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High notebook shipment offset by low desktop PC revenue, says NPD

High notebook shipment contrasted by low desktop PC revenue, and the semiconductor shortage will last for at least another six months.

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High notebook shipment offset by low desktop PC revenue, says NPD

High notebook shipment contrasted by low desktop PC revenue, and the semiconductor shortage will last for at least another six months.

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Cisco launches Cisco Plus as-a-service portfolio

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Cisco Canada president on strategy and company’s new Office of the CTO

Cisco Canada’s new president, Shannon Leininger, took advantage of her first media and analyst roundtable to run through Cisco’s overall strategy and to introduce the new Office of the CTO.

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Synnex to combine with Tech Data to create $57B distribution giant

Distributor giants Synnex and Tech Data have joined forces to create an even bigger beast valued at roughly $57 billion.

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Backups by default with no extra cost could be the standard, says OVHcloud founder

After an unexplained fire destroyed one of its data centres in Strasbourg, France last week, hosting provider OVHcloud’s founder says it’s time to shake up how backup services are delivered.

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SonicWall rolls out new TotalSecure appliances

Said to have higher unified threat management than earlier models

Netgear to buy Infrant

Maker of NAS storage for small businesses to compliment Netgear’s SAN lines

The online rebellion

Social networking takes hit, while Intel gets some ideas from the Apple TV

Fuel cells for laptops are years away, says Acer

Technology promising, but not ready yet, according to executive. Meanwhile, Acer’s chairman predicts booming PC sales this year

The true confessions of a maddog

He calls himself a Luddite, but the executive director of Linux International has plenty to say about power consumption, the benefits of open source and an upgrade path for his parents

Forecast for systems design sector shows profits falling this year

The Conference Board predicts long-term increases of five per cent a year. But an ITAC official worries a predicted IT skills shortage will create “a perfect storm”