Year: 2010

  • 10 Reasons Enterprises May Pick Tablets Over PCs

    10 Reasons Enterprises May Pick Tablets Over PCs

    Don Reisinger

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    10 Reasons Enterprises May Pick Tablets Over PCs 1. MobilityThe best aspect of a tablet for the average company is that it delivers mobility to employees in a way that most other devices just can’t. A tablet, like the iPad, can be tossed into a bag and carried around without much trouble. And as the… Read more

  • IBM: Security, Cloud and VDI Hot in Midmarket for 2011

    Jennifer Lawinski

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    Solution providers looking to grow their business with midmarket customers will have plenty of opportunity in 2011. And VARs that are able to provide customers with virtualization, cloud computing and security solutions will be able to reap rewards and develop long-term relationships with midmarket customers, Andrew Monshaw, general manager of IBM’s global midmarket team, told… Read more

  • Google: 300,000 Android Phones Activated Daily

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Google Android creator Andy Rubin said Dec. 8 that there are now 300,000 Android phones being activated each day. The stat, which Rubin delivered via this rare tweet late Wednesday, came two days after he reiterated at D: Dive into Mobile that Google was seeing more than 200,000 activations of Android smartphones each day. Rubin’s… Read more

  • Next-Gen MacBooks Will Use Intel ‘Sandy Bridge’ Processors: Report

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    Apple will use Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors in its new MacBooks, replacing the current models’ Nvidia GPUs, according to one online report. “MacBook models with screen sizes of 13 inches and below are expected to switch to Sandy Bridge-only graphics,” reads the Dec. 9 posting on CNET, which cites unnamed industry sources apparently familiar with… Read more

  • Cybergroup: WikiLeaks Attacks Will Keep Coming

    Channel Insider Staff

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    More cyber attacks in retaliation for attempts to block the WikiLeaks website are likely in a "data war" to protect Internet freedom, a representative of one of the groups involved said on Thursday. Though no major websites appeared to be under attack early on Thursday, Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet said the Swedish government’s website was down… Read more

  • Google Chrome OS to Have Enterprise Friend in Citrix

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    Google’s Chrome Operating System isn’t yet ready for prime time on notebook computers, but the company has landed corporate remote access power Citrix Systems as a partner. Google Dec. 7 said at an update event that it consumers would be able to purchase netbooks based on its Web operating system, which lets users run Web… Read more