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Mergers & acquisitions: HP's Hurd, known as Mr. Fix-it, takes gamble with EDS

Buying a once-struggling tech-services company for nearly $14 billion may be Mark Hurd's biggest gamble since taking the helm at Hewlett-Packard in 2005. It's definitely HP's biggest acquisition since Hurd's predecessor, Carly Fiorina, acquired Compaq for $19 billion in 2002.
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Mobile intelligence: Cognos analytics now available on BlackBerry devices

IBM says it has started selling software that lets customers access its Cognos business intelligence software via BlackBerry mobile devices.
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Corporate management: i2 Technologies names permanent CEO

i2 Technologies announced its board of directors has named Dr. Pallab K. Chatterjee i2 chief executive officer (CEO). Chatterjee has been the Company's interim CEO since July 31, 2007.
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Enterprise software: Users say what makes a well-designed application

In a recent international survey of more than 1,000 business IT users, carried out on behalf of enterprise solutions supplier IFS, more than one-third of respondents identified the Web as providing the most intuitive user experience. Only one in five cited business applications used in the workplace as easy to use—well behind the Web and email applications (27 percent).
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