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Motion Computing's SlateMate tool for the CL900 tablet lets hospitals scan patients' ID bracelets, insurance cards and credit cards, simplifying many hospital processes.
Fastest-Growing Vertical in IT? Healthcare
With cloud computing being adopted by hospitals at a fast pace and wireless spending growing, health care IT will experience the fastest growth among U.S. vertical industries, according to a report by In-Stat.
IBM Rational Business Partners Unveil New Products, Services for Software Development Market
Looking to escalate and leverage software’s growing importance throughout a wide and diverse range of industries and applications, IBM has seen explosive growth within its embedded computing business partner community. Here are some of the solutions unveiled at a recent event.
Logitech Preps LifeSize Video Conferencing Push
Look for Logitech to make a unified communications push with its LifeSize telepresence acquisition. The company may also be working on a hosted video conferencing offering.
Acer Quarter PC Sales Disappoint
PC maker Acer's first quarter PC sales came in 10 percent lower than the previous quarter due to weak demand in Western Europe and the United States. Plus, Acer said that it did not expect PC shipments to grow in the second quarter compared the the first.
Business Spending Hit $59 billion in 2010: NPD Report
PC business software sales grew 12 percent to $4.2 billion; networking routers and switches were also areas of increased investment.
Tata Consultancy Declares Aggressive Hiring Plans
This year India's top software services exporter Tata Consultancy Services expects to hire as many or slightly less than the 50,000-plus employees it hired last year, the company said.
CharTec, LabTech Partner on Remote Monitoring for MSPs
The prefigured CharTec/LabTech bundled appliance scales to thousands of agents.
Google App Inventor for Android Opens App Development to Everyone
Google is opening up Android development to the masses with App Inventor for Android. The new development environment enables non-programmers to create apps for Google's mobile device operating system by putting together different provided components. Google's move comes amid a competitive mobile development market that includes Apple iPhone, HP WebOS and the coming Microsoft Phone 7.
Fujitsu Provides Free Testing for Software Developers on its Computer Hardware
Fujitsu will let software developers run their applications on its hardware free of charge, enabling them to test the performance. The company hopes the free testing will boost sales of its servers.
Toshiba, Lenovo Roll Out Multimedia 3D Laptops
Watch out iPad. Looking to tap into the expanding 3D marketplace, which includes video game consoles, high-definition televisions and all the media content providers are offering, Toshiba and Lenovo bring out 3D-ready laptop computers geared toward entertainment.
PC Sales Surge Spells Renewed Opportunity for VARs
PC sales are on the upswing in 2010, and analyst firm IDC is forecasting that trend to continue. That's good news for resellers, VARs and IT solution providers who rely on hardware sales as a component of their businesses
Intel Shoots For RISC Strongholds with Xeon 7500
Intel says that its Nehalem EX chips, now called Xeon 7500, are going after the high end of the processor market that has been dominated by RISC-based offerings from companies such as IBM Power and Oracle SPARC. But at the same time, Intel did nothing to diminish the place of Itanium in its line-up of high-end chips.
Turbo Core Energy Efficiency Feature Coming in AMD Phenom II
AMD is expected to add more energy efficiency to its forthcoming processors, the Phenom II, with Turbo-Core -- technology designed to reduce the power in inactive cores and increase power in active ones. The technology increases energy efficiency while improving performance -- features that pit AMD against its chief rival Intel.
What's Inside: A Look at the Components that Make Up Apple's iPad
Apple's big ticket items for the iPad include lots of money spent on the display, touch screen and other user-interface components. The device costs Apple more to make than iSuppli first suspected.
Lenovo to Unveil Netbook, All-In-One This Month
Lenovo's two new computers are aimed at the consumer market but offer more features than previous generations. The IdeaPad S10-3s weighs just 2.4 pounds while the Lenovo C200 all-in-one is designed for households.
The Apple iPad Sales Forecast: The Good and the Less Good
Several analyst firms have offered their forecasts on Apple's iPad initial sales results and longer-term sales prospects. Are you planning to buy one in the next six months?
Apple's iPad Already a Flop?
Although Apple tablet's announcement several weeks ago garnered legendary attention from consumers and technophiles alike, the iPad's actual debut on the market April 3 may be met by lower than anticipated sales, according to a new market research study. That could be disappointing for Apple, which has sold tens of millions of iPhones and has served as the marketplace for even more apps.
AMD Shoots Back at Intel with Server Chips as Dell, HP Announce Support
AMD is promising to beat competitor Intel on value when it comes to price and performance per watt with its new server chips. Acer, Dell and HP immediately announced systems based on AMD's new Opteron 6000 series.
Absolute Acquires Asset Management Company
Absolute Software announced plans for a $12.1 million acquisition of Pole Position Software which will add license management, automated patch management, software metering, software distribution, configuration management and power management to Absolute's technology portfolio, available to channel partners in 2010.