Year: 2010
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1. It’s A Software Play
Categories: Tech Companies1. It’s A Software Play If Apotheker brings anything to HP, it’s a deep understanding of, and expertise in, software. After all, he comes from SAP, which only helped him improve his software prowess. Going forward, expect HP to focus heavily on software because of that. 2. Little PC Expertise HP is perhaps best known… Read more
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Cisco Home Telepresence Announced at $599 Plus Monthly Fee
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) launched a $599 home videoconference system, a high-quality rival to Skype and other low-cost providers, as the network equipment maker seeks to expand in the consumer market. The high price, and a $24.99 monthly fee, may make it tough for Cisco to win much of… Read more
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Cisco’s umi TelePresence and the Channel
Categories: Tech CompaniesWondering what Cisco’s new umi consumer TelePresence solution will mean for Cisco channel partners? Initially, not much, according to a recent Cisco blog post on the topic attributed to Richard McLeod, senior director collaboration, WW Partner Organization. The product and service will be sold through retailers such as Best Buy and service providers such as… Read more
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Top Tech Bosses Tell White House How to Boost Economy
Categories: News and TrendsWASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Top U.S. technology bosses met with White House officials on Wednesday to recommend how to use technology to cut U.S. deficits by $1 trillion over 10 years and offer advice on boosting the country’s sluggish economy. The Technology CEO Council said six chief executives led by IBM Corp’s (NYSE:IBM) Samuel… Read more
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Citrix, Lenovo Partner on Desktop Virtualization with XenClient
Analysts and industry pundits have been predicting the arrival of desktop virtualization implementations en masse for a few years now, but the big move to thin clients has failed to materialize, even though companies have recently been making moves to replace their aging fleets of PCs. Maybe that’s because by the time a thin client… Read more
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Citrix, McAfee Partner on XenDesktop Security
Virtual computing solutions specialist Citrix Systems delivered the first product of a joint collaboration with security firm McAfee announced earlier this year to make virtual desktop security simpler and more scalable for large enterprise deployments. McAfee Management for Optimized Virtualized Environments AntiVirus (MOVE AV) has been specifically designed for Citrix XenDesktop (which transforms Windows desktops… Read more