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• NEC goes LED

  BNET - 2009-12-02

  Display vendor NEC Display Solutions is playing to ship its first LED-backlit desktop monitor by the end of December, promising to cut power consumption roughly in half compared with some of its previous LCD-based products. The MultiSync EA222WMe is a 22-inch model that is compliant with the Energy Star 5.0...

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• Intel, NEC to develop supercomputer technologies

  BNET - 2009-11-17

  Intel and NEC have agreed to jointly develop High Performance Computing HPC system technologies that they claim will push the boundaries of supercomputing performance. NEC will bring these technologies to market in future supercomputers based on the Intel Xeon processor. NEC's expertise in this field coupled with the Intel Xeon...

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• NEC to raise $1.6bn in share sales to offset losses

  BNET - 2009-11-06

  NEC is the latest company in the recession-hit electronics industry to issue new shares to raise capital. The $1.6bn issue of new shares will allow the Japanese electronics company to maintain the research and development spending necessary to remain competitive. Earlier this year, Toshiba raised Y500bn. Like most other large...

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• Wireless Ronin Technologies Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-11-05

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. We will take our first question from Jay Meier from Feltl & Company. Jay Meier - Feltl & Company You talked about a lot of your opportunities, Jim with QSRs and I really appreciate some of the additional details about the scope and the size...

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• NEC's Aterm WM3300R is like a souped-up WiMAX version of the MiFi

  BNET - 2009-10-27

  Not every company has the design chops to make it in modern consumer electronics. Case in point: NEC's Aterm WM3300R. While it looks like a thermostat you'd wall-mount at the local health center, it packs enough technological appeal to make up for that clinical dowdiness. See, it's a pocketable WiMAX...

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• Hitachi, Casio and NEC merge mobile units

  Strategy Eye - 2009-09-13

  Japanese electronics groups Hitachi, Casio and NEC are to merge their mobile phone operations in an attempt to win back global market share. The new company will be called NEC Casio Mobile Communications, with NEC owning 71% of the business, Casio 20% and Hitachi a 9% stake. Hitachi will...

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• Blade Network Technologies raises USD10m

  Strategy Eye - 2009-09-09

  Data centre technology firm, Blade Network Technologies, has raised USD10m in a Series B funding led by NEC Corporation. Juniper Networks and the Garnett & Helfrich Capital, Blade's founding investor, also contributed to the round. Blade says the latest funding...

  Tags: Blade Network Technologies, Research & Development, Sales Strategy, Network Administration, Business Operations, Sales, Networking, Andrew McDonald, Juniper Networks Inc., NEC Corp.

• Linux backers near patent deal in bid to protect OS

  Strategy Eye - 2009-09-07

  A group of Linux backers which includes IBM and Sony is seeking to avert any legal threat from Microsoft that might discourage the adoption of the Linux operating system by acquiring a set of patents formerly owned by the software giant. The Open Invention Network OIN says that the...

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• NEC keeps standard-aspect ratio LCDs alive with MultiSync EA190M

  BNET - 2009-09-02

  Much like good help, standard-aspect ratio LCD monitors are tough to find these days. But alas, that's why NEC is still kickin', and moreover, why it's kickin' out the MultiSync EA109M. Said display packs a 19-inch form factor aimed primarily at business environments, government applications and education users,...

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• Live Webcast: Scale Up and Save: Best Practices for High-Density Virtualization & Consolidation

  BNET - 2009-09-01

  Fast-paced and resource-constrained environments of today require IT decision makers to take fresh approaches in order to keep up with dynamic organizations. Join NEC and Intel in this live TechRepublic Webcast to understand market drivers for high density virtualization hosting. Discuss how leading edge...

  Tags: Webcast, Consolidation, Best Practice, NEC Corp., Intel Corp., Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management