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Australian start-up Proteome Systems has teamed up with IBM to land a multi-million dollar deal to provide Charles River Laboratories International with technology related to proteomics, which is the study of protein structure and function.
IBM Australia has refused to comment on layoff rumours, despite reports that these could be implemented as soon as this month.
After promising to invest more than US$1 billion in Linux, Big Blue says software and system sales have proved more than lucrative.
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A third of today's top 10 manufacturers could exit the PC business by 2007, according to a new report.
Big Blue's plan to sell its PC unit to China's Lenovo Group (formerly known as Legend) would be the latest example of a move toward consolidation as the market reaches maturity.
After its top-secret merger talks with SAP were revealed, Microsoft's motivation for the deal was quickly identified: its interest in the German company was sparked by growth limits in the business software market.
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