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New York-based Healthcare Leader Turns to Wyse and VMware View to Deliver Secure Patient Care and Meet HIPAA Regulations at Lower TCO
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 2:37pm | 272Today at VMworld 2010, Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, today announced how its customer, Interfaith Medical Center, has begun the transition away from PCs in favor of Wyse thin clients. Interfaith, a multi-site community teaching healthcare system that provides a wide...
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Increased Clientele for Red Hat - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 1:33pm | 1139A leading provider of open source solutions, Red Hat Inc. (RHT) continues to support organizations with a varied business demand in the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure. IT based organizations are aggressively adopting Red Hat’s open solutions and Virtualization technology to grow their...
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Monsoon Multimedia Launches Vulkano for Apple Mac
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 1:15pm | 226Monsoon Multimedia, a leading provider of video convergence products, today announced availability of the free Mac client for all Vulkano devices direct from Monsoon at http://www.myvulkano.com. The new software allows Mac owners to enjoy all the Vulkano features including integrated DVR, web video...
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Dell Downgraded By S&P
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 1:09pm | 86Standard & Poor's trimmed its rating on Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) as the computer maker ponders its next move in its battle with Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) to acquire 3Par (NYSE: PAR). S&P lowered Dell to "sell" from "hold." Analyst Tom Smith cut his fiscal 2010 EPS estimate for Dell to to $1....
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New iPod May Include Projector (MVIS, AAPL)
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 12:53pm | 93Shares of Microvision, Inc. (NASDAQ: MVIS) are spiking on the news that the new Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPod may include a Pico projector from Microvision. This comes from channel checks in Taiwan, although the source remained anonymous. The projector would look very similar to this. Shares of...
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What's Hot On TheStreet
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 12:41pm | 391Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet Where Has All the Gaming M&A Gone? With Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) acquiring McAfee (NYSE: MFE), 3M (NYSE: MMM) buying Cogent Systems (NASDAQ: COGT) , and Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and HP (NYSE: HPQ) vying for 3Par (NYSE...
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Staples to Start Selling Amazon's Kindle (SPLS, AMZN)
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 12:22pm | 181Office supply company Staples Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) said Tuesday that it will begin selling Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle e-book at its retail stores. Staples will be selling multiple versions of the e-book, and is expected to push them into 1,500 stores across the country this fall. Staples...
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3 Tech Takeover Targets to Watch
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 12:19pm | 262(TheStreet) -- From Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) $7.7 billion deal for McAfee (NYSE: MFE) to Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) and Dell's (NASDAQ: DELL) ongoing bidding war for 3Par (NYSE: PAR), tech M&A is back with a vengeance. So who's going to be next? Networking, security and storage are three of the...
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Tuesday’s Mid-day Options Volume Leaders (RIMM, BAC, C, AAPL, INTC, SPY)
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 11:53am | 185The overall market is off its lows of the day and trying to push higher; currently the S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) is higher by 4.28 points, trading at $1,053. The $1,054 level is first resistance, with significant short Buy stops and long opening stops, according to a source in the pits over at the...
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RIMM Versus Apple Year-To-Date (RIMM, AAPL)
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 11:47am | 130Shares of Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) continue to get hammered today, hitting a fresh 52-week low. The stock is down $2.22, or 4.84%, to $43.37. The stock is now down 50.8% from its 52-week high of $88.08. Comparing the year-to-date performance of RIMM and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is telling. In...
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Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Expeditors International, Questar, Wal-Mart, International Business Machines and AT&T - Press Releases
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 9:42am | 1935For Immediate Release Chicago, IL –August 31, 2010 – Zacks Equity Research highlights: Expeditors International (EXPD) as the Bull of the Day and Questar (STR) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Wal-Mart (WMT), International Business Machines Corp. (IBM...
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Dell Likely to Let HP Takeover 3Par (DELL, HPQ, PAR)
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 9:08am | 165According to Reuters, Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is expected to bow out of the bidding war it and Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) have been engaging in for data storage company 3Par Inc. (NYSE: PAR). Dell has until Wednesday to match or exceed HPQ’s recently released $2 billion bid. Given HPQ’s annual...
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Benchmark Capital Downgrades Rackspace To Hold (RAX)
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 7:47am | 125Benchmark Capital is downgrading Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX) to Hold from Buy on a recent run up in shares. It has a $22 price target on shares. In a research report, Benchmark Capital notes, "We downgrade Rackspace from Buy to Hold. The stock is up recently due to acquisition activity,...
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H-P Pays US $55 Million to Settle Kickback Probe
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 7:32am | 165The U.S. Justice Department said Monday that Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) has agreed to pay $55 million to settle claims that it defrauded the General Services Administration and other federal agencies by getting kickbacks for recommendations. The settlement resolves allegations under the False...
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Stocks To Watch For August 31 (DG, DCI, HPQ, WINN)
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 6:12am | 231Some of the stocks that may grab the investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Dollar General (NYSE: DG) to post its Q2 EPS at $0.39. DG’s shares lost 2.53% to close at $27.38 yesterday. Donaldson Co (NYSE: DCI) reported its FQ4 net income at $0.65 per share, up from $0.30 per share, in the...