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• HP Acquires 3Com, Tweaks Cisco's Nose, Tosses Gauntlet to IBM, Dell

  BNET - 2009-11-11

  Hewlett-Packard HPQ has announced that it is acquiring networking company 3-Com (3COM) for $2.7 billion. The aggressive move counters expansions by Dell into services and sometimes partner, sometimes rival Cisco into servers and just about every aspect of network-related offering it can acquire, as well as taking on IBM on...

  Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., 3Com Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Networking, Erik Sherman

• IBM, Dell gain server share amid server sales carnage; HP share flat

  BNET - 2009-09-02

  Server sales continue to tank with worldwide server revenue falling 30.1 percent in the second quarter to $9.8 billion. That decline has set up a market share duel that IBM appears to be winning, according to IDC. According to IDC server revenue fell for the fourth consecutive quarter to the...

  Tags: sales, server, IBM Corp., International Data Corp.

• Dell Enters Unified Data Center Fray Against Cisco, HP, IBM

  BNET - 2009-09-01

  Dell is partnering with Brocade and Scalent to develop its Efficient Enterprise initiative, a unified data center solution that will compete with similar strategies rolled out by such rivals as Cisco, HP and IBM. Dell officials say they will use their own data center systems, Brocade networking technologies and Scalent...

  Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Data Center, Brocade Communications Systems Inc.

• Report: Apple, Google agreed not to poach each other's workers

  BNET - 2009-08-08

  Google CEO Eric Schmidt(Credit: Elinor Mills/CNET News)Apple and Google are said to have had an unofficial agreement not to poach each other's employees--or at least they did while Google CEO Eric Schmidt served on Apple's board, according to TechCrunch.Unnamed sources told TechCrunch that no formal, written agreement exists, and that...

  Tags: company, Google Inc., Apple Inc., Eric Schmidt

• Dell Buying, IBM Selling Business Units?

  BNET - 2009-06-16

  IBM's recent lawsuit against Dell may be a continuation of the recent wrangling the industry has seen over employees who are perceived as making a different to companies, such as IBM's other recent suit against Apple over chip executive Mark Papermaster. However, it also offers some insights into the strategies...

  Tags: Dell Computer Corp., IBM Corp., Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Erik Sherman

• Tech Vendors: Ready to Spend Obama's Stimulus Money

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-05-03

  Sam Diaz submits: If you don’t think tech will be one of the first sectors to recover from the current economic conditions, think again. Technology taps into pretty much every sector out there - from manufacturing and health care to education and energy. Many of the...

  Tags: Hardware, Sam Diaz, Dell Computer Corp., IBM Corp.

• IBM close to Sun takeover

  Strategy Eye - 2009-04-02

  IBM is reportedly in the final stages of takeover negotiations with Sun Microsystems and is expected to reveal details of a cut-price deal in the coming days. According to press reports, IBM has lowered its offer to USD9.55 per share,...

  Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Servers, Hardware, Andrew McDonald, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

• Dell Wins Big SaaS Contract, Care of IBM

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-23

  Joe Panettieri The VAR Guy submits: At first glance, IBM IBM has won a massive $873 million outsourcing contract with the State of Georgia. But I took a closer look and discovered Dell Managed Services will also cash in on the engagement. A trusted source says the contract ranks...

  Tags: Software, Joe Panettieri, Dell Computer Corp., IBM Corp.

• Tech Roundup: IBM Opens Foundry, Sun Partners Microsoft, Server Energy Ratings, More

  BNET - 2008-11-12

  IBM to open foundry to chip design firms; Blu-ray prices keep tumbling; Dell slow on new products; Energy Star server ratings coming;and Sun and Microsoft in a marketing deal by Erik Sherman

  Tags: Foundry Networks Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Servers, Hardware, Networking, Erik Sherman, Dell Computer Corp., Server, Media Players, Digital Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

• How Lehman's Downfall Will Affect the Tech Sector

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-16

  MGI Research submits: Summary: Tuesday’s filing by Lehman for Chapter 11 bankruptcy further highlights how the economic meltdown in the financial services industry will translate into significant demand destruction for technology providers. Tech market is entering a new phase where the toxic effect of bankruptcies and mergers in finance...

  Tags: Seeking Alpha, Cisco Systems Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Oracle Corp.