Channel Insider Staff

Jan 26 (Reuters) – CGI Group Inc’s (TO:GIBa) first quarter profit rose, helped by new contracts and its Stanley Inc acquisition last year. The company also said it plans to buy back up to 23 million, or 10 percent of its common shares, during its next fiscal, as it extended the share buyback program to […]

(Reuters) – Mobile software developers remain fixated on Apple and on Google’s Android as the prime targets of their toil, but Microsoft and Research In Motion are making inroads as tablet offerings multiply. The iPhone, which boasts more than 300,000 third-party applications, or apps, retains the attention of 92 percent of developers, according to a […]

TORONTO/SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24 (Reuters) – A slew of small security software developers are helping Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone gain a foothold within corporations that were once the exclusive domain of Research In Motion’s (TO:RIM) BlackBerry. The shift reflects efforts by some companies to accommodate the preference of many employees for Apple’s iconic smartphone, a trend […]

Jan 25 (Reuters) – Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) outgoing Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Tuesday he expected to spend another 10 years at the company, after his surprise handover last week to co-founder Larry Page. Schmidt, who oversaw the company’s meteoric rise, also said the group would hire thousands of people this year in response to […]

Cisco Systems is introducing networking, security and storage products to its portfolio of offerings for small and midsize companies as it continues to push for a larger share of that market. Cisco has always had a significant presence in the enterprise, but in recent years, company officials have talked about their desire to grow their […]

The Document Foundation launched LibreOffice 3.3 on Jan. 25, just a mere five days after announcing a release candidate. This is the first stable release of the open-source office suite since its breakaway from Oracle’s OpenOffice.org project in September. Concerned about Oracle’s plans for OpenOffice after the Sun acquisition, about a third of OpenOffice developers […]

Amazon Web Services Jan. 25 launched a bulk e-mail service for businesses and developers, providing a messaging option for the cloud computing provider’s arsenal of Web-based services. AWS intends Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) as an alternative to the thorny work of building a custom messaging platform or licensing an e-mail service from a […]

Motorola Xoom, the first tablet based on Google’s Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system, is launching from Best Buy Feb. 17. Engadget, which said the device will ship with 32GB of onboard storage, scored the scoop via an internal Best Buy document posted here. The news comes after Android Central reported the minimum price for the […]

Juniper Networks is bulking up its marketing and channel prowess by raiding the executive ranks of rivals Cisco Systems and Microsoft. Juniper last week announced that two former Microsoft officials made the jump to help the networking company build up its enterprise marketing and global partnership capabilities. In between those announcements, Juniper officials said a […]

Toshiba launched a preview Website of its forthcoming Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet, a device geared to provide features Apple’s iPad lacks such as dual cameras, a swappable battery, several data ports and Flash support. eWEEK got a sneak peek of the tablet three weeks ago at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, but few specs were […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:) has decided to stop selling its Neoview data warehousing platform, after it failed to attract enough customers, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Neoview — launched in 2007 under former HP Chief Executive Mark Hurd — will no longer be offered to new customers, […]

(Reuters) – Google Inc is set to give Eric Schmidt a $100 million equity award as he hands over the chief executive officer job to co-founder Larry Page. The award, which will include stock units and options will vest over four years and is Schmidt’s first such award since joining the company in 2001, a […]