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• Juniper to slash workforce by 3 per cent

  Juniper Networks is cutting its workforce by 280, or 3 per cent, this quarter as it realigns resources in high growth opportunities.

• BlackBerry's bleak options: will suitors really pay for a wedding?

  As BlackBerry's board of directors formally begin exploring "strategic alternatives," they'll find their options limited, according to two IT sector analysts. All the likely alternatives call for a much diminished company, or
  broken up into some software assets and a brand value that's declining every
  day.

• Tech talent wars spill into marketing

  With the unemployment rate for tech workers below 4 per cent across the US, there's growing competition for IT talent. Lately, some of the demand for tech candidates is coming from outside the IT department. Who's behind it? Marketing.

• Cisco not looking to kill Microsoft/Skype deal, says Chambers

  Cisco doesn't want to kill Microsoft's marriage to Skype -- it just wants a dowry.

• Cisco appealing EU approval of Microsoft/Skype union, again

  Cisco is reportedly attempting to persuade Europe's second-highest court that it should overturn the European Union's approval of the Microsoft/Skype union, an $8.5 billion blockbuster originally announced by the companies two years ago.

• Former switching chief McCool leaves Cisco

  Cisco Senior Vice President John McCool, CTO of the enterprise segment and instrumental in data center fabric initiatives, has left the company after 17 years.

• Apple leverages Wi-Fi location with latest acquisition

  Apple has bought a small software startup that lets smartphones and tablets pinpoint their location indoors using nearby Wi-Fi signals.

• IBM's Rometty nets $16.2 million in first year as CEO

  IBM CEO Ginni Rometty earned a $16.2 million pay package in 2012, while her predecessor, Sam Palmisano, made more than double that for his role as chairman and senior adviser to IBM.

• Security vulnerability-management rivals marry: Tripwire acquires nCircle

  Tripwire today said it had acquired nCircle for an undisclosed price, a deal that will meld together two longtime rivals in the security and vulnerability-management industry. Tripwire, which had been acquired by investment firm Thoma Bravo two years ago, said it expects to continue making more acquisitions to grow as a security company.

• Juniper bolsters security assets with $10M buyout of anti-DDoS firm

  Juniper Networks has acquired the assets of Webscreen Systems, a developer of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation products, from Accumuli of the United Kingdom.

• Symantec CEO: 'We'll absolutely have a Norton brand'

  Symantec has commenced with a massive reorganization, saying it will end the internal separation that's traditionally been made in security software development done in the Norton consumer division and its enterprise product lines. But that doesn't mean Symantec's Norton brand is going to disappear, according to Symantec CEO Steve Bennett.

• Tech salaries jump 5.3%, bonuses flat

  Average salaries for tech pros climbed 5.3% to $85,619 last year, up from $81,327 in 2011. It's the largest salary jump in more than a decade, according to career site Dice.

• What CEOs expect from enterprise technology in 2013

  CEOs are responsible for directing high-level strategy and ensuring growth and long-term viability. For those who run publicly traded companies, exceeding shareholder and market expectations is always top of mind. That is why sustainability -- the capacity to ensure business success in the present while preserving the ability to do the same in the future -- will be a primary focus for CEOs in 2013.

• Brocade taps industry veteran Carney as CEO

  Brocade has named former Xsigo Systems CEO Lloyd Carney as its new top executive effective immediately.

• IBM cements 20 years of patent dominance

  IBM earned 6,478 utility patents last year, topping the list of patent winners for the 20th year in a row, according to data from IFI CLAIMS Patent Services. With its record haul, Big Blue bested its 2011 patent tally by 5%.