Year: 2010

  • ECB Disk Storage Market Revenue Up: Gartner

    Jennifer Lawinski

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    Global external controller-based (ECB) disk storage revenue hit $4.6 billion in the third quarter this year, up 16 percent over the third quarter of 2009, according to research firm Gartner. Despite a market-wide decline in 2009, the 2010 numbers represent an increase over 2008 revenue. Worldwide ECB disk storage revenue in 2010 was up 8.4… Read more

  • FTC’s ‘Do Not Track’ Worries Web Marketers

    Channel Insider Staff

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    After federal regulators proposed a "Do Not Track" mechanism to give control over what consumer data companies can collect and share, a lot of confusion remains about what the proposal really means. In a 122-page preliminary report issued Dec. 1, the Federal Trade Commission suggested that users need a way to universally opt-out of having… Read more

  • Small Businesses Taking Big Tech Risks: Survey

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Resource-and-cash-strapped small businesses struggling to cut costs in a slow economy are leaving simple cost-savings options on the table and putting data at risk, according to a recent survey from Lenovo. The Lenovo-AMD Small Business Tech Survey, which sought to identify common issues and trends in technology use by small businesses, also uncovered several peculiar… Read more

  • IBM Unveils New Security Solution

    Channel Insider Staff

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    IBM has tapped its Rational tools division to deliver new software that advances security analysis. Slated for announcement on Dec. 3, IBM’s new software and analysis capabilities provide a more efficient and accurate way to help organizations design, build and manage secure applications, the company said. The new offering is based on software IBM got… Read more

  • SAP Open to Expanding HP Relationship: Report

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    German business software maker SAP is open to intensifying its existing cooperation with Hewlett-Packard Co, its co-CEO told a German paper, but dismissed talk HP may be interested in the company. "This is pure speculation," Jim Hagemann Snabe, who jointly leads SAP with Bill McDermott, told Sueddeutsche Zeitung in an interview published in Friday, when… Read more

  • Mobile Advertising to Reach $2.9 Billion in 2014: Report

    Nathan Eddy

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    According to BIA/Kelsey’s U.S. Mobile Ad Revenue Forecast (2009-2014), U.S. mobile advertising revenues will grow from $491 million in 2009 to $2.9 billion in 2014, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 43 percent. The forecast comprises advertising placed in mobile search (text advertising applied to search queries on mobile devices), display (display advertising… Read more