer electronics company.
Tags: Executive recruiting, Legal, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., InformationWeek, Apple iPod, technology company, Apple iPhone, Texas, Austin
Dell hits carbon neutral target
News Computer maker claims it is now officially a carbon neutral company--five months ahead of its own projected schedule.
Tags: Green IT, Personal Computers, Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, India, Quocirca, energy efficiency, technology company, China, partnership
Ancestry.com hopes to stand test of time
News Analysts wonder if buying into the latest dot-com IPO makes sense for investors.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business plans, Facebook, Social Networking, Family Tree, Paul Allen, Business plans, Ancestry.com, Amazon.com Inc., Business Strategies & Functions
Aust kicks off free bus wireless trial
News State transport authorities in Australia has kicked off six-month trial in South Australia to outfit one bus with a raft of multimedia equipment and free wireless Internet access.
Tags: IT Management, 802.11/Wi-Fi, WiMax, Trial, Cisco Systems Inc., Wireless, Australia, Internet Connection, technology company, wireless Internet
Google helps form 'white space' database coalition
News The search giant and a few other technology firms are helping the U.S. Federal Communications Commission come up with a database for services in the unused slivers of spectrum.
Tags: Open source, Web sites, Microsoft Corp., Motorola Inc., Google Inc., TV, Wireless Broadband, Database, Spectrum, Wireless
Security groups link up in Chain of Trust
News Three computer-security organizatons have formed the Chain of Trust to link security vendors, researchers, technology companies, network providers and online-safety groups to share information and good practice about combating malicious software.
Tags: Data security, Malware, Security, Mozilla Corp., industry leader, GROUP, StopBadware.org, malicious software, technology company, Symantec Corp.
Tech companies submit crypto standard to Oasis
News Seven technology companies have developed a specification that the group hopes will improve encryption-key management interoperability.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Business ethics, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Security, Specification, Seagate Technology LLC, Encryption, Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Storage
Cisco Systems to close shop for 4 days to save money
News Networking giant plans to close offices in the United States and Canada between Dec. 29 and Jan. 2 to help reach its goal of slashing US$1 billion in operating expenses.
Tags: Cost control, Network security, Cisco Systems Inc., cost control, Wall Street, technology company, CEO, Canada, News.com, bank
Cisco sheds jobs as it 'realigns' business
News Layoffs include 250 workers at its headquarters as the company begins to restructure its business to focus on new areas of growth.
Tags: Layoffs, Cisco Systems Inc., Workforce, communications service provider, Worker, technology company, recession, job, revenue, John Chambers
