We Wanted the BlackBerry Server in Indonesia, Not Singapore, You Idiots

And if it’s not here quickly, we may just cut off all RIM services in the country.
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VMware CEO Paul Maritz Talks About the Cloud Monster, Microsoft and More! (Video)

VMware CEO Paul Maritz has his hands full trying to keep the lead in the hyper-competitive virtualization space, as more and more businesses move into the cloud. He talks about the complexities and the competition with companies like Microsoft, where — irony alert — he was a former top exec and is often mentioned as the best candidate to be its next CEO.
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Gartner Says Worldwide IT Spending to Grow, Despite Japan Earthquake

The earthquake in Japan isn’t having as much of an impact on worldwide IT spending as expected, the market research firm Gartner says. Growth, it says, will be healthy.
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Bing Overlord Satya Nadella Promoted to President of Server and Tools at Microsoft

Satya Nadella, the Microsoft exec who has been in charge of its Bing search effort, has been promoted to president of its Server and Tools Business. He replaces Bob Muglia, a longtime exec who was ousted recently in CEO Steve Ballmer’s effort to shake things up at the company and stress the company’s technical expertise.

Facebook Steps Up Security After Tunisian Hacks

Facebook is rolling out to all its users the security features it added to stop the Tunisian government from accessing citizens’ passwords.

Cisco Security Survey Finds Windows Vulnerabilities And Spam Decreasing

Still no rest for the weary computer security professional. Smartphones and tablets are coming to the office and creating new opportunities for trouble.

Weathering the Storm, RIM Makes Its Business Case in Boston

Mobilized is in Beantown Thursday to hear Research In Motion talk about its plans for the enterprise. The event, at the Marriott Copley Place downtown, kicked off around 10 am ET. Here are the highlights.

Head Of Microsoft's Servers And Business Unit Leaving This Summer

Bob Muglia’s departure comes on the same day that Microsoft is previewing a new version of Dynamics.

In 4G Race, Verizon Pulls Ahead With Pricey Speed

Verizon Wireless’s new 4G network is “wicked fast” but potentially costly, writes Walt.

Delicious Red Sea Parted, Users Wander to Other Bookmarking Services

We might have assumed that users would flee Delicious after Yahoo announced it was shuttering the popular bookmarking service. What we didn’t know was how fast the lifeboats were filling. Until now.

Yahoo's Outage: Not-So-Perfect Timing

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