In today's tough economic times, there is increased pressure to keep a step ahead of the competition. The key differentiator is often which company has the best business intelligence that allows smart decisions to be made in a timely manner. What's needed to support such a decision making process is improved collaboration and communications and a way to make better use of the business data available to an organization. To do this requires a wide range of solutions that enable managers and employees to share their work and more easily access and use information from a variety of data sources.

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Market researcher IDC is predicting that the market share of all-in-one desktops will stage a comeback in 2010 as lack of differentiation in the portable market along with a slowdown in the formerly torrid growth of netbook sales make the full-loaded desktop look like a better deal for PC buyers.

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The latest Google acquisition, DocVerse, makes a product allowing real-time online sharing and simultaneous group editing of PowerPoint, Excel and Word documents. This purchase is an additional aggressive move by Google into the cloud-based productivity arena, where it already has a substantial presence thanks to Google Apps.

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Overall sales were down slightly year over year; key factors were the world economic recession and, ironically, the continuing overall improvement in the quality of new-generation storage hardware and software.

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An improving economy and the meaningful use requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are likely to spur medical industry spending in 2010.

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Microsoft put heavy emphasis on the cloud this week, with CEO Steve Ballmer announcing during a March 4 discussion at the University of Washington that the company intended to use cloud functionality as the jumping-off point for its future products and services.

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Microsoft will release the full version of Office 2010 to businesses May 12, around a month before consumers are given the newest version of the company's productivity suite. A Microsoft executive also indicated in a blog posting that Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010 were all on track to be released to manufacturing in April. Office 2010 incorporates cloud-based access to stripped-down versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, in a bid to challenge other online services such as Google Apps.

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Gartner has raised its worldwide PC shipment forecast for this year, predicting growth of 20% compared to 2009, partly driven by growth in shipments of mobile devices like laptops and netbooks.

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An industry survey finds a majority of security professionals polled saw increased salaries in 2009, while those who plan to hire in 2010 expect to hire three or more workers.

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer used a speech at the University of Washington to suggest that the company’s strategy moving forward will focus primarily on the cloud. Ballmer cited a number of services and platforms, including Windows Phone 7 Series and Xbox Live, as particularly cloud-centric.

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IBM welcomes a new round of competition with Oracle now that the database giant has Sun Microsystems' assets integrated into its technology base, according to a high-ranking IBM official.

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Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Peter Klein reports that Windows 7 has sold 90 million copies since its release in October 2009 and Microsoft predicts the beginning of an enterprise tech refresh in either 2010 or 2011. Although Microsoft has seen strong consumer spending on Windows 7, tight IT budgets in the wake of a global recession have limited business tech spending. Windows 7 adoption is growing in the United States, climbing to 7.57 percent in January.

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Many executives want to get their business intelligence questions answered in real time without needing help from the IT department. Self-service BI looks like the wave of the future, although different approaches to the task of using enterprise applications to sift and analyze data are still being worked out.

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Worldwide chip sales increased about 47 percent from January 2009 to January 2010, according to the latest SIA report. The report found that demand for PCs, smartphones and automobiles helped drive the semiconductor market during the first few weeks of 2010.

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According to published reports and comments on a Website that solicits IBM employees, Big Blue is expected to continue to lay off workers in a move slated to begin as soon as this week.

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A survey of cost-conscious businesses by Implix finds more companies are utilizing social networking tools to personalize business e-mails and using video e-mail marketing.

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At its annual Microsoft Research (MSR) showcase event, Microsoft plans to show off a host of new technologies in the works, including a new Mobile Surface technology and new advancements in cloud computing, according to published reports.

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Intel is rolling out the Atom N470, which has a faster clock speed than the current N450. However, at the same time, devices powered by the upcoming Atom N455 and N475 chips are being put on display at the CeBIT technology show in Germany, according to reports.

Posted on 03-01-10
Intel has been busily migrating to Windows 7, and embracing 64-bit computing as an internal standard. Intel could save as much as $11 million over the next three years by using Windows 7 in place of the aging Windows XP.

Posted on 03-01-10
Hardware, software, Web design and cloud computing technologies are expected to be funded, but whether companies are actually hiring new positions for those technologies remains in question. Technology contract and consulting work was up in 2009 and is expected to grow in 2010.