Peter Sayer

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Nokia hands Symbian OS work to Accenture

The company also plans to cut a further 4,000 jobs by the end of next year. Accenture will initially provide Nokia with software development and support services for the Symbian mobile platform, and later with software and services around the Windows Phone platform

CenturyLink to buy Savvis for $2.5B

The deal will allow CenturyLink to offer Savvis' managed hosting services. The combined company will be led primarily by the Savvis leadership team, including its CEO Jim Ousley

Buffalo Terastations push limits of Atom platform

CeBIT: The number of available PCI controllers constrains the number of USB ports on Buffalo Technology's high-end NAS models. The new Terastations will come with a full load of either 1TB or 2TB disks

Apple CEO Steve Jobs to take medical leave of absence

Jobs will remain involved in major strategic decisions, while Tim Cook will handle day to day operationsrn

Dell agrees to buy Compellent for US$960M

The computer giant has agreed to pay $27.75 per share for Compellent, a little more than it discussed last week

SkySQL launches MySQL support service

A handful of former MySQL employees are taking orders for their third-party support offering for the open-source database

3M offers $943M for Cogent Systems

With Cogent, 3M says it will be able to expand its biometric access control business beyond law and border markets

HP outbids Dell, offers US$1.6 billion for 3PAR

The proposal comes a week after 3PAR agreed to sell itself to Dell for $1.15 billion

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