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HP Buys 3COM

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HP Buys 3COM

HP will purchase 3Com for approximately $2.7 billion.

“Companies are looking for ways to break free from the business limitations imposed by a networking paradigm that has been dominated by a single vendor,” says Dave Donatelli, executive vp/gm, Enterprise Servers and Networking, HP.

Uh, that's HP-speak for "Companies are buying too much Cisco." So no need to guess who the "HP+3COM" punch is aimed at in their new advertising?

The acquisition of 3Com expands HP’s Ethernet switching offerings, add routing solutions and significantly st Read more...

Gartner: EMEA Server Shipments -32% in Q2, Revenue -36%

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Gartner: EMEA Server Shipments -32% in Q2, Revenue -36%

EMEA server shipments totalled just over 490,000 units in Q2 2009 (decline of 32%) and server revenue totaled $3 billion in Q2 (decline of 36% from the same quarter last year.)

In the x86 market, total volumes in EMEA declined 31% compared Q2 2008. HP (No.1 spot) declined 31%. IBM (No. 2) and Dell (No. 3) showed the largest declines in the top five at 35%.

RISC and Itanium UNIX revenues declined 38% in Q2. Of the top five vendors in this segment, Sun regained the No. 1 despite a decline of 40%. IBM (No. 2) was the least impacted but still Read more...

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