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Tata Wins Over IBM, Dell With Solar Cheaper Than Grid

Tata Group 's solar unit is expanding its business building plants for customers, forecasting that offices and factories will be paying more for grid power than solar by 2016 in most Indian states.

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Related Topix: Dell, IBM, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Alternative Energy

Wed Jun 19, 2013

Customer Interaction Solutions

Toshiba Announces Slimmer 7mm Solid State Hybrid Drive

Storage Products Business Unit of Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., a committed technology leader, announces the slim, 7mm MQ01ABFH solid state hybrid drive series.

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Related Topix: Toshiba, Laptops/Notebooks, Electronics, Toshiba America Electronic Components, Marketing, Computers

KXVO

Morgans Hotel Group Selects Cloud-based Micros Opera for Entire Hotel Portfolio

The solution will be hosted in the MICROS US Datacenter. MICROS OPERA Property Management Solution will be implemented initially at is Morgans Hotel Group's largest property, featuring 866 guestrooms.

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Related Topix: MICROS Systems, Software, Morgans Hotel

Freshnews

penveu to Exhibit at ISTE 2013, Booth #6220

Designed for educators around the globe who want to discover how others are using innovative technologies to help expand their students' horizons, ISTE 2013 addresses the growing market of education technology and is the organization's premier event and exposition.

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Related Topix: Interphase

Internet Retailer

A former TigerDirect.com president faces charges over bribery allegations

Carl Fiorentino, former president of online computer and electronic retailer TigerDirect.com , was indicted today on charges that he took at least $7 million in bribes from suppliers in Taiwan and California.

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Related Topix: Retail, Systemax, Prison, Coral Gables, FL

Business Journal

Letter intimates 'deep concerns' about new NC Medicaid claims system

A processor of Medicaid billing has expressed its concern about the new claims-payment system expected to go live in North Carolina on July 1. North Carolina's largest handler of Medicaid bills from private practices says it has "deep concern" over the transition in the state's claims system, which is supposed to go live July 1. The new system, ... (more)

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Related Topix: CSC, IT Services

Digital Video Editing

Acer sees tablet, notebook PC shipments to be flat in second quarter

Acer Inc, the world's No.4 PC vendor, said on Wednesday that it expects notebook and tablet PC shipment to be flat in the second quarter from the first quarter, versus an prediction of 0-5 percent growth made in April.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Acer

Reuters

Toshiba to cut TV business costs by $104 million this fiscal year: Nikkei

Boxes of Toshiba Corp's Regza liquid-crystal display televisions are seen at an electronic store in Tokyo January 31, 2013.

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Related Topix: TV, Electronics, Toshiba

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Business Times

US stocks rise decisively

NEW YORK: US stocks on Tuesday rose decisively as investors bet that the Federal Reserve will stay the course the next day on its economic stimulus policy.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Ben Bernanke, Dell

Reuters

Exclusive: SunGard explores $2 billion data unit sale - sources

SunGard Data Systems Inc, the computer software maker that was taken private in 2005 for $11.4 billion, is exploring a sale of its data managing operations that could fetch up to $2 billion, several people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Sungard Data Systems, Software, Goldman Sachs, Financial Services, Investment Services

The Indian Express

Sex Scandal: Class action suit filed in US against iGate over Phaneesh Murthy affair

Outsourcing firm iGate has been slapped with class action lawsuit in the US for alleged violations of federal securities laws in view of its sacked CEO Phaneesh Murthy's "improper relationship" with a subordinate employee.

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Related Topix: Sex Scandal, iGATE, IT Services, Software

The Hartford Courant

Icahn seeks to allay fears over lack of financing for Dell bid

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn told Dell Inc shareholders that an investment bank would help fund his offer for the PC maker as he sought to assuage concerns over his means to fund the bid.

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Related Topix: Dell, Ansonia, CT

NewsOK.com

Hewlett-Packard puts Bradley in strategy role

Hewlett-Packard Co. said Tuesday that Todd Bradley, the head of its printing and personal computer business, will take a new position in charge of the company's strategy with a focus on China.

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Related Topix: Hewlett Packard, HP, PC, Computers

Customer Interaction Solutions

Novatel Wireless M2M Solutions Lauded in Connected World Value Chain Awards

Novatel Wireless, Inc. , a leading provider of intelligent wireless networking solutions, today announced that in collaboration with Net Irrigate and Mesh Systems , it has been selected as a value chain award winner in the Agriculture and Consumer Packaged Goods categories of the 2013 Connected World Leveraging Novatel Wireless' integrated M2M ... (more)

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Related Topix: Novatel Wireless, Agriculture, Science

Rediff.com

AirAsia India appoints Ramadorai as Chairman

A day after getting Tata Group patriarch Ratan Tata as the chief advisor, AirAsia Group chief executive officer Tony Fernandes on Monday announced the name of Tata Consultancy Services vice-chairman S Ramadorai as the chairman of his proposed low-cost airline venture.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Steel, Mining, Tata Motors, Tata Group, Tata Consultancy Services, IT Services

Mon Jun 17, 2013

WTAQ-AM Green Bay

Insight: FBI relies on secret U.S. surveillance la...

The FBI has used secret evidence obtained under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to prosecute at least 27 accused terrorists since 2007, according to a Reuters review of public records.

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Related Topix: US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Prison, Reuters, Media, Medicine, Triad Hospitals, IT Services, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Thomson

Sys-Con Media

Toshiba Introduces 30V Voltage Power MOSFETs for Base Stations and Servers

Toshiba Corporation today announced the introduction of a 30V voltage power MOSFET line-up for general-purpose DC-DC converters used in base stations and servers.

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Related Topix: Toshiba, Laptops/Notebooks

Freshnews

TeleTech Names Margaret McLean as Senior Vice President & General Counsel

TeleTech Holdings, Inc. a leading global provider of technology-enabled customer experience solutions, announced today that it has hired Margaret McLean to the position of Senior Vice President and General Counsel.

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Related Topix: TeleTech, TeleTech Holdings, Advertising, Corporate Governance, Law, University of Arizona

Reuters

Starboard's battle with Smithfield over China-deal adds to activist image

Since Starboard Value LP was spun off as a separate hedge fund just over two years ago it has been fast gaining a reputation for aggressive shareholder activism, pushing for change in household names including AOL and Office Depot Inc. Initially investing in small cap value companies, Starboard quickly gained a reputation in Silicon Valley as a ... (more)

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Related Topix: Activism, AOL, Time Warner, Media, Office Equipment, Office Depot, Retail, Startups, Extreme Networks, Food, Smithfield Foods

Digital Pro Sound

Faster Acer C7 Chromebook at Walmart for $199

The new Acer C710-2856 Chromebook has a 16GB Solid State Drive that provides fast boot times and quick access to apps and media for speedier all-around performance.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Acer America, CPU, Science / Technology, Science, Computer Science, Computers, Marketing

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