Year: 2010

  • RIM Shares Up After Positive Review of New OS

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Shares in Research In Motion jumped more than 5 percent on Tuesday morning after an analyst praised its new QNX operating system as flexible, portable and likely to be integrated into its smartphones faster than expected. A Chinese consumer service and the global popularity of its BlackBerry Messenger texting service are boosting RIM’s international growth… Read more

  • Red Hat Expands Cloud Foundations Portfolio with Makara Acquisition

    Nathan Eddy

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    Open-source solutions provider Red Hat announced it has acquired Makara, a developer of deployment and management solutions for applications in the cloud. The acquisition of Makara’s technologies is part of Red Hat’s plan to accelerate the development of the company’s platform-as-a-service (PAAS) solution, part of its Cloud Foundations portfolio. Makara provides solutions to enable organizations… Read more

  • Enterprise Cloud Deployments to Go Mainstream by 2015

    Channel Insider Staff

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    The evidence continues to grow that enterprises are convinced that cloud computing is a viable way forward for IT in the future. IDG Research Services surveyed chief technology officers, chief information officers and IT managers on a global basis and reported that 75 percent of companies either currently employ enterprise-grade cloud computing solutions or plan… Read more

  • HP`s ALM 11 Improves Services, Security

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    BARCELONA, Spain — As HP places its stake deeper into the software business with its new Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) 11 offering, the company also is making a stronger play with its services component, branching into the cloud and beefing up its security solutions. HP announced its new ALM 11 software suite at the HP… Read more

  • Gartner: HP Top Server Vendor in Q3

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    Hewlett-Packard was the world’s top server vendor in the third quarter as x86-based systems continued to drive growth in the space, according to market research firm Gartner. In a report issued Nov. 29, HP garnered 32.1 percent of the revenue market share — generating in more than $3.9 billion during those three months — and… Read more

  • N-Able Technologies Names New President

    Jennifer Lawinski

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    Remote monitoring and management software maker N-able Technologies announced its chief operating officer JP Jauvin will be taking on an expanded leadership role as president of the Ottowa, Canada-based company. Jauvin will continue to report to N-able CEO Gavin Garbutt and will be responsible for the software maker’s global strategy, sales and operations. He will… Read more