Dell Announces Portfolio of Mobile Solutions for BYOD

At Dell’s “Power to Do More — Accelerating Results” event in San Francisco yesterday, the vendor showed new mobility tools to streamline enterprise mobility management, endpoint security enhancements, and tools to expedite application upgrades and cloud adoption, with new migration systems and partner program enhancements to reinforce their software commitment. Customer-led discussions focused on Dell’s integrated technologies and scalable design point for addressing emerging business demands and technology megatrends, including the consumerization of IT, cloud computing, data insights, security, and business intelligence. More

Dell Services Announces ProSupport Enterprise Suite to Improve Performance of Critical Systems

Dell Services has announced Dell ProSupport Plus to improve stability of critical IT systems with environmental intelligence, a dedicated technical account manager, and direct access to elite Dell engineers. It provides automated support to help customers get ahead of IT problems before they become issues. ProSupport Flex for Data Center provides hyperscale data centers with flexible support options tailored to their needs and a dedicated team to increase efficiency and speed time-to-resolution. More

Microsoft Announces Financial Event Schedule for May

In May Microsoft will participate in two financial industry events: The JP Morgan Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, May 14 at 7:40 a.m. PDT, and the Sanford C. Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference, May 30, at 5:00 a.m. PDT. More

Microsoft Updates Business Associate Agreement to Address New HIPAA Requirements

Microsoft Corp. has announced release of a revised version of its HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA) for its cloud services. This enables healthcare industry customers to use cloud solutions to coordinate care, improve patient health outcomes, and maintain compliance with the privacy and security regulations in the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, including the final omnibus HIPAA rule, which went into effect March 26.The BAA covers Office 365, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, and Windows Azure Core Services. More

Three Broadcom Masters Alumni Attend White House Science Fair

Three Broadcom Masters alumni attended the third White House Science Fair this week, where President Obama honored winners of the nation’s top science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) competitions and viewed the award-winning projects. The Broadcom Masters students were Jack Andraka, 16, of Crownsville, Maryland; Jessika Baral, 13, of Fremont, California; an Mabel Wheeler, 13, of Orem, Utah. More

Broadcom Reports Near 10% Revenue Growth for 1Q13

Broadcom Corp. has reported net revenues of $2.01 billion and cash flow from operations of $388 million for 1Q13, ending March 31. The net revenue was an increase of 9.7% year-to-year, with earnings well above First Call consensus. More

Broadcom Announces Financial Conference Participation

Broadcom Corp. has announced its 2Q13 financial conference schedule:

• J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media, & Telecom Conference, May 14, Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel, Boston, 3:30 p.m. EDT.

• Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2013 Global Technology Conference, June 4, Ritz Carlton, San Francisco, 8:30 PDT.

• William Blair & Co. Growth Stock Conference, June 13, Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago, 8:40 a.m. PDT.

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Forrester Names SAP Global Power Seller in Banking Platform

Forrester Research has named SAP AG as a Global Power Seller in its report Global Banking Platform Deals in 2012. Forrester recognized 39 new named deals closed by SAP in seven regions, ranking it as a top vendor for new named deals. More

Executives Set for Bolder Dealmaking Future, but Action Will Take Time, says E&Y

Ernst & Young has found  strong global consensus that M&A volume will increase in confidence in the overall economy starts to climb. Sixty-one percent of U.S. companies expect U.S. deal volume to improve, and 76% of U.S. companies expect global deal volume to improve over the next 12 months. However, only 29% of U.S. companies expect to pursue acquisition in the next 12 months, only a modest improvement from six months ago. More

E&Y Named Best Overall Consultancy by Operational Risk & Regulation

For the fourth year running, Operational Risk & Regulation and a group of financial services experts have named Ernst & Young LLP the best overall consultancy. E&Y was recognized for its innovative & practical operational risk management services, integrated financial services advisory practice, and deep regulatory knowledge. More