It's true: even the leader of the PC business wants out. In a decision that makes competitor IBM look like it really is from a "smarter planet," Hewlett-Packard now confirms it wants to sell off its PC business, the HP Personal Systems Group. If it can't sell HP PSG, it may spin out the division.

Where is that line between being proud and being arrogant? HP is like last year's Prom Queen... It must grate on HP that the pissant Apple now is bigger and has more cash...that IBM looks smarter as it dumped PCs ages ago... and that Google came out of Read more...

"Solid" server and solution demand drives Dell's enterprise and services revenue, as it grows by 4% Y-o-Y in its fiscal Q2 2012 to reach totals of $4.6Bn. 

SMB income also shows some growth with revenues of $3.7Bn and 5% growth (down from last year's 25%).  

Enterprise now makes up 35% of Dell's commercial revenue, whose revenues reach $12.8Bn (growing by 6% Q-o-Q and 1% Y-o-Y). 

However, Europe fails to make part of the company's growth countries-- revenue tends to grow mainly outside of the Western countries, particularly India and China. 

The company Read more...

In a move clearly acknowledging Apple's business strategy, Google buys Motorola Mobility and its 24500-strong patent portfolio for $12.5Bn.

Gartner describes the strategy as "vertical integration"-- building both software and hardware in-house from the ground up while owning a vast (not to mention valuable) IP library.

The acquisition means Google is now be able to make a whole variety of devices-- not only smartphones and tablets, but also Bluetooth-based accessories and set top boxes-- a potential means for a more successful future Google TV Read more...

Windows 7 will be the world's leading OS by 2011's end according to Gartner, running on 42% of PCs-- while 94% of new PCs shipping in 2011 will carry Windows 7. 

The analyst's forecasts for WW  2011 Windows 7 PC shipments total 635M, with enterprise Windows 7 deployments to last 12-18 months. 

However enterprise Windows 7 deployment will be "slow" and "slightly late" in EMEA territories, due to W. European economic uncertainties and political instability in a number of MEA countries. 

Gartner believes Windows 7 will be the last Microsoft OS to see Read more...

AMD announces its Q2 2011 results, revealing flat revenues (both sequentially and Y-o-Y) for its computing solution segment-- with Y-o-Y losses in server revenue. 

The server business is one seeing growth-- for the likes of Intel, at least. 

According to analysts at Trefis, the server business is still important for AMD, making more than 20% of its business. However its current server market share lies at around 7%, but has potential to bounce back to earlier levels (AMD had 15% market share in 2007, accoding to Trefis). 

AMD should launch its Bulldozer Read more...

CoSoSys buys itself back from Astaros/Sophos, and will carry on as an indipendent device control, endpoint security and portable device management software developer and vendor. 

Roman Foecle, company CEO since 2004, will continue leading the company. Co-founder and former Astaro CEO Jan Hichert will now act as Sophos' senior VP and network security GM. 

CoSoSys started off in 2004 as a small portable device enchancement developer, before entering the endpoint security business.  

Its products include Endpoint Protector, the cloud-based My Endpoint Read more...