Year: 2010
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Xserve Wasn’t Working
Categories: News and TrendsXserve Wasn’t Working When Apple announced that it would discontinue Xserve by the end of January, it wasn’t much of a surprise to the vast majority of enterprise customers that care about those products. Xserve was the also-ran in the marketplace. And it’s clear now that Xserve didn’t cut it. But in the process, Apple… Read more
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Survey: Small Businesses Optimistic About 2011
Owners of small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) across the country are feeling optimistic, citing increased hiring and profit growth among key 2011 business predictions, according to the first semi-annual survey of business owners conducted nationally in November 2010 by Prepaid Expense Card Solutions, Inc., provider of The Pex Visa Prepaid Card for Business, issued by… Read more
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HP’s TruClient, Sprinter Streamline Software Testing
BARCELONA, Spain — As part of its new Application Lifecycle Management (ALM solution, HP has introduced its new TruClient technology, which reduces application test cycles by simplifying various time-consuming tasks, while the new Sprinter technology "automates" manual testing. Introduced as part of HP’s new ALM 11 solution, the company’s new TruClient software automates one of… Read more
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Apple iOS, Android Hottest Platforms for 2011
Categories: News and TrendsApple’s iPhone and smartphones based on RIM’s BlackBerry operating system are tied with 27 percent of U.S. smartphone market share, according to October data from the Nielsen Company. Google’s Android operating system commands 22.7 percent of the U.S. smartphone market, Nielsen reported from a survey of 4,900 users. However, mobile-phone users who are upgrading to… Read more
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Apple, Old Navy Testing POS Systems: Report
Categories: News and TrendsAs point of sale (POS) systems move farther into the mainstream consumer shopping ecosystem, Apple blog 9 to 5 Mac reported Gap-owned apparel store Old Navy is testing out the devices. The report was confirmed by a Gap, Inc. spokeswoman, who told the blog the company was indeed piloting the iPhone-based POS system at a… Read more
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Stratus Technologies, Dot Hill Partner on Storage Platform
Unified virtual storage and storage-area network solutions specialist Dot Hill announced Stratus Technologies has selected the company’s 3000 Series storage platform for their ftScalable storage line to address the continuous availability data management requirements for applications in the financial services, securities, public safety, telecom, travel, government and health care sectors. Launched in February, Dot Hill’s… Read more