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Intel is creating a new business unit focusing on mobile computing as part of a larger push into a booming segment of the tech market that currently is dominated by chips based on architectures from ARM Holdings. Intel on Dec. 14 sent around an internal memo outlining how the company is combining four divisions to […]

Criminals shifted away from building up botnet armies in favor of launching targeted attacks on specific corporate networks in 2011, according to security researchers. The overall number of networks and computers hijacked by criminals globally and commandeered into a botnet army has declined each year since 2009, Cisco said in its 2011 state of security […]

Cisco is targeting managed service providers with a new offering called OnPlus, giving  IT solution providers a way to provide network assessment, management and advisory services to SMB customers. Cisco said it is working to integrate the service with RMM platforms that MSPs already use. “By enabling value added resellers (VARs) to quickly create or […]

Unified communications vendor Avaya reportedly is negotiating to buy Radvision, which makes video conferencing solutions for IP and 3G networks. In a Dec. 13 report, Israeli business publication Globes said sources indicate that Avaya is in advanced talks to buy Radvision for about $200 million, a move that would enable Avaya to expand into a […]

With Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad selling close to 40 million units since its April 2010 launch, ostensibly birthing the tablet form factor, you can forgive high-tech punditry for reveling in tablet talk and prognostication. Fortunately, some analysts are given to skate to where the puck will be, not where it is, a common refrain in the […]

Adobe released a patch addressing vulnerabilities in its ColdFusion Web application development platform. However, it still has not released a fix for the critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat that the company promised last week. The vulnerability exists in ColdFusion versions 9.01, 9.0, 8.0.1 and 8.0 running on Windows, Mac OS X and Unix, […]

Intel’s announcement that it is reducing its fourth-quarter revenue forecast due to hard disk drive shortages caused by the flooding in Thailand could have a ripple effect on other tech companies, in particular smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices. Analysts are expecting AMD to make a similar announcement within the next week or two, as more […]

Data center hardware continues to become more specialized for cloud deployments. SandForce, which makes solid-state chips that interact with volume flash memory to deploy both primary and I/O-intensive data storage applications, on Dec. 12 released a new multilevel cell (MLC) flash solid-state drive (SSD) that it claims is the first such processor optimized specifically for […]

The increased adoption of cloud computing will shift how companies implement solutions, and cloud integration will become a way to boost efficiency and get closer to customers, according to the findings of a new report from Hubspan. The provider of cloud-based business integration solutions made its top predictions for 2012 in cloud computing, business integration […]

Amazon is prepping a software update for its Kindle Fire tablet within the next two weeks, according to a report in The New York Times. “In less than two weeks, we re rolling out an over-the-air update to Kindle Fire,” Drew Herdener, an Amazon spokesperson, told the newspaper Dec. 11. That update is an apparent […]

Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI), a provider of communication solutions and services for enterprise and government customers, introduced the MC2100 industrial mobile computing series, a smaller, rugged mobile computer that is designed to expand the range of field solutions available for larger enterprises and small to medium-size businesses (SMBs). Motorola’s MC2100 mobile computing series is expected […]

Wireless systems manufacturer Ruckus Wireless and ShoreTel, a provider of simple IP phone systems, announced plans to deliver a Mobile Unified Communications Starter Kit, combining WiFi and voice over IP products, which is specifically designed for the small to medium-size business sector. The Ruckus ZoneFlex Smart Wireless LAN (WLAN) offering is a verified system within […]