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Dell Acquires ASAP Software For $340 Million For Information Technology Services
Dell Inc.’s $340 million deal Thursday for ASAP Software Inc. underscores the computer maker’s push into information technology services. Dell has long offered IT services, but it never really focused on them in the way rivals Hewlett-Packard Co. and IBM Corp. do. That appears to be changing as Dell announces its second deal of the summer. It acquired Silverback Technologies Inc., a maker of remote systems management, on July 19 for an undisclosed amount.
The deal for ASAP is Dell’s fifth acquisition and third services sector buy in its 23-year history. In 2002 it purchased Plural Inc. as a way to get into services. Dell then avoided any acquisitions until 2006, when it bought high-end gaming computer company Alienware Inc. Analysts have called for Dell to do more deals, but in previous interviews founder and CEO Michael Dell had always stressed the computer maker’s preference for organic growth. In the coming months, expect Dell to pick off more tech services companies.
View post @ http://techconfidential.thedealblogs.com/2007/08/dell_moving_into_software_asap.php
AMD Cut-off Desktop Microprocessor Prices
In an offer to encourage popularity of its desktop microprocessors, Advanced Micro Devices on Monday formally slashed pricing of its chips, easily forward of the moment when the party will begin to transport original key processing units (CPUs) that are projected to provide high operation. The party too eliminated several single-core chips from its cost listing, which should either increase or stabilise AMD’s median selling prices. The cost decrease is quite substantial; however, it is not as spectacular as some of AMD’s CPU cost corrections in the past. The moment AMD decreased pricing of its entry-level single-core chips by 11. 9%, whereas mainstream and operation CPUs with two cores are now 15. 4% -29.0 8. The substantial cost decrease on AMD’s dual-core lineup emphasizes that the party experiences tangible force on its AMD Athlon 64 X2 and FX products from Intel’s Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad processors.
As an outcome of the decrease, a lot of two AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 processors now cost simply $599 in 1000-unit quantities, whereas AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ is priced at $178. AMD’s least costly products – AMD Sempron 3000+ and 3200+ – now price $31. Lower pricing of AMD’s processors is possible to have them more favorite among end-users, despite of the fact that AMD has not introduced an unmarried high-performance microprocessor for several month, whereas its arch-rival Intel Corp. is going to begin shipping the household of chips with 1333MHz mainframe structure bus this month. AMD does not issue any statements regarding its cost changes.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20070709225050.html
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