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Riverbed Buys Opnet To Bolster APM Abilities
Riverbed Technology has paid a cool $1 billion for application performance management specialist Opnet
RSA Builds On Big Data Security Strategy With Silver Tail Acquisition
Acquisition builds on Art Coviello's promise to deliver Big Data-led strategy
Apple Execs Take The Blame For Apple’s Flaws
Two executives are being laid off by Apple. The one common factor is they are taking the blame for Apple's failures, says Peter Judge
BMC Says MyIT Will Simplify IT Support
Management firm BMC wants to make business IT as easy to use as consumer tech
Survey: IT Professionals Back Obama
President Obama still has the support of professionals in the IT industry, according to a new survey, but this has dropped from four years ago
Paul Ceglia Arrested And Charged With Fraud Over Facebook Lawsuit
The man who sued Facebook is accused of doctoring, fabricating and destroying evidence
Analyst Links Elections To Decline In US IT Spending
Weak third-quarter earnings by Intel, IBM, Microsoft and others are due in part to business uncertainty surrounding the US' 6 November presidential and congressional elections, according to a Forrester analyst
Amazon Results Report First Loss Since 2003
Amazon results show that the company lost £170 million in the third quarter
IT Life: The Joy Of Log Management
Forty years at the cutting edge of log management, has left Assuria's Nick Connor with an abiding love of the field
Salesforce Cuts Jobs After Radian6 And Buddy Media Mergers
Buddy Media and Radian6 mergers lead to job cuts at Salesforce
HP Eases IT Admin Headache With Service Anywhere
HP has launched a new software as a service (SaaS) platform that moves enterprise helpdesks into the Cloud
Sony Adds To Job Woes With Staff Cuts And Factory Closure
Sony has added to the gloom on the jobs front after closing a factory and axing 2,000 of its workforce
Nokia Lumia Sales Fall To Just 2.9m In Q3 Ahead Of Windows Phone 8
Windows Phone 8-powered Lumia 920 might not be enough to save Q4 says Nokia
PayPal Set To Cut 400 Jobs
Ebay-owned online payment processor is set to reduce its workforce by three percent
CEO Rory Read Sanctions New Round of AMD Job Cuts – Report
More than 3,000 people could be made redundant after chipmaker warns of lower than expected earnings
Executives Reluctantly Embrace BYOD, Survey Finds
Businesses are reluctantly adopting the BYOD trend to allow mobile devices into the corporate network
VMware vCloud Suite Plugs Cloud Management Gap
VMware now offers a unified control panel for cloud software management and cloud infrastructure
Compuware APM For Mainframe Offers Transaction Control
Compuware is offering new management tools to provide IT departments with deep transaction management
Banking Summit 2012: Can ICT Save The Banks?
ITALY: Could analytics and social media provide a real change in banking, that boosts the economy and satisfies customers?
Motorola Successfully Fends Off Microsoft Patent Claims
Motorola wins a rare skirmish in the pair's epic, global battle
Cisco CEO Race Hots Up As Two New Presidents Named
Cisco CEO race gets much more interesting as two execs get promoted to president roles
Google Kings Cross Base Set For 2015 Opening
Google is reportedly close to a £550m deal that will see it base its UK headquarters in Kings Cross, London
HP Cuts Forecast As Whitman Warns On Turnaround
HP CEO Meg Whitman has warned that it will take four to five years to turn around the fortunes of the company
Nokia Admits Possible Espoo HQ Sell-Off
Nokia is considering selling real-estate assets, including its spiritual home in Espoo, Finland
BMC Keeping Schtum On Rumours Of Sale
BMC has reportedly already brought in the bankers to court suitors
Quiz Of The Week: How Well Do You Know Microsoft?
Are you a Redmond expert? Try our Microsoft quiz!
LinkedIn Introduces One-Click Skill Endorsements
The new feature is a lot quicker than writing “Recommendations”
IBM Snaps Up Brit Storage Software Firm Butterfly
Big Blue looks to boost its storage and software arms
UN Creates Working Group On Broadband And Gender
Actress Geena Davis asks the UN Broadband Commission for backing, and gets it