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Customers voice concerns on the Dell/EMC deal
Just under half of EMC Corp.’s customers have admitted to being concerned that the company will be acquired by Dell Inc., saying they believe the move will be a big distraction and ultimately unsuccessful. The concerns were raised in a survey by 451 Research held in the wake of Dell’s announcement that it intends to ...
Microsoft steps up Windows 10 upgrade harassment “by mistake”
Microsoft has stepped up its efforts to get people to install Windows 10 to the point where some are claiming they’re being forced to upgrade even after trying to opt out. According to ZDNet, users are reporting being presented with a dialog box that gives just two options: Install the update now, or reschedule it ...
SAP launches souped-up, cloud-based analytics solution
SAP SE is getting into the Big Data analytics-on-cloud game with the launch of a new service, SAP Cloud for Analytics that’s able to digest data from multiple stores both on-premise and in the cloud. Nic Smith, SAP senior marketing director for analytics, told CRN.com that SAP Cloud for Analytics is built natively on the ...
Microsoft, Intel, OEMs to launch PC advertising blitz
In an effort to kick-start sales in the flagging PC industry and spur faster adoption of Windows 10, Microsoft is teaming up with the world’s top three PC makers – Lenovo Group Ltd., Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. – plus silicon chip giant Intel in a new advertising campaign which is said to be the ...
Pure Storage CEO criticizes Dell/EMC for “weakness”
Enterprise tech firm CEOs are seemingly falling over themselves to take a dig at Dell Inc. in the wake of its $67 billion takeover of EMC Corp. Following on from the gloating remarks of Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Meg Whitman and IBM’s Ginni Rometty, Pure Storage Inc. CEO Scott Dietzen has penned a blog post in ...
Intel’s cloud growth glosses over disappointing Q3 results
Intel posted yet another dreary set of financial results in its third quarter earnings report yesterday, though the company may have found a bright spot thanks to its continued growth in the cloud. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich revealed in the earnings call that the chipmaker’s revenues hit $14.5 billion for the quarter, resulting in a ...
IBM’s Ginni Rometty unfazed by Dell/EMC buyout
Taking a lead from Hewlett-Packard Co.’s CEO Meg Whitman, IBM chief Ginni Rometty has gone public with her own take on the Dell Inc./EMC Corp. mega-acquisition. The Register reports that Rometty made her remarks at the Fortune Most Powerful Women event yesterday. Her comments come across as being mostly guarded, with the CEO saying that ...
Dell tech survey: Digital leaders outgrow digital laggards
While the media spotlight has been gazing intensely on Dell Inc.’s merger-acquisition of storage giant EMC Corp., the company found time to quietly release its second annual Global Technology Adoption survey this week. In the survey Dell draws a comparison between what it calls the “digital leaders” and “digital laggards” and the results are stark ...
Symphony grabs $100M to build out its secure messaging platform
Secure cloud-based messaging platform Symphony Communication Services LLC has announced a fresh funding round worth over $100 million, led by Google Inc. along with a clutch of other investors. The Wall Street Journal actually reported Google’s investment in Symphony late last week, but it turns out the search engine giant isn’t alone, as it’s also ...
Dell & VMware target sales bonanza: Will customers buy it?
In the wake of yesterday’s mega merger between Dell Inc. and EMC Corp., Pat Gelsinger, CEO of EMC’s VMware Inc. beamed that he “could not be more excited about today’s announcement”, adding that the deal is a “very positive” one for all concerned. Gelsinger could be right, and the deal is unlikely to bring about ...