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  Could be business as usual with Intel's new CEO

  With Intel's new CEO ready to step up next month to lead the world's largest chip maker, industry analysts don't expect to see any big change in strategy.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 02 May, 2013 20:17

  Tags: management, IT industry, Networking, Components, processors, intel

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  Think different: Apple's $17B debt offers stark contrast to 1996's junk bonds

  Apple's record-setting $17 billion bond offer this week stood in stark contrast to the company's darkest days, when in 1996 its millions in notes were rated as junk because investors wondered if the company would survive a thrashing by Microsoft

  By Gregg Keizer | 02 May, 2013 11:00

  Tags: IT industry, Networking, goldman sachs, Macintosh, Standard & Poor's, Bloomberg, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, management, Apple, new york times, Deutsche Bank, Microsoft

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  What IBM's x86 exit may mean for rivals

  IBM's reported interest in selling parts of its x86 server business to Lenovo may bring major changes to the global market.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 19 April, 2013 18:32

  Tags: IT industry, applications, servers, IBM, hardware systems, software, Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard, business intelligence, HP, Dell, Business Intelligence/Analytics, IDC

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  H-1B demand this year will be fast, furious

  The U.S. begins accepting new H-1B visa petitions on Monday, April 1, and fast demand is expected. This is going to be followed by much fury.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 01 April, 2013 10:08

  Tags: Gov't Legislation/Regulation, IT industry, Google, regulation, government, IT outsourcing

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  Security concerns bedevil Chinese outsourcing

  China's plan to create a competitive outsourcing industry was hit with another blow last month with the release of a report that lay bare, in ways never seen before, the extent of the security risks of working in the country.

  By Jaikumar Vijayan, Patrick Thibodeau | 11 March, 2013 10:19

  Tags: BP, IT industry, Industries, IT careers, government, Mandiant, Government/Industries, Tata Consultancy Services, IT outsourcing, Everest Group

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  Dell offers glimpse of its post-buyout life

  There is a lot yet to be told about how going private will change Dell, but one thing it won't change is its enterprise strategy.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 07 February, 2013 11:15

  Tags: HP, hardware, Dell, IT industry, hardware systems, desktop pcs, Hewlett-Packard, PCs

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  Microsoft's loan to Dell certain to trigger more OEM angst, say analysts

  Microsoft's $US2 billion loan to Dell, one of its largest computer-making partners, will have an impact on how other OEMs view their Windows ecosystem collaborator, according to analysts said today.

  By Gregg Keizer | 05 February, 2013 20:21

  Tags: Dell, IT industry, Microsoft, hardware systems, desktop pcs, intel, PCs, Guess

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  Fiscal cliff or not, it's already rough for federal IT vendors

  If Congress doesn't avert the fiscal impasse, automatic budget cuts could reduce federal IT spending by $66 billion in the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, according to an analysis by the industry group CompTIA.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 19 December, 2012 11:17

  Tags: Government IT, Gov't Legislation/Regulation, IT industry, regulation, comptia, government

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  Enterprise IT is on the losing end of Microsoft's CAL price hike

  Microsoft's recent increase in the price of its user client-access licenses (CAL) is a 'lose-lose' deal for enterprise customers but will likely yield a major revenue boost for the vendor.

  By Gregg Keizer | 17 December, 2012 11:16

  Tags: management, IT industry, Microsoft, Networking, Windows, software, operating systems

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  HP's woes persist as Autonomy deal goes bad

  Hewlett-Packard vows to 'aggressively' seek recompense for alleged fraud on the part of U.K. software vendor Autonomy, which HP acquired in a $US10.3 billion deal last year.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 03 December, 2012 11:16

  Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, IT industry, Autonomy, Industries, Department of Justice, government, Hewlett-Packard, Government/Industries, HP

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  In a symbolic shift, IBM's India workforce likely exceeds U.S.

  It has been widely expected over the past year or two that IBM's India workforce was on track to exceed its U.S. workforce, if it hadn't exceeded it already.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 29 November, 2012 11:15

  Tags: IT industry, IBM, Microsoft, IT careers, IT management, Tata Consultancy Services, Oracle, staff management, Hewlett-Packard, HP, Dell

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  After Sinofsky, Microsoft must stop the secrecy, say analysts

  The best move Microsoft could make after Steven Sinofsky's departure is to ditch the culture of secrecy he brought to Windows, analysts said today

  By Gregg Keizer | 14 November, 2012 21:40

  Tags: IT industry, Microsoft, Windows, software, operating systems

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  Analysts divine traces of Windows 8 weakness, ego clash in Sinofsky exit

  Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft's top Windows executive, abruptly left the company Monday, prompting a flurry reaction from long-time Microsoft watchers about why Sinofsky is gone and what happens now.

  By Gregg Keizer | 13 November, 2012 19:16

  Tags: IT industry, Microsoft, Windows, software, operating systems

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  IT employment will finish year in the black

  If there is one word that has defined this year, it's "uncertainty." It has been hanging over almost every economic and job growth analysis related to IT. Blame the elections, the fiscal cliff and Europe.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 06 November, 2012 11:16

  Tags: Apple, IT industry, Google, Microsoft, Networking, TechAmerica Foundation, IT careers, TechAmerica, management

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  Startup tech vendors are worth the risk, say IT execs

  Working with startup vendors requires a lot of legwork and a plan for managing the risk. But the payoff can be great.

  By Johanna Ambrosio | 22 October, 2012 10:12

  Tags: IT transformation, management, IT industry, NASA, Networking, Intuit, CIO