HP today introduced new mobile thin client hardware, extended software offerings and deeper industry alliances that strengthen the industry’s broadest portfolio of virtual business technology solutions.

Cisco announced that the Russian Automotive Association (RAA) has completed first stage deployment of a new end-to-end network using Cisco® technology. The new Internet Protocol (IP)-based network, which connects 15 RAA branch offices across several Russian regions, helps improve data exchange between RAA headquarters and branches.

I will admit that I am part of an ever increasing group of Apple users. I could stretch the truth by pointing out that I wrote my resume for my first job at Intraware on a Mac but the truth is I really switched to Apple around two years ago. The switch was primarily to take advantage of the built in video capabilities.

Hardware piracy, or making knock-off microchips based on stolen blueprints, is a burgeoning problem in the electronics industry.

HP today announced it recycled nearly 250 million pounds of hardware and print cartridges globally in its fiscal year 2007 – an increase of approximately 50 percent over the previous year and the equivalent of more than double the weight of the Titanic.

Dell today delivered a simplified way for customers to migrate from costly legacy application infrastructures using open-source software and standards-based hardware.

Faced with increasing price pressures, vendors in the European business telephony markets are beginning to heighten focus on software and applications, moving away from the margin-sapping hardware business. However, in these new high-growth high-margin markets, the installed base of private branch exchange (PBX) remains a key competitive factor. Thus, most vendors are aggressively targeting the PBX installed base.