Year: 2011

  • D-Link Releases Energy-Efficient Gigabit and Ethernet Metal Switches

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    Unified networking solutions provider D-Link expanded its line of network switches with the DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit Ethernet and DES-105 and DES-108 Fast Ethernet metal switches. Available in five- and eight-port form factors, these unmanaged switches offer small to medium-size businesses (SMB) high-speed networking and intelligent data streaming with quality of service (QoS) prioritization, and… Read more

  • Cyber-Security Investment to Hit $60 Billion in 2011

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    Global cyber-security spending is expected to reach $60 billion in 2011 and is forecast to grow 10 percent every year during the next three to five years, according to a report from PwC, "Cyber Security M&A: Decoding Deals in the Global Cyber Security Industry." The United States accounts for more than half of all deals… Read more

  • Performance, Costs Top Storage Challenges for VDI Projects

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    Nimble Storage, developer of converged storage and backup solutions, announced the results of a survey of 600 enterprise IT professionals regarding their current and future plans to deploy VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) technology. Over half of the respondents (54 percent) identified storage performance or storage cost as the top challenge in supporting VDI. In addition,… Read more

  • Salesforce.com’s Benioff Bashes Oracle, Microsoft, Again

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    NEW YORK — If there was a theme for Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) CEO Marc Benioff’s question and answer session at Cloudforce here Nov. 30, it was how to run an enterprise software business that is vastly different from the world Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) dominated. Noting that Oracle appears to simply want to sell database… Read more

  • Google, Apple Command 71% U.S. Smartphone Share: Nielsen

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    Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) command 71 percent of smartphone market share in the United States, with Android accounting for 43 percent share and iOS nabbing 28 percent through the third quarter. HTC had 15 percent of Android phone share, followed by Motorola and Samsung at over 10 percent apiece, according to new data from… Read more

  • Lenovo Overtakes Dell in PC Shipments: IHS

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    Lenovo could be on the verge of toppling Dell as the second-largest global PC brand, according to a new research note from IHS. That would place the Chinese manufacturer behind Hewlett-Packard, which continues to reign as the world’s largest despite some well-publicized recent troubles. According to the firm, Lenovo’s global PC shipments rose 14.5 percent… Read more