IBM delivered vey strong results in Q4 2010 and has spent strongly on acquisitions now it doesn’t need the cash to bolster profitability. Read this latest ITCandor report on where it stands and what challenges it faces.
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Microsoft and HP have spent 3 years and $250 million in major collaborative activities. Today they announce ‘appliance’ strategy and offerings. Read ITCandor’s analysis of what it means.
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Symantec continues to build out its appliance strategy, which it sees as a third delivery mechanism alongside software licensing and Cloud Services. Read ITCandor’s analysis of the consequences for users and channels.
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KVM is an important hypervisor and will compete storngly with VMWare and Microsoft now it has been incorporated in Red Hat’s RHEV product. Read this report about IBM and Red Hat’s promotion of Linux and KVM, as well as ITCandor’s views of the state of Open Source software.
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ITCandor published 87 posts which were read by 33k visitors last year. Read this summary of Martin Hingley’s Blog.
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