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Cisco Engulfs Tidal Software for $105M

Router giant retrofits its data center arsenal with a 30-year-old IT software company as it readies for war with IBM and HP.
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Cloudy Forecast for Server Consolidation

What is the benefit of having IBM, Sun, or HP severs in a cloud environment? It means far less than it did in the traditional data center, an expert said.
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IBM to Acquire Sun for $6.5B?

Two days after Cisco announced its entry into the server market, a report says IBM may buy Sun to secure its position at the top of the server heap.
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Cisco Invades Server Market

Network leader challenges IBM, HP, and Dell with promise to unify the modern data center. Smaller server players likely to take the first hit.
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Is Health Care Tech’s Recession Bonanza?

Obama’s plan plan would force the industry to comply with national standards as a condition of receiving $20 billion in stimulus funds.
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IBM, Google Extend the Medical Cloud

Two giants tackle problem of consumers uploading health care data such as heart rate and blood pressure to their Google Health records.
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Cisco Unwraps Workhorse Router

After an 18-month focus on the pursuit and purchase of Web 2.0 software firms, router giant makes hardware noise.
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Security, Media, Communications, Internet

IBM Gears for War With Cisco

Three weeks after Cisco painted its picture of the future of IT apps as network-based, computing giant IBM unveiled its view of the future of IT as a cloud-enhanced hybrid.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Cisco Aims at Microsoft, IBM Turf

Network router pioneer outlines a new strategic vision, one placing it on a collision course with Microsoft and IBM.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Cisco Gobbles PostPath for $215M

Networking giant agrees to acquire Linux-based email server and calendaring company.
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General news, Security, Biosciences, Media, Communications, Internet

Google Admits Health Data Plan

Search king says it will leverage its online presence and storage capacity to build health care database. But will privacy and regulatory concerns render it DOA?
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Computers

Microsoft Back to Business

Despite the recent promotion of its people-ready strategy, Microsoft has yet to make a compelling customer case for Vista.
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Computers

Microsoft’s People Strategy

Redmond will use worker productivity message and $500 million in ads to win elusive business customers and sell Vista.
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Computers, Communications

HP Carves out Handhelds

Company signals a new direction for the iPAQ: more smartphone, less PDA.
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Computers

EMC Adds, Subtracts Employees

After announcing 1,000 layoffs due to acquisitions, the storage leader acquires another company.