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Partners split over new products

Germany’s Raynet GmbH and Flexera Software LLC have dissolved their partnership for the sale and support of Flexera products by Raynet. Existing contracts will be honoured until their terms conclude.

More jobs in Ireland

US-based specialist in enterprise cloud applications for HR and finance sector Workday has announced its expansion plans that would see 200 new jobs in Ireland over the next three years.

High end storage loses to cloud

A 25% drop in high-end storage spending meant that external disk storage and total disk storage sales respectively fell 5.2% and 6.9% yr/yr in Q1, says IDC. IBM was a big loser, probably to cloud storage as the high end of the market dropped.

Deutsche Telekom closes acquisition in Central Europe

Deutsche Telekom has announced it has completed the acquisition of GTS Central Europe, provider of telecommunications services in the CEE. The full integration is expected to be completed in October with legal unity scheduled for January, 2015.

EU data plans lack enforcement ideas

Companies based outside Europe must meet Europe's data protection rules, EU ministers have agreed, although governments remain divided over how to enforce them on companies operating across the region.

Atos sets out plan behind Bull merger

Following the announcement of Bull's acquisition on May 26, Atos has filed a draft public offer with the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) targeting all of Bull's outstanding shares and instruments.

Acer goes for developing markets with phones

Acer, the world's fourth-largest PC maker, is looking to increase its corporate cloud-computing business and sell more low priced smartphones as it seeks to offset falling laptop sales.

European comms spend slips as regulators rule

Competition regulation in Europe is holding down prices for telecoms users, but in turn this is limiting investment by companies in the region, says a researcher. The latest IDATE DigiWorld Yearbook assesses the marketplace, and says that while there is an upwards trend in usage and consumption of devices and services.