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Top 10: AMD and Intel patch things up, HP buys 3Com

We had a blockbuster deal this week, with Hewlett-Packard saying it plans to buy 3Com, and a blockbuster settlement, with Advanced Micro Devices and Intel ending a long-running legal dispute. By midnight tonight, Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers are supposed to file a revised book-search settlement proposal, which could add to our top stories list for the week. For now, though, what follows are our top IT headlines of the moment.

posted by ITworld staff | Opinion | Business | Government | Internet | IT management/strategy | Legal | Networking | Operating systems | Personal tech | Security | Software | Windows | 11/13/09 at 6:09 pm | 3Com, AMD, Google, HP, Intel


Faster, Cheaper and Easier to Maintain

This paper will explore the performance characteristics, energy demands and maintenance requirements of today's new, energy-efficient servers, and their potential impact on cost-containment strategies such as refresh-cycle adjustment. Download the whole report!

White Paper | Business intelligence | IT management/strategy | Server and data center | 11/05/09 at 4:46 pm | energy-efficient, HP, servers


HP EliteBook and Intel® vPro™ Technology: Rx for Healthcare Mobility

HP's EliteBook business notebook portfolio is exactly what the doctor ordered for healthcare and other mobility-seeking environments. To continue reading download this white paper, sponsored by HP.

White Paper | Business intelligence | IT management/strategy | 10/22/09 at 3:12 pm | business intelligence, HP, IT management


IDC Research Report: The Business Value of Consolidating on Energy-Efficient Servers

Most organizations faced with budget challenges put off capital expenditures (capex) and seek alternatives, such as extending server life cycles and extending software licenses. This paper demonstrates that such a buy and hold strategy actually adds costs to the datacenter. Continue to read the full report from IDC.

White Paper | Business intelligence | Green IT | IT management/strategy | Server and data center | 10/21/09 at 10:15 am | data centers, HP, IT management


HP Technology Guide for Scalable Business Solutions

This guide features HP's latest industry leading technologies - products designed to help you build and maintain an infrastructure that delivers the performance you need to drive your best business and make every dollar count. Download the full guide now, compliments of HP.

White Paper | Business intelligence | IT management/strategy | 10/21/09 at 10:13 am | business intelligence, HP


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Top 10: AMD and Intel patch things up, HP buys 3Com

posted by ITworld staff | Opinion | Business | Government | Internet | IT management/strategy | Legal | Networking | Operating systems | Personal tech | Security | Software | Windows | 11/13/2009 - 18:09 | 11I like it!

Faster, Cheaper and Easier to Maintain

White Paper | Business intelligence | IT management/strategy | Server and data center | 11/05/2009 - 16:46

HP EliteBook and Intel® vPro™ Technology: Rx for Healthcare Mobility

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IDC Research Report: The Business Value of Consolidating on Energy-Efficient Servers

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HP Technology Guide for Scalable Business Solutions

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The Business Case for Virtualization

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Introducing the HP ProLiant G6 servers

White Paper | Business intelligence | IT management/strategy | Server and data center | 10/21/2009 - 09:46

Technology Brief: Technologies in HP ProLiant G6 c-Class server blades with Intel® Xeon® processors

White Paper | IT management/strategy | Server and data center | 10/21/2009 - 09:40

Clipper Group Report: HP Provides Enhanced Options for Data Center

White Paper | Green IT | IT management/strategy | Server and data center | 10/21/2009 - 09:35

PC Users Speak, and Lenovo Listens

White Paper | Hardware | Mobile & wireless | Networking | 10/14/2009 - 15:10

As HP snaps up LeftHand, DataCore extends its right

posted by Joel Shore | Opinion | Channel | Storage | 10/07/2008 - 10:43 | 11 comments | 4I like it!

If Vista Can't Run on a Netbook, Will Windows 7?

posted by James Gaskin | Opinion | Hardware | Operating systems | Windows | 07/20/2009 - 16:48 | 9 comments | 8I like it!

HP earnings: all good things…

posted by Maria Di Martino | Opinion | Business | 02/25/2009 - 17:25 | 4 comments | 6I like it!

HP equips desktop PCs with SSDs for faster Windows 7 boots

posted by ITworld staff | News | Hardware | Storage | 09/15/2009 - 08:27 | 4 comments | 6I like it!

HP announces 24,600 layoffs in wake of EDS acquisition

posted by ITworld staff | News | Business | 09/15/2008 - 16:25 | 3 comments | 6I like it!

Anyone Offering Tech Tours to Vegas?

posted by James Gaskin | Opinion | IT management/strategy | Personal tech | Security | Server and data center | Small business | Storage | Tech & society | 03/17/2009 - 13:42 | 3 comments | 2I like it!

HP extends laptop battery life to 24 hours

posted by ITworld staff | News | Hardware | 09/09/2008 - 08:26 | 2 comments | I like it!

Vista OOBE Part 2: the horror, the horror

posted by James Gaskin | Opinion | Hardware | Networking | Operating systems | Personal tech | Security | Small business | Windows | 12/15/2008 - 12:40 | 2 comments | 3I like it!

HP's ProBook: Cost-Conscious Business Laptop

posted by ITworld staff | Product review | Hardware | 04/28/2009 - 15:37 | 2 comments | 2I like it!

Vista OOBE Part 4: Summary

posted by James Gaskin | Opinion | Hardware | Networking | Operating systems | Small business | Software | Windows | 12/19/2008 - 12:00 | 2 comments | 13I like it!
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