Dell posts negative results for Q1 2012, with a -33% Y-o-Y drop in profits and revenues falling by -4%-- declines the company blames on current economic woes and changing consumer preferences.

PC revenues are down by -6% Y-o-Y for the quarter, while consumer sales fall by -12% to reach $3 billion. The company explains some of the PC declines with supply chain disruptions caused by the 2011 Thailand floodings, as well as consumers buying tablets instead of PCs.

Most regions see drops in revenues-- Dell EMEA revenues are down by -1%.

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Cisco describes fiscal Q3 2012 results as "solid," with global earnings reaching $2.2 billion with 6.6% Y-o-Y growth even within a "cautious IT spending environment."

Such economic caution resulted in flat EMEA product orders for the quarter. Russia proves to be the next growth territory with a 22% Y-o-Y increase in orders. 

Cisco is something of a watermark for vendors-- analysts were expecting the latest Cisco earnings to reflect those of currently struggling rivals Juniper, Riverbed and Polycom. 

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There's no stopping the patent wars-- the German Mannheim Regional Court decides against Microsoft in a set of 4 lawsuits against Motorola, FOSS patents reports.

The decision awards Motorola with an injunction against the distribution of Windows 7, Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player and the Xbox 360 console in Germany... an injunction the courts cannot currently enforce, as US courts issued a ruling back in April preventing Motorola from enforcing sales bans in Germany for the near future.

This particular legal battle involves patents covering the H.264 video codec. Motorola demands huge royalties (reaching $4 billion annually according to "conservative" estimates), despite an obligation to make licenses to such patents available under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms.

Nvidia partner PNY Technologies and server platform maker TYAN reach a strategic EMEA distribution deal, with PNY handing distribution of TYAN products across the region. 

TYAN makes Nvidia Tesla GPU-based High Performance Computing (HPC) servers designed for applications such as seismic processing, biochemistry simulations, weather and climate modeling, signal processing, computational finance, CAE, CFD, and data analysis. 

PNY is the exclusive add-in card partner of Nvidia Quadro workstation graphics solutions, dealing with integrators, distributors Read more...

Vodafone acquires Cable & Wireless Worldwide for £1 billion, in a bid to get more enterprise business while running a fixed line network. 

With a history starting from the 19th century (formed from a number of international telegraph assets), C&W has recently fallen into hard times, going through 3 CEOs since starting a restructuring process in 2010. 

The acquisition will turn Vodafone the 2nd biggest operator in the UK, with annual revenues reaching £7bn. Perhaps more importantly it will also open the enterprise market for Vodafone-- enterprise n Read more...

IBM announces what it calls "expert integrated systems" with PureSystems-- a converged infrastructure architecture combining IBM's server, storage, networking and management technologies into a single integrated platform. 

With its PureSystems, IBM will offer clients an alternative to the current enterprise models of "multiple and disparate systems."

The result of 4 years and $2 billion of development and acquisitions, PureSystems represents IBM's hopes of changing IT-- the same way mobile phones changed communications, IBM VP of ISVs, developers, Read more...