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	VMware buys Socialcast VMware has acquired Socialcast, its third acquisition this year of technology for enterprise collaboration, the company said on Tuesday. Read More WHITE PAPER: SAP BI Leveraging On Demand THINKStrategies Traditional BI systems generally require dedicated staff to generate meaningful analysis, but the analysis is still difficult to share. As a result, many departmental managers and end users have relied on simple spreadsheets, which require significant manual effort and provide limited insight. Read now! In this Issue Sprint, others ask FCC to deny AT&T deal for T-Mobile Seagate, Western Digital merger deals face EC probe Wall Street Beat: Servers up, PCs down Alibaba's online payment service granted Chinese license RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Microsoft Is Microsoft Desktop Virtualization for you? Desktop Virtualization provides a comprehensive suite of solutions that enables companies to give their employees flexibility to work everywhere; simplifying compliance and management through a centralized and unified infrastructure. Learn how IT is empowering users with Desktop Virtualization with this on-demand roundtable. Click to continue Sprint, others ask FCC to deny AT&T deal for T-Mobile Sprint Nextel, joined by an army of thousands of consumers, have filed requests for the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to block AT&T's proposed acquisition of rival mobile carrier T-Mobile USA. Read More Seagate, Western Digital merger deals face EC probe Moves by Seagate and Western Digital to acquire hard-drive companies are being probed by European regulators because of "competition concerns", the European Commission said on Monday. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems, Inc. Transform Your Business with Video Business video is exploding in popularity. As video becomes increasingly pervasive, businesses need to uncover the most efficient and productive ways to deploy the media. Cisco Services offers four detailed white paper series—plus complementary short videos—that outline practical steps for harnessing the power of video and realizing the best ROI. Go Now Wall Street Beat: Servers up, PCs down Good news trickled in this week for the hardware sector, plagued by a slump in the traditional PC market, as Gartner reported that server sales rose during the first quarter and Lenovo proved that there is demand for PCs in emerging markets. Read More Alibaba's online payment service granted Chinese license The online payment service at the center of a dispute between Yahoo and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has been granted a license by Chinese authorities to operate its services. Read More
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