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• BlackBerry purges continue - more execs sacked

  BlackBerry is continuing to shuffle the deckchairs on the Titanic by removing COO Kristian Tear and CMO Frank Boulben.

• New BlackBerry smartphones could mean complex enterprise server installs

  The new BlackBerry 10 smartphone, the Z10, finally goes on sale this week. Yet enterprise IT groups, who've been waiting for BlackBerry to get its act together, face a bigger challenge than learning the distinctive gestures of the phone's new touch interface.

• BlackBerry embraces BYOD to win back customers

  BlackBerry seeks to win back Australian business from rivals after a late realisation that it must adapt to the growing trend of bring your own device (BYOD), BlackBerry executives said at the BlackBerry 10 launch in Australia.

• BlackBerry Z10 smartphone: Bloggers, tech sites praise hardware, mixed on software

  Tech blogs and news sites have been reporting on their weeklong experience with the just-announced BlackBerry Z10 smartphone, from BlackBerry, the company formerly known as Research in Motion. Here's a summary of some of their analysis and conclusions.

• BNZ ready to retire 500 servers

  Virtualisation is the name of the game for the Bank of New Zealand, which expects to phase out around 500 servers after purchasing two high-end Z series computers from IBM.

• New IBM mainframe faces challenges

  IBM has released the System z10 mainframe, its first update of the z series since the release of the z9 three years ago. Big Blue is promising improved energy efficiency, security and "50% more capacity" in its new hardware.

• z10: the billion-dollar mainframe

  Compared to its predecessor, the z9, the new mainframe has a lot more horsepower. Every box can be fitted with up to 64 cores for running applications, improving processor performance by 50%, according to IBM.