http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/388/all xx http://www.itworld.com/networking/84749/amd-and-intel-patch-things-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. http://www.itworld.com/networking/84749/amd-and-intel-patch-things-hp-buys-3com#comments Business Government Internet IT management/strategy Legal Networking Operating systems Personal tech Security Software Windows Opinion 3Com AMD Google HP Intel Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:09:55 -0500 ITworld staff 84749 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/server-and-data-center/83779/faster-cheaper-and-easier-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! 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This paper demonstrates that such a buy and hold strategy actually adds costs to the datacenter. Continue to read the full report from IDC. Business intelligence Green IT IT management/strategy Server and data center data centers HP IT management Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:15:44 -0400 jmcguirk 81805 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/81804/hp-technology-guide-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. 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IT management/strategy Server and data center HP IT management servers Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:40:57 -0400 jmcguirk 81796 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/server-and-data-center/81791/clipper-group-report-hp-provides-enhanced-options-data-center To learn more about how HP can reduce the TCO of your data center with scalable, energy-efficient options that can consolidate and virtualize your environment, read this brief report from the Clipper Group. Green IT IT management/strategy Server and data center data centers HP IT management servers Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:35:06 -0400 jmcguirk 81791 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/81045/pc-users-speak-and-lenovo-listens Where do your fingers fly? Where do your cracker crumbs fall? Can the Dubai office (or Grandma) hear you over your typing? Lenovo knows the pulse of the PC user, and put that knowledge to work designing the latest T Series offering. 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