News from ZDNet | | Dell acquires Compellent for $960 million, lands its storage consolation prize Dell finally got its storage consolation prize after the failed 3Par bid. Dell said it is officially buying Compellent in a deal valued at $960 million, or $27.75 a share. Read more | The Global Cyber War Hacks and Attacks Scorecard Here's a list of the big-league damage -- from original Operation Payback and first Anonymous campaigns to the current pro-Wikileaks DDoS attacks. Read more | Global mobile app market to hit $35 billion in 2014, says IDC IDC projects that the number of mobile apps downloaded worldwide will grow from 10.9 billion in 2010 to 76.9 billion in 2014. That growth will equate to $35 billion in revenue in 2014. Read more | Forrester: SOA plans 'ambitious' within financial services sector Eight out of ten financial services firms use SOA approaches today; most want to have a large chunk of their application portfolios service-enabled within the next two years. Read more | Rimini Street: A small, but threatening fish to Oracle, SAP Rimini Street, a key third party enterprise support player, is expected to deliver revenue of about $24.5 million in 2010, but its long-term impact to the enterprise software industry could eclipse its sales tally. Read more | Sony introduces new trio of SD memory cards Sony is truly jumping on board with industry-standard memory cards with the introduction of a trio of SDHC ranges. Read more | Microsoft joins lobbying group battling Google ITA acquisition Microsoft has joined a coalition consisting primarily of travel sites that is lobbying to block Google's pending acquisition of ITA Software. Read more | The new age of sexy enterprise software - Part 1: Salesforce.com gets mojo This past week, three events took place that will unexpectedly transform the boring world of enterprise software into an exciting, competitive, and fun place. Part 1 starts the story. Read more | MSI revealing new laptops at CES 2011, including 'fastest notebook' on Earth Almost everyone in the tech world is gearing up for CES 2011 this January, and MSI is no exception. The computer maker has just announced plans to debut many new laptops at the trade show next month. Read more | |  |  | About this newsletter | The Sanity Check newsletter is my daily update on the technology world. You'll get my opinions, rants, reviews, user polls, and hand-picked stories of the day. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief
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