Apollo Global Management acquires Tech Data for $5.4 billion

Plus, Cisco’s CEO says restructuring is over, for now, and protecting customers against malware

Focusing on sales-cycle starts rather than leads lets you measure something that’s meaningful to the business and provide a solid basis for collaboration among marketing, pre-sales, and sales teams

Mike Zafirovski is leaving as president and CEO as Nortel reduces the size of its board and prepares for the future

Plus, why RIM feels Nortel’s LTE patents could impact national security and why Nortel says they won’t

Cisco is dominant but its competitors are starting to make compelling value claims that have customers taking notice

If IBM acquires SPSS Inc., the company will play in the high-end analytics and data mining business, analysts say

It looks kinda familiar – just squarer

The attacks kept coming all day Friday and may continue

Plus, is Dell planning a mobile phone launch? And, Nortel’s Mike Zafirovski to walk from Nortel

RFID technology finds long lost dog and why typos are great for GPS systems

The VAIO W series netbook is small and stylish

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But the increase doesn’t signal the return of significant demand