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As cloud computing and virtualization rapidly evolve, business management software specialist SAP (NYSE: SAP) is working in a three-way strategic collaboration with partners EMC (NYSE: EMC) and VMware to develop tools and services that make it possible for businesses to adopt cloud and run SAP systems in cloud infrastructures with increasing levels of automation. The […]

Alcatel-Lucent is rolling out its OpenTouch communications platform as it looks to strengthen its position in the booming video conferencing and unified communications spaces. Alcatel-Lucent officials first announced OpenTouch in April and launched the communications platform Nov. 10, initially coming out with three packages. The goal of the OpenTouch suite of technologies is to enable […]

Overland Storage, a provider of data management and data protection solutions across the data lifecycle recently conducted a nationwide survey of its customers in the United States to learn more about how they use Overland tape libraries. The results of the survey indicate that tape storage remains a critical component of the data center. Half […]

With operations disrupted at more than a dozen hard disk drive (HDD) factories, damage to the HDD industry is significant, due to widespread flooding across Thailand. According to a report from IT analytics firm IDC, this will have a direct impact on worldwide PC shipments through the first half of 2012. The report said the […]

Although only those with short memories can be forgiven for assuming that Apple invented the tablet computer, it’s easy to make that mistake. One doesn’t hear the phrase Tablet PC much these days, but such devices have been around since the early Noughties, and Motion Computing s CL900 is a state-of-the-art personal computer in a […]

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Nov. 9 said it is giving up the ghost on its Gmail App for Blackberry to focus on improving Gmail in the mobile Web browser. Google launched Gmail for Blackberry as a native application users install on their Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) Blackberry smartphones. As of November 22, the company will cease supporting […]

Disk-based storage systems provider Nexsan announced the latest member of its E5000 family of network-attached storage (NAS) systems, the E5510. Offering more than 1PB of capacity in a small, 27U of rack space, the E5510 combines support for both asynchronous and synchronous replication and includes the company s FASTier SSD caching technology. The new NAS […]

Cisco Systems has spent much of the past year undergoing a gut-wrenching reorganization that has included shedding business units and more than 8,000 jobs in an effort to streamline the company after several quarters of difficult financial results. In announcing the networking giant’s fiscal year 2012 first-quarter financial numbers Nov. 9, Cisco CEO John Chambers […]

After announcing plans to restructure and lay off 750 employees, Adobe has followed up with news of plans to shut down its work on the mobile version of its Flash Player. According to a report first seen on ZDNet, Adobe told developer partners of its plans to stop development of its Flash mobile browser plug-in […]

Computer maker Asus is rolling out a tablet powered by Nvidia’s quad-core Tegra 3 chip. Asus’ 10.1-inch Eee Pad Transformer Prime, announced Nov. 9, is an ultra-thin device, coming in at 0.33 inches thick, and lightweight, at 1.29 pounds. It features a metallic swirl design with enhancements including the company’s SonicMaster audio technology, an HD 8 mega-pixel rear […]

Brocade wants to give enterprises looking for alternatives to Cisco Systems affordable and scalable options for their campus networking environments. Brocade officials on Nov. 8 rolled out new Ethernet switches that they say will enable companies to quickly adapt to changing business and application demands while driving down overall networking costs. In a statement announcing […]

Amid fears of a double-dip recession, rising unemployment, and continued economic turbulence, a survey of IT professionals conducted by Modis, a provider of IT staffing solutions, paints a brighter picture of the current career outlook for the field. According to the survey, 89 percent of IT professionals are happy at their current jobs and 64 […]