7 Biggest Stories of the Week, April 20-24
Welcome to Friday, gateway to the weekend! Let's use the time wisely, shall we? But before we shrug off our work troubles, here's a look at The VAR Guy's seven biggest stories of the week ending April 24.
April 24, 2015
Welcome to Friday, gateway to the weekend! Let's use the time wisely, shall we? But before we shrug off our work troubles, here's a look at The VAR Guy's seven biggest stories of the week ending April 24.
IBM (IBM) recorded its 12th consecutive quarter of declining sales in Q1 2015, posting a 12 percent drop in revenue to $19.6 billion and a 5 percent drop in net income to $2.33 billion. Per-share profit climbed to $2.35 from $2.29 a year ago amid fewer outstanding shares in the period and including net losses from the vendor’s discontinued Microelectronics operation.
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Mobile device maker BlackBerry (BBRY) boosted its already formidable security profile by snapping up Palo Alto, CA-based WatchDox, a provider of cross-platform technology to secure shared files and digital rights management.
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As a champion of open source software Red Hat (RHT) may be best known for its distribution of Linux, but it turns out that the company’s fastest growing product in terms of adoption is actually its open source business process management (BPM) software.
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The latest version of GNU HURD is out. If you're asking, "What is GNU HURD?" you're probably in good company. But as the open source kernel that was supposed to do what Linux ended up doing—provide the core for a cross-platform, Unix-like operating system whose code would be freely shared—the HURD is important. That it is still being actively developed three decades after its launch is worth remarking.
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Hot on the heels of the company’s recent growth, Acer Corporate President and CEO Jason Chen declared he is determined to make his company the biggest name in the PC industry. Chen made his bold proclamation during the inaugural Next@Acer conference in Manhattan, where the PC company launched 40 products and showcased 250 devices designed to capitalize on its momentum in the convertible and mobile device market.
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Storage acceleration provider Infinio has appointed former Dell channel chief Bob Skelley as vice president of Global Channel, responsible for managing channel and partner relationships and enabling Infinio’s worldwide market expansion.
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Storage acceleration provider Infinio has appointed former Dell channel chief Bob Skelley as vice president of Global Channel, responsible for managing channel and partner relationships and enabling Infinio’s worldwide market expansion.
Read the story here.
Welcome to Friday, gateway to the weekend! Let's use the time wisely, shall we? But before we shrug off our work troubles, here's a look at The VAR Guy's seven biggest stories of the week ending April 24.
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