Oracle moves to buy Sun - it still came as a shock when the company announced in April that it would buy Sun Microsystems for US$7.4 billion
Cisco takes the Data Centre by storm by launching the Unified Computing System (UCS).
Intel unveils the Xeon "Nehalem" 5500 and 3500 processors.
The new, high speed processors have already been adopted by computer makers such as Apple, Lenovo and Sun.
Conficker wiggles its way in - the malicious worm known as Conficker exploited a critical Windows flaw and infected at least 9 million PCs, spreading rapidly across corporate networks worldwide.
Dell opens up distribution with Ingram Micro and Tech Data.
The ups and downs of Apple - In January the company lost its leader, Steve Jobs, to illness which culminated in a liver transplant. Critics attacked the iTunes App Store for a lack of clear leadership and policy and the Palm Pre was launched.
Vista out, Windows 7 in. Earlier this month, after hedging whether the software would debut late this year or in 2010, the company put a stake in the ground and said Windows 7 would begin shipping with PCs on October 22.
IBM Recommits To The Channel. In March IBM sent its 100,000 channel partners an updated version of the IBM Business Partner Charter - one of several steps the giant IT company has taken in the last year or so that demonstrated renewed commitment to solution providers.
The Federal Stimulus Windfall? President Barack Obama's bid to make like Franklin Delano Roosevelt and bring us out of the darkness and into the light has touched off a feeding frenzy in the technology community.
Cisco V HP compete in the networking space.
Oracle moves to buy Sun - it still came as a shock when the company announced in April that it would buy Sun Microsystems for US$7.4 billion