Microsoft has initiated a third round of job cuts that “almost” concludes its plan to eliminate 18,000 positions.
Twitter, IBM form analytic apps partnership
IBM and Twitter have announced a partnership that will merge Twitter’s massive flows of social media data with Big Blue’s analytics software, including Watson.
EMC unveils hybrid cloud solution
Storage vendor EMC has unveiled a new hybrid Cloud solution integrating hardware, software and services from EMC and VMware and Microsoft.
EMC to acquire VCE
Storage vendor EMC has announced that it is acquiring converged infrastructure firm VCE.
Microsoft launches hybrid cloud push
With a series of cloud announcements on Monday, Microsoft moved to put a stake in the ground with hybrid cloud computing and emerge from the shadow of cloud rivals Google and Amazon.
IBM’s Rometty defends rocky financial results
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is moving quickly to quell concerns about the company’s sinking earnings and decision to pay more than a billion dollars to cast off its money-losing microelectronics business to GlobalFoundries.
IBM offloads semiconductor unit to GlobalFoundries
IBM will sell the semiconductor technologies unit that makes its Power processors to Abu Dhabi-owned GlobalFoundries, paying the chip manufacturer about US$1.3 billion to take two factories off its hands in a move to erase losses.
HP unveils cloud config manager and DRaaS offering
HP has unveiled a network virtualisation system for large enterprise and cloud providers designed to simplify network configuration, and has …
CNME hosts fifth ICT Achievement Awards
Middle Eastern IT leaders were last night acknowledged for playing their part in a year of great progress in regional technology development at CNME’s fifth annual ICT Achievement Awards.
HP set to split off PC, printer business
Reversing the corporate strategy CEO Meg Whitman set three years ago, Hewlett-Packard is set to announce that it will split off its PC and printer business into a separate, publicly traded company, according to the Wall Street Journal.