Year: 2010

  • Amazon Courts Developers with Free Year of Cloud

    Leah Gabriel Nurik

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    Cloud services are the future of Internet applications, or so the analysts say. So, if you’re looking to test the waters on adding value-added applications and services delivered in a cloud environment to your product and services roster, you are in luck. Internet retailer and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider Amazon announced a free… Read more

  • Apple Ousts Flash From New Mac Shipments

    Channel Insider Staff

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    (Reuters) – Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) said on Friday it will no longer ship Mac computers with Adobe Systems Inc’s (NASDAQ:ADBE) Flash player pre-installed, as the company continues to erect barriers to the software. Apple’s decision does not ban Flash software from its computers — as it has from the iPhone and iPad. Users will still… Read more

  • An Open Letter to Hosted Exchange Providers

    Dave Sobel

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    Dear Hosted Exchange Provider, My name is Dave Sobel, and I’m CEO of Evolve Technologies in Fairfax, Virginia, just outside of Washington DC. We’re a small managed services provider, delivering solutions in the SMB space. You probably haven’t heard of us, and that’s OK. What’s more important is that we’re representative of a typical small… Read more

  • SAP Requests Gag Order in Oracle IP Case

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    Oct 23 (Reuters) – Attorneys for SAP AG (DE.SAP) have asked a federal judge for a gag order during the upcoming trial in an intellectual property theft case stemming from a lawsuit by software company Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL). The move followed a column by New York Times columnist Joe Nocera in which he suggested that former… Read more

  • iPhone’s Momentum vs. BlackBerry
    Most recent quarter:
    RIM BlackBerry sales: 12.1 million
    iPhone sales:

    iPhone’s Momentum vs. BlackBerryMost recent quarter:RIM BlackBerry sales: 12.1 millioniPhone sales:

    Jessica Davis

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    iPhone’s Momentum vs. BlackBerryMost recent quarter:RIM BlackBerry sales: 12.1 millioniPhone sales: 14.1 million (representing a 91 percent unit growth year over year)IDC puts the smartphone market growth for the quarter at 64 percent “We’ve Passed RIM” Jobs: “We’ve now passed RIM, and I don’t seem them catching up with us in the foreseeable future…It’s going… Read more

  • 1 Cloud Computing

    1 Cloud Computing

    Leah Gabriel Nurik

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    1 Cloud Computing It’s not just about buzz anymore, when it comes to the cloud. It’s here, and businesses are moving data and apps offsite quickly. However, with change comes struggle—and moving to the cloud is no different. Cloudy Future Crystal Clear “Cloud computing will transform the IT industry as it will alter the financial… Read more