8 signs of evil in high-tech companies ... Microsoft delays WinHEC ... First Facebook enterprise app launches

In this issue:
- Abu Dhabi firm takes $622M stake in AMD
- First enterprise application for Facebook launched
- Microsoft delays WinHEC by six months
- Citigroup signs 30,000 seat deal with Salesforce.com
- Microsoft wins patent suit over boot-up technology
- Top 30 failed technology predictions
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TODAY'S NEWS

Abu Dhabi firm takes $622M stake in AMD
AMD said Friday it has received a $622 million investment from a unit of Mubadala Development Company, an investment company based in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Citigroup signs 30,000 seat deal with Salesforce.com
Citigroup has signed a deal with Salesforce.com that will make it the on-demand customer relationship management vendor's biggest user.

Microsoft wins patent suit over boot-up technology
Microsoft said it won a patent dispute Thursday over technology that helps computers boot up more quickly.

Dell acquires Everdream to boost IT services portfolio
In an effort to boost its managed IT services portfolio, Dell on Thursday agreed to acquire desktop services management company Everdream.

Microsoft delays WinHEC by six months
Microsoft is delaying by six months its annual conference for hardware engineers, where it reveals its upcoming software plans to PC makers and other system builders.

First enterprise application for Facebook launched
Open source enterprise content management company Alfresco has integrated its application with the social networking site to enable its users to communicate more effectively with customers and partners. Alfresco claimed that it was the first Facebook application specifically developed for business users.


FEATURE

Eight signs of evil in high-tech companies
Tom Wailgum, CIO

We don't ask perfection of the companies we deal with. But we all like to believe that, at least on a philosophical level, our employers, suppliers and customers are inherently good. An occasional faux pas can be pardoned (we're all human beings, right?), but moral degeneracy is something else again. Evilness will not be tolerated.


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