Acer saw sales stalll in its second quarter, down 2.2% compared to the first three months of the year. The Taiwanese company said it didn’t expect revenue to pick up until its fourth quarter. But Acer will start shipping ...
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It's obvious that cloud computing imposes vast change within IT organizations. I've written repeatedly on this topic, addressing issues such as cost allocation, job opportunities, automation requirements, security and the relationship ...
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When Ken Stephens, a senior vice president of Xerox Cloud Services, tried to hire a product manager from IBM recently, he had quite a shock. "I offered him a 40 percent raise," Stevens said in an interview. "But then IBM came back and gave ...
Megaupload cannot avoid prosecution in the U.S. simply because it had no physical presence in the country, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a colorfully worded opposition to the file-sharing site's motion to dismiss copyright ...
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Oracle has agreed to pay a $2 million penalty to settle charges that it did not have proper controls to prevent employees at its Indian subsidiary from secretly setting aside funds from the company's books, the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...
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4t Networks wishes to encourage those in North Carolina to be prepared with a viable backup and disaster recovery plan. Chances are that if you reside in North Carolina, you already know how truly devastating a hurricane can be to the ...
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Outsourcing is on the rise; according to an article at SME Web, UK businesses have increased their spending on freelancers by 134% this year. This makes UK businesses the second largest employers of freelancers worldwide. Some business ...
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Styrolution has named Albis and Ultrapolymers as its dedicated agents in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as part of a new distribution strategy for its styrenics specialities portfolio, the company said Tuesday. Under its new ...
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J. C. Penney Company Inc. announced financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended October 27, 2012. For the quarter, jcpenney reported a net loss of $123 million or $0.56 per share. Excluding the net gain on the sales of non-core ...
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Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials—textiles, leather, industrial fabrics, and composite materials—is pleased to announce that the DBA Group has chosen Lectra ...
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The British Fashion Council (BFC) announce a new and exciting partnership between LONDON show ROOMS, one of the BFC's international showcasing initiatives, and farfetch.com, the cfor independent boutiques which looks to nurture talent and ...
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PeakColo,a leading enterprise-class IaaS Cloud service provider to service providers,announced today the addition of its seventh cloud node in Chicago,Illinois.PeakColo will partner with PlusOne,a Chicago-based data center service ...
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SAP has agreed to pay Oracle US$306 million in connection with the corporate-theft case that Oracle filed against it and a former SAP subsidiary in 2007, according to a filing made Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern ...
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Facebook's announcement that it now has more than a billion active users shows the resiliency of the social networking platform, analysts say. "It's a platform that has survived and grown despite its privacy issues, usability issues and ...
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CSI Leasing, Inc. ("CSI"), one of the largest independent equipment leasing specialists in the world, has gone live in the US and Canada with LeaseWave from Odessa Technologies, Inc. ("Odessa"). A global expert in technology assets, CSI ...
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