Dell Plans to Acquire ASAP Software

Computer maker Dell has entered into a 340m agreement to acquire software solutions and licensing services provider ASAP. If the deal which is subject to regulatory conditions gets the go ahead Dell said it expects to see the software arm of its business grow with a little bit of help from ASAP's "expertise" in licensing purchasing renewals and compliance. >> full story

8 000 Dell workers to loose jobs

will lay off 10 percent of its 88 100 workers in a continuing effort to improve profits as the company also completes an investigation of accounting fraud it said Thursday. Dell will make the layoffs over the next 12 months including workers throughout its geographic regions customer segments and job functions the company said in a statement. >> full story

DailyTech - Dell Expands Ubuntu Product Offerings

Please input the letters/numbers that appear in the image below. (not case-sensitive) The Dell-Linux partnership continues to flourish Dell plans to expand its Ubuntu PC and notebook offerings due to continued demand Dell has seen for the Ubuntu products said Mark Shuttleworth Ubuntu creator.? Shuttleworth also founded Canonical the company responsible for offering support for Ubuntu Linux users. >> full story