Year: 2011

  • Microsoft Posts Strong Revenue on Business Software, Windows Sales

    Channel Insider Staff

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    For its first fiscal quarter of 2012, Microsoft reported strong sales of traditional software such as Windows and Office. But its online services, which the company is betting will eventually help supplant traditional software as a major revenue driver, remain a relatively small part of the overall revenue scheme.   Overall, Microsoft reported revenue of… Read more

  • BroadSoft, OneAccess Partner on Converged Services Router

    Nathan Eddy

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    OneAccess Networks, a provider of Converged Services CPE solutions for small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) and enterprises and BroadSoft, Inc., a provider of software that enables mobile, fixed-line and cable service providers to deliver voice and multimedia services over their IP-based networks, announced an end-to-end BroadCloud PacketSmart solution.  With BroadCloud PacketSmart, service providers can assess… Read more

  • McAfee Talks DeepSAFE, Intros Channel Initiatives

    Ericka Chickowski

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    This week at the McAfee SecurityAlliance Partner Summit, the company finally rolled out its first product co-developed by its acquirer of nine months, Intel, and announced that it would be launching some new channel initiatives for partners while at the same time culling a number of inactive partners to better support  the consistent producers. "We… Read more

  • 10 Things You Should Know About Android 40 Ice Cream Sandwich

    10 Things You Should Know About Android 40 Ice Cream Sandwich

    Don Reisinger

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    10 Things You Should Know About Android 40 Ice Cream Sandwich A Redesigned User InterfaceOne of the most significant changes users will find in Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is its redesigned user interface. According to Google, the operating system makes “common actions more visible” and helps users more easily navigate their way around the… Read more

  • Security Loophole Found in Apple iPhone 4S’s Siri: Analyst

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    Apple’s iPhone 4S comes with a digital assistant named Siri, who responds to voice commands and can perform a variety of tasks ranging from scheduling appointments to sending texts. According to one security analyst, however, Siri also comes with a significant–but easy to fix–security loophole. “I borrowed a passcode-locked iPhone 4S from a colleague here… Read more

  • VMware, Verizon Partner on ‘Dual-Identity’ Smartphone

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Virtualization software maker VMware revealed Oct. 19 that it has partnered with telcom Verizon Wireless to develop Android-based, 3G- and 4G-LTE-network smartphones with split personalities: one for business and one for personal use. Mixing business and personal use on any type of IT device has always posed its own set of difficulties, especially when enterprise… Read more