Year: 2011

  • Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet Ships, Offering Challenge to iPad 2, Nook

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) began shipping its Kindle Fire Nov. 14, one day earlier than expected. That gives the tablet a bit more separation from Barnes & Noble s (NYSE:BKS) Nook Tablet, which is slated to arrive later this week. The $199 Kindle Fire faces not only the Nook Tablet, but also Apple’s iPad in the quest… Read more

  • CA Technologies, ZDE Announce Partner Agility Award Winners

    Channel Insider Staff

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    After several fitful starts and driven by the customer rush to cloud computing, CA Technologies is getting serious about boosting and expanding its channel business. In a session for approximately 1,000 solution providers, system integrators, global service providers and managed services providers, CA Technologies CEO William McCracken stated he intends to drive the channel business… Read more

  • Polycom, Sabre Travel Network Partnering on Videoconferencing Reservation System

    Chris Talbot

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    For business travelers who need to find a telepresence room quickly, Polycom and Sabre Travel Network have partnered to create a solution that will create a global reservation system for reserving and using public and corporate-owned HD videoconferencing and telepresence rooms. Through the Sabre Virtual Meeting reservation system, business travelers will be able to locate,… Read more

  • LogMeIn Rescue Adds iPhone, iPad, Android Capabilities

    Nathan Eddy

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    The latest version of LogMeIn Rescue, LogMeIn’s remote support offering, introduces mobile device configuration capabilities to troubleshoot and secure smart devices in the field. Designed for mobile operators, customer care organizations and IT help desks, Rescue provides a single, Web-based tool for remotely supporting tablets, smartphones and computers running iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows, Windows… Read more

  • HP TouchPad

    HP TouchPad

    Don Reisinger

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    HP TouchPad When HP unveiled the TouchPad earlier this year, the tablet was expected to be a groundbreaking device that would compete quite effectively against the iPad 2. But after failing to catch on with consumers, the device failed miserably. RIM BlackBerry PlayBook The BlackBerry PlayBook was supposed to be the tablet that would make… Read more

  • It’s Price

    It’s Price

    Don Reisinger

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    It’s Price When one considers the Nook Tablet’s price, they might like what they see. After all, it retails for half the price of the cheapest iPad. But at the same time, it’s $50 more expensive than the $199 Amazon Kindle Fire. If the Nook Tablet came in at $199, it would be far more… Read more