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September 3, 2010

Sony takes on Apple with video, music services

Sony is making a play for a slice of the online entertainment market with new TV and music offerings designed to trump the best that Apple has to offer.
 
The consumer electronics giant promised its new video on demand service would deliver “hundreds of box office hits” from big-name studios, and said its

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September 2, 2010

Four content strategies shaping up for CSPs

Network operators have learned that services targeting plain "Internet access" as their goal have little chance of earning a durable return on infrastructure investment.
 
Over the top (OTT) players like Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, YouTube and Hulu have

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September 1, 2010

FASTTAKES: Gartner, Bharti Airtel, KT, Verizon

Gartner has cut its global PC forecast for the second half to 15.2% growth, two percentage points below its earlier projection.

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August 30, 2010

Verizon’s cloud win SaaS provider’s approval

Modevity LLC is a textbook example of an early cloud computing services adopter. Founded in 2004, this Software as a Service company offers its global enterprise customers secure digital rights management for their content.

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The network is the platform for cloud services

If we ignore the out-of-control cloud computing services hype machine for a minute, enterprises truly are facing an IT technology sea change, with cloud and managed services poised for growth for the right applications at the right time.

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August 27, 2010

3Par: HP raises stakes with another offer

The bidding war between HP and Dell for storage company 3Par is continuing, with HP now offering $27 a share.
 
The battle started this week, when HP upped Dell’s initial $18 per share offer by $6 to $24.
 
Dell had fired back with a $24.30 offer, only to be

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August 17, 2010

Dell snaps up 3Par for $1.15b

Dell has strengthened its position in cloud computing with the acquisition of data storage firm 3Par for $1.15 billion in cash.
 
The PC-maker said it would pay $18 per share for the firm – a premium of around 86.5% on its stock price – which will round out its

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August 13, 2010

FASTTAKES: KT, Ericsson. Vodafone, Wikileaks

Korea Telecom has announced plans to open its networks for the nation’s first MVNOs – prepaid service providers Free Telecom and Evergreen Mobile, and mobile content provider Entaz.
 
Global

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August 2, 2010

FASTTAKES: Apple, Trai, IDC, FCC, Kordia, LG Uplus

The radio reception on Apple’s iPhone 4 is “significantly worse” than comparable smartphones, according to PA Consulting Group.

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July 19, 2010

NTT crashes the global IT party

OvumMergers such as NTT’s plans to acquire Dimension Data (DiData) for $3.2 billion always create an interesting split in opinion, not around the pr

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