HomeBlogsFirst Read

First Read

Alcatel-Lucent Cuts Ex-CEO Compensation

After weeks of pressure from French government officials and workers unions, Alcatel-Lucent slashed the separation agreement it had reached with former CEO Michel Combes,...

Michael Dell: PC Market Ripe for Consolidation

Michael Dell expects consolidation among vendors in a PC market that continues to see shipments decline worldwide.According to a report in Reuters, the chairman...

Lenovo Restructures Management of PC, Enterprise Groups

Lenovo officials are making more moves in the wake of recent disappointing financial numbers by making leadership changes in their PC and enterprise business...

Acer Lets Users Assemble PCs Via Building Blocks

Acer wants to make it easier for PC users to build their own systems.At the IFA 2015 consumer electronics event in Berlin, Acer officials...

Fujitsu Recalls Lifebook Battery Packs Over Fire Concerns

Fujitsu is recalling as many as 70,000 battery packs for some of its Lifebook notebook PCs that were sold worldwide between 2011 and 2012.According...

Brocade Appliance Brings Greater Visibility to IT Infrastructure

Brocade officials want to make it easier for organizations to monitor not only network-connected devices in their data centers but also the traffic that...

Boost Mobile’s Hotspot: Taking WiFi With You

Traveling with a laptop or tablet, but without reliable WiFi access, can be frustrating—especially when you are trying to get work done on deadline....

Vonage to Grow UCaaS Portfolio With iCore Acquisition

Vonage officials are looking to boost its enterprise cloud communications capabilities by acquiring iCore Networks, which offers a range of collaboration and cloud services.Vonage...

T-Mobile CEO Wants to Take Actual Orders, Not Preorders

John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile, is typically not a corporate leader who follows convention in any way. So it is no shock that Leger...

Intel Gets Into Reality TV Game with Wearables Competition

SAN FRANCISCO—Intel is going into reality TV.The chip maker is partnering with Mark Burnett—the create of such series as "Survivor," "Shark Tank," and GOP...