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IDC Finds Server Bright Spot in Global HPC Sales
Worldwide revenue for the HPC servers jumped 7.9 percent to $2.6 billion in the second quarter of 2013, up from $2.4 billion in the same period last year.
Hewlett-Packard
Computers
Apple Professional Customers Ripe for the Picking
As Apple’s de-emphasizes its professional lineup, even diehard loyalists in creative fields are looking for high-performance alternatives elsewhere.
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EMC Plans Storage Products to Compete With Cloud
Is EMC’s Project Nile an effort to prevent local storage from being overtaken by storage in the cloud?
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Server Sales Slip in Q2, Follow PC Decline
Worldwide server sales fell 6.1 percent in Q2, with IBM and HP posting the steepest declines in the second straight quarter of declining server sales
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Partners Hail Microsoft Leadership Change
Microsoft partners are not holding back in their endorsement of Steve Ballmer’s announced retirement, saying change is needed to revive the software giant.
Computers
HP vs. Lenovo: A Contrast in Highs and Lows
HP reported a 10 percent decline in year-over-year revenues. Meanwhile, Lenovo is seeing sales increase as it expands into servers, storage and smartphones.
Computers
Donatelli Out, Veghte In After HP Enterprise Group Disappoints
Bill Veghte’s appointment atop HP Enterprise Group underlines the growing importance of software in the company’s efforts to reinvent its enterprise business.
Channel Programs
Dell PartnerDirect Nears Software Integration
Dell will add new competencies to PartnerDirect program as it builds on its solutions focus.
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Cisco Earnings Reflecting Another Tech Bubble
Cisco beat estimates and improved profits, but is still slashing 4,000 jobs because of economic inconsistency. Could this be another tech bubble?
Computers
The Incredibly Contradicting Trends of PC Sales
Analysts and vendors agree PC sales are falling precipitously. At the same time, solution providers report selling more PCs. Is there a contradiction here?
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Microsoft Surface Pro Fire Sale Begins
As the poor-selling Microsoft Surface Pro tablet takes a price haircut for August, is Microsoft readying a new version of dumping inventory?
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Ray Ozzie Named to HP Board
Former Microsoft chief software Ray Ozzie architect among three new members to Hewlett-Packard’s board of directors.
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Microsoft Surface Price Cut RecallsTouchPad Fire Sale
Deep price cuts on Microsoft Surface tablets harken back to HP’s failed attempts to save its doomed TouchPad tablets
Computers
Hail Lenovo: The New King of PCs
Lenovo overtook HP again in quarterly PC shipments, becoming the largest personal computer manufacturer in the world. But the PC market continues to shrink.
Big Data
All Hail the Lowly Backup Appliance
Cloud backup gets all the buzz, but purpose-built backup appliances are on the rise
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Microsoft Reorg to Push Devices, Services
Reported measures to include the unification of Windows and Windows Phone
Channel Programs
HP Gives PPS Chief Bradley New Strategic Growth Role
Bradley to develop channel partners, strategic partnerships, and HP’s business in China
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HP’s Big Data Platform a HAVEn for Partner Apps
Vendor looks to partners to product applications to bring Big Data framework to life
Distribution
Avnet Stays in Services Hunt With Latest Buy
Avnet Technology Solutions continues to build out its services organization with the purchase of Seamless Technologies
Cloud
Google’s Channel Gets Bigger With HP Deal
HP may now be Google’s biggest reseller, and plans to connect its SMB IT in a Box offering to its own channel