While the computer industry in the 1990s thrived as corporations re-engineered business processes to incorporate IT, this decade has seen technology truly become part of mainstream culture and commerce via the Internet and ever-cheaper and smaller computing devices. Yes, the Internet revolution began in the '90s, but it was not until this decade that 14-year-olds raced ahead of professionals in figuring out how to tap social networks with hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of contacts. Here, in not-quite chronological order, are the top technology stories of the decade, selected by the IDG News Service for their singular impact on the industry as well as their emblematic status as examples of the trends that shaped the course of IT.

IBM on Wednesday said it has signed a deal to buy Lombardi, an Austin, Texas, BPM (business process management) vendor. Terms were not disclosed.

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Lenovo will buy back the mobile phone unit that it spun off last year, reversing a move it originally made to focus on its core business in PCs, the company said late Friday.

Apple has asked a federal judge to shut down Psystar's Mac clone operation and to pay more than $2.1 million in damages, according to court documents.

Ciena will pay US$769 million for the optical networking and carrier Ethernet assets of Nortel Networks' Metro Ethernet Networks business, the two companies said on Monday.

Hewlett-Packard reported an 18 percent jump in profit for its fiscal fourth quarter, thanks to cost-cutting efforts and the strength of its services business.

Infosys BPO, the business process outsourcing (BPO) subsidiary of Infosys Technologies, said on Thursday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding interests of McCamish Systems, a small BPO company in Atlanta, Georgia, focused on the insurance and financial services market.

Az együttműködés keretében a két vállalat integrálja az SAP BusinessObjects-kínálatának irányítási, kockázatkezelési és megfelelőségi (GRC) megoldásait és a Novell informatikai biztonsági és személyazonosság-kezelési termékeit

Október 20-án a Cinema City Arena Plazában tartotta szokásos őszi rendezvényét a Cisco Magyarország. A Cisco Expo ? Business Class az innováció és az együttműködés kérdéskörét üzleti szempontból járta körül.

Hewlett-Packard sees businesses in the future adopting touchscreens, but the technology needs further development to be an alternative to keyboards and mice in corporate environments, a company executive said.

Nvidia has delayed the development of chipsets that work with Intel's microprocessors, citing "unfair business tactics" employed by Intel, the company said on Thursday.

Verizon Wireless is bringing together venture capital firms and network equipment vendors, as well as opening a lab for testing devices, as it tries to make sure its LTE (Long-Term Evolution) business hits the ground running.

A HP Magyarország Kft., az MKB Bank és az IDOM 2000 Konzulens Zrt. közös "Üzletre optimalizált szervezet – egységes fejlesztési folyamatirányítás" című pályázata nyerte az itbusiness leadership award díját a Projektfejlesztés – nagyvállalati kategóriában.

Former Microsoft open-source chief Sam Ramji has joined cloud-computing startup Sonoa Systems, taking over product strategy and business development at the Santa Clara, California-based company.

Nortel Networks is preparing to auction off its division that makes equipment for GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) networks early next month, continuing the unloading of its businesses under bankruptcy reorganization.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer put on his sales hat Tuesday and made a case for why businesses should upgrade to Windows 7, despite an economy in which many IT budgets have been frozen or are lower than in years past.

Dell introduced the Latitude Z business laptop, which includes a new wireless charging technology that could eventually find its way into other Dell systems, the company said on Tuesday.

A Microsoft két kiadásra redukálta Office 2008 for Mac programcsomagját.

Budapest, 2009. szeptember 1. – Idén a Nemzeti Táncszínház adott otthont az itbusiness hagyományos szezonnyitó fogadásának.