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Hewlett-Packard is taking the latest steps in its efforts to become a major cloud computing player, launching the private beta for two public cloud services. The infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings, announced Sept. 7, are HP Cloud Compute and HP Cloud Object Storage, and offer a combination of HP hardware and software technologies as well as the […]

Audio communications specialist Plantronics announced the availability of tools, training events and special product offers as part of an initiative aimed at supporting the communications requirements of small and midsize businesses. Plantronics said it is working with strategic partners, including Cisco, to develop and offer technology solutions for this mobile-focused market segment. The first SMB […]

Microsoft is working to speed up boot times for Windows 8. “Few operations in Windows are as scrutinized, measured, and picked apart as boot,” Gabe Aul, a director of program management for Windows, wrote in a Sept. 8 posting on Microsoft’s Building Windows 8 blog. The goal with Windows 8, he added, was to create […]

A new study by Veriphyr, a software-as-a-service data analytics application provider, found that 71 percent of health care organizations have suffered at least one data breach within the past year. Veriphyr offers data-analytics software that allows medical practices to view logs showing who has accessed patients’ medical records. Insider peeks were responsible for most of […]

A longtime Microsoft tools executive has left the software giant for a larger role at a smaller company in the Microsoft ecosystem. Dave Mendlen, who was most recently senior director of the Visual Studio business at Microsoft, has been named chief marketing officer at DevExpress, effective September 10, 2011. DevExpress is a Microsoft partner that […]

Microsoft is working to ensure Windows 8 enables Hyper-V, which will give machines the ability to virtually run multiple 32-bit or 64-bit x86 operating systems at the same time. Windows 8–the code name for Microsoft’s next operating system–will reportedly arrive sometime in 2012. This is a useful tool for developers who need to switch between […]

A pessimistic economic outlook in the United States and Western Europe are major contributing factors to the slow growth of the PC market in 2011, according to preliminary research from IT analytics firm Gartner, although competition from increasingly capable mobile devices and tablets is affecting the market and PC vendors strategy, the report noted. The […]

Technology giant IBM is reaching out to small and midsize businesses with $1 billion in financing to help credit-qualified companies over the next 18 months take advantage of a new suite of advanced technologies such as analytics and cloud. The effort is designed to help SMBs spur innovation and drive economic growth by making credit […]

While the employment opportunities for technology professionals are certainly rosier than the overall job market for Americans, there are still certain skills higher in demand particularly when it comes to mobile application development. A report from Dice.com, a career Web site for technology and engineering professionals, found the overall available technology jobs as of September […]

While the unemployment rate in the United States remains stubbornly high and the population becomes increasingly frustrated with the lack of job opportunities–the month of August saw no gains in the job market and there was a rise in “discouraged workers”–professionals in the IT space fared better, with 13,700 more jobs added in the technical […]

Technology giant Dell announced the expansion of its PowerConnect wireless networking platform, which is designed to help small to medium-size businesses better manage IT resources under limited budgets. The PowerConnect W-Series of access points (APs), controllers and software brings end-to-end wireless networking features and security to SMBs from the data center to small branch offices […]

Technology giant Dell and Chinese Web services company Baidu are teaming up to develop mobile phones and tablet devices involving Baidu’s new mobile platform, according to a Reuters report. While Dell has not officially established a timeline for when the products are to hit the market, sources mentioned in the report said November might be […]