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IBM is teaming with VMware and Citrix Systems to create a hosted client environment based on IBM`s BladeCenter blade servers.
Hewlett-Packard is rolling out a host of new software and services designed to simplify the management of virtualised environments and further the integration between its legacy platforms and Integrity line of servers based on Intel`s 64-bit Itanium systems.
Last month, Nokia launched a wireless e-mail access platform that could provide the first real challenge to Research In Motion`s BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
Now that blades have proved themselves efficient and cost-effective alternatives in data centres, OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) in the United States are looking to give businesses the option of bringing similar technology to the client environment.
IBM`s restructuring plans, which will include 10 000 to 13 000 job cuts, will save the company $300 million to $500 million in the second half of the year and two to three times that in 2006.
Dell is rolling out a family of Gigabit Ethernet switches that can be changed from unmanaged to Web-managed by pushing a button.