Year: 2012
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1. It’s All About Design
Categories: Tech Companies1. It’s All About Design One of Apple’s key success factors is its superior product design. If companies want to make a splash at CES, they need to stop talking about design and just deliver it. The best-looking products will win out — every time. 2. Be First with a Huge Improvement Apple has shown… Read more
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Dell Enters Dedupe Appliance Market with DR4000
Dell is announcing new capabilities and features within its Fluid Data architecture storage product lines at Dell Storage Forum in London, England. Included in the list of new and enhanced products is Dell’s first backup appliance featuring deduplication technology, marking the vendor’s entrance into appliance-based deduplication and going head-to-head against competitors like Data Domain and… Read more
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The Ultrabook Opportunity for the Channel
The CES frenzy has set off a lot of interest in the ultrabook, a mobile computer that could spell big opportunity for the channel. With the portability and the performance to compete against MacBook Air, the ultrabook form factor offers businesses an alternative to Apple while still maintaining the manageability of a PC platform. "I… Read more
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Oracle Releases Cloudera-Powered Big Data Appliance
Even though Oracle launched its 12-petabyte data-storage Exadata server in 2008 and its cloud database/analytics Exalogic server to equally high visibility two years later, it still believes it needs a product that is actually named "big data" so there’s no mistaking its purpose. So on Jan. 10 it launched a new data center machine called… Read more
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Dell Launches ‘Beautifully Uncompromised’ XPS 13 Ultrabook
Computer marker Dell unveiled its ultraportable XPS 13 notebook, a compact 13.3-inch Ultrabook featuring an edge-to-edge hardened Gorilla Glass, near frameless display and powerful battery life. Starting at just under 3 pounds and less than a quarter-inch at its thinnest point, the XPS 13 offers Intel technology such as Rapid Start and Smart Connect. The… Read more
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CES: Motorola, Intel Partner on Android Smartphones
LAS VEGAS–Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) Jan. 10 inked a multiyear, strategic agreement in which Motorola will sell smartphones based on Intel’s Atom processor Z2460 platform, starting in the second half of 2012. Intel CEO Paul Otellini and Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha announced their new pact on stage here at the 2012… Read more