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Thu, November 12, 2009 - As industry insiders attempt to gauge the impact of economic recovery on IT, acquisitions and legal deals among vendors including Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, Hewlett-Packard, 3Com and Logitech are sparking investor interest by altering the shape of the tech market.
Thu, November 12, 2009 - Cisco is making a concerted effort to improve the compatibility of its telepresence gear, something that industry observers say has been lagging, but that is sorely needed if it and other vendors are to succeed.
Thu, November 12, 2009 - It's autumn again. Wood smoke in the air, leaves crunching underfoot...and budgets weighing down the desktop.
Thu, November 12, 2009 - If you haven't noticed, Bing and Google are engaged in a tit-for-tat over which search engine has the best features.
Thu, November 12, 2009 - Vendors of remote access technologies are reporting an unexpected increase in demand for their products over the past several months as a result of companies' H1N1-related concerns.
Thu, November 12, 2009 - HP's news that it would lay down $2.7 billion to acquire network switch maker 3Com not only causes industry watchers to look ahead at what could come of such a deal, but also reminds many of the IT vendor's long history of billion-dollar acquisitions.
Thu, November 12, 2009 - Amazon Web Services will expand its footprint to Asia-Pacific during the first half of 2010, the cloud-computing infrastructure vendor said Thursday.
Wed, November 11, 2009 - The gloves are off now in the fight for the data center. Cisco has operated largely unchallenged in providing routing and networking equipment for data centers, but with the purchase of 3Com, HP is poised to go head-to-head with Cisco.
Wed, November 11, 2009 - Ethernet inventor Bob Metcalfe co-founded 3Com in 1979 with three others, and now that company is about to be acquired 30 years later by HP.
Wed, November 11, 2009 - Now consumed by HP in a $2.7 billion deal announced Wednesday, 3Com has a long and varied history, summarized here.

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