HP's Q3 saw top-line revenue growth year-over-year, but this was driven by growth in PCs, helped by XP refresh. Revenue was $27.6bn, up 1% yr/yr. Software, storage and enterprise services didn't do so well in the mix, and this affected the overall margin.
Norwegian software maker Opera has done a deal with Microsoft to take over browser building at its Nokia mobile phone unit.
Consumer adoption of network connected technology is on the rise, with 69% of US consumers planning to buy an in-home device in the next five years, according to the Accenture 2014 State of the Internet of Things Study.
Alcatel-Lucent has found the cash and other funds to buy out some its credit lines which had been secured on patents and other intellectual property. Commenting on the announcement, Michel Combes, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, said: "The early repayment of the senior secured loan taken out in January 2013 is another major milestone in our execution of The Shift Plan.
Barcode printing, labelling and EPC/RFID solutions specialist SATO has opened its new European Logistics Centre in Wroclaw, in Poland.
Telcos are spending on broadband says a study on aggregation equipment which reports that the market passed $2bn in 2Q14.
Utilities will keep spending on IT in Western Europe, with software rising fastest. According to a new IT spending forecast report published by IDC Energy Insights, total year-end IT spending by Western European utilities is expected to reach $13.5bn by 2018, with an estimated 2013–2018 CAGR of 4.1%.
Extreme Networks has reported stronger than expected Q2 2014 results and has nearly finished its overhaul of distribution, it says.
SGI, now a high performance computing specialist, has opened a new subsidiary called SGI GmbH that will operate as an SAP Centre of Excellence in Heidelberg, Germany as part of a strategic move to more closely support SAP business initiatives. The Centre, which will open by the end of October 2014 will be led by SGI Chief Operating Officer, Cassio Conceicao (pictured), from the SGI corporate headquarters in Milpitas.
Tech entrepreneurs Jeremy Barker and David McHattie are launching a new user data insight tool called Logfiller