Year: 2010

  • Apple iPad: Available Everywhere

    Leah Gabriel Nurik

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    Looking to buy an iPad? You don’t have to look very far these days. Verizon has announced it would sell the Apple tablet at its retail stores, and a day later AT&T said it would sell the iPad through its enterprise sales force to businesses. And then Wal-Mart also has announced it will be adding… Read more

  • Hacker Attacks Rise Among Business, McAfee Reports

    Nathan Eddy

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    Security specialist McAfee released research finding mid-sized organizations have seen increased attacks on their networks and systems since last year. According to the McAfee report The Security Paradox, more than half of midsize companies surveyed globally have seen more security incidents in the past year, 40 percent have had data breaches and 75 percent believe… Read more

  • Mobile Application Development to Overtake All Other IT Projects by 2015

    Mobile Application Development to Overtake All Other IT Projects by 2015

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Mobile Application Development to Overtake All Other IT Projects by 2015 55 percent of IT professionals believe that mobile software application development for devices such as iPhones, Android devices and tablets will surpass development for all other traditional platforms by 2015. No Title 91 percent of IT pros believe that cloud computing will overtake on-premise… Read more

  • PC Sales Slow in Third Quarter

    Channel Insider Staff

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    (Reuters) – Worldwide sales of personal computers grew more slowly than expected in the third-quarter, according to industry data released on Wednesday, hampered by weak consumer spending in the United States. PC shipments rose 11 percent to 89.7 million units in the July-September period, according to industry tracker IDC. That was below its forecast of… Read more

  • 1. Where’s the Connectivity?

    1. Where’s the Connectivity?

    Don Reisinger

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    1. Where’s the Connectivity? BlackBerry smartphones succeeded, in part, because of their the connectivity options. Owners could connect to the Web via 3G on their laptops by using the BlackBerry’s tethering modem option. Plus, the device itself connected to the Web via 3G whenever folks needed to check e-mails, surf the Web, or interact with… Read more

  • Apple, Verizon iPad Deal: Carrier to Sell Apple’s Tablet

    Channel Insider Staff

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    (Reuters) – Verizon Wireless will join rival carrier AT&T Inc in selling Apple Inc’s iPad later this month as it moves closer to disrupting the exclusive relationship between the device maker and AT&T. Apple’s surprise announcement on Thursday comes weeks ahead of the holiday shopping season, with the company positioning the iPad touchscreen tablet as… Read more