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Cisco Systems pulled the plug on Cisco Mail, the hosted e-mail service it launched a mere 13 months ago. While Cisco Mail was “well received,” Cisco found that customers were not interested in hosted e-mail as much as they cared about “social software and video,” Cisco said in a Feb. 22 blog post announcing the […]

Juniper Networks is rolling out a new networking platform executives say will simplify the data center infrastructure, driving up throughput, scalability and efficiency while reducing latency, operating costs and the number of devices required for a networking architecture. During a Webcast event from San Francisco Feb. 23, Juniper executives unveiled their QFabric architecture, a $100 […]

Hosting and cloud services specialist Parallels announced the introduction of cloud infrastructure and hosted PBX platforms, as well as support for Microsoft Office 365 Syndication and Hyper-V Cloud. It is also increasing its investment in facilitating APS-enabled solutions to help independent software vendors (ISVs) ability to also profit from the cloud. Parallels Automation for Cloud […]

In the search for a new CEO, virtualization software maker Parallels stayed close to home and named one of its own senior executives to the post. Birger Steen, the current president of Parallels, has been promoted to CEO, effective Feb. 23, the company said. Company founder and outgoing CEO Sergeui Beloussov announced Steen’s appointment during […]

By Mike Semel Are you protecting your clients from…    you? As a managed service provider your company has the highest level access to your clients’ networks. You pride yourself on your honesty and integrity, and think that your employees would never do something to hurt you or a client. Besides, even if someone left your […]

(Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co trimmed its 2011 revenue projections on weak consumer PC demand and a lackluster showing from its IT services arm, sending its shares plummeting 12 percent. The weak performance, which saw HP missing its own revenue target for the fiscal first quarter, made for a tough start for new Chief Executive Leo […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:HPQ) should reaffirm good corporate technology spending trends when it reports results, as investors wait to hear more about new CEO Leo Apotheker’s vision for the future. On Tuesday, the world’s largest technology company by revenue is expected to report strong demand for networking equipment, servers and […]

Feb 22 (Reuters) – Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) created a new executive role aimed at improving operations, after disappointing investors with weak forecasts and declining margins in recent quarters. Cisco named Executive Vice President Gary Moore, who previously ran its services business, as Chief Operating Officer. Moore will now be responsible for […]

Small business communications company Fonality released the findings of the “2011 Report on UC and Cloud-based Services for SMBs” conducted by Webtorials. The study examined the productivity and communications challenges of small and mid-size businesses (SMBs). Findings revealed that knowledge workers at small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) spend 50 percent of their workday on necessary, […]

Intelligent network security and data protection solutions specialist SonicWall announced availability of the Secure Remote Access (SRA) Virtual Appliance and Aventail E-Class SRA Virtual Appliance. The appliances add to the existing SSL VPN small to medium-size business (SMB) and enterprise-class hardware line-up and further expand the company’s virtualized appliance offerings that include management, reporting and […]

IBM will incorporate Nuance CLU speech-recognition applications into the Watson supercomputer to provide information that assists doctors as they make diagnoses. IBM will continue its longtime collaboration with speech-recognition software developer Nuance Communications to bring the analytics capabilities of supercomputer Watson into the health care field. Under a research agreement announced Feb. 17, Nuance will […]

Dell CEO Michael Dell shared, during the company’s Feb. 15 earnings call, that the company planned to enter the 10-inch tablet space later this year, with a device running Android 3.0, known as “Honeycomb.” But according to a leaked document said to be Dell’s product roadmap, Michael Dell was severely understating the company’s plans. According […]