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• First tablets with Intel's Oak Trail processor ship

  The first tablets based on Intel's processor code-named Oak Trail started shipping late last week, with the initial models targeted at businesses.

• Wall Street Beat: Servers up, PCs down

  Good news trickled in this week for the hardware sector, plagued by a slump in the traditional PC market, as Gartner reported that server sales rose during the first quarter and Lenovo proved that there is demand for PCs in emerging markets.

• Oracle returns growth to Sun server business: IDC

  Oracle logged a small milestone in its Sun acquisition during the first quarter, expanding sales of Sun's server hardware for the first time in three-and-a-half years, IDC reported Tuesday.

• With Mango software update, analysts ask, where's the hardware?

  It takes more than a sleek operating system to make a successful smartphone.

• Fujitsu to offer IaaS service in North America

  Fujitsu is launching its infrastructure-as-a-service offering in North America in a few months, and will start offering interested customers a free trial next week.

• Health shortlists infrastructure tenders

  The national infrastructure partner, one of four such partners sought by the Department of Health and Ageing for the e-health rollout, would deliver, integrate and provide continued maintenance for enabling systems including core system infrastructure; operations and call centres; reporting and template servicing; and separated portals for use by both consumers and healthcare providers.

• Tablet PCs to dominate Taipei computer show

  Tablet PCs will dominate the massive Computex trade show in Taipei next week, where top brands and obscure white-box makers will show new models of the popular devices, including some that run on Intel's new Oak Trail mobile processor.

• Surf Lifesaving Australia signs on Fujitsu for IT overhaul

  Surf Lifesaving Australia (SLSA) has extended its partnership with Fujitsu, moving its core IT systems to the computing giant’s infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform.
  

• FAQ: SAP's HANA in-memory computing platform

  This week's SAP Sapphire Now conference marked about a year since the company launched its HANA (High Performance Analytic Appliance) in-memory computing platform. Since then, SAP has done its best to keep HANA in the news, bringing products and partnerships to market quickly and announcing many future plans.

• NTT DoCoMo plans pocket-size Windows 7 device

  Japan's NTT DoCoMo plans to launch what it calls the world's smallest Windows 7 computer in the next two months.

• New Intel tablets could slow iPad enterprise appeal

  Tablets based on Intel's first dedicated tablet processor may not be a monster hit among consumers like Apple's iPad, but they could find adoption in enterprises, analysts said this week.

• NBN Co partners with Fujitsu for Greenfields

  NBN Co has forgone the establishment of a panel of providers to install fibre to new developments, instead contracting Fujitsu Australia to deliver the infrastructure to housing estates with over 100 premises.

• Fujitsu begins taking orders for tablet with new Intel chip

  Fujitsu is now taking orders for its Stylistic Q550 Slate PC tablet, one of the earlier tablets to use Oak Trail, Intel's first dedicated tablet processor.

• Linux patent protection network gets boost from Facebook, HP

  Facebook, HP, Rackspace, Juniper, Fujitsu and dozens of other organizations have joined a group building a defensive patent portfolio to protect Linux-using members from potential lawsuits.

• Company size no indicator of Green IT readiness: Survey

  Company size is not necessarily an indication of an enterprise’s ability to deploy Green IT initiatives, according to findings from Fujitsu’s Green IT benchmark research for the financial services industry. In the fourth report undertaken with research partner, Connection Research, Fujitsu surveyed 638 organisations in four countries — the US, UK, Australia and India — looking at areas such as Green IT lifecycle, end-user efficiencies, enteprise and data centre efficiencies, the use of IT in carbon reduction and measurement and monitoring.