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Microsoft’s Windows 7 is primed to become the world s leading operating system by the end of 2011, according to a new research report from Gartner. Windows 7’s expected presence on 42 percent of PCs in use by the end of the year should come as no surprise, considering how the operating system comes loaded […]

Apple could challenge Hewlett-Packard, Dell and other PC manufacturers for the balance of 2011, according to a new analyst report. “Within the computing market, we see significant opportunity for Apple to take meaningful share in the second half as the Microsoft / PC ecosystem is relatively stagnant, lacking meaningful new offerings,” Chris Whitmore, an analyst […]

The Cloud Security Alliance announced the launch of a new initiative to encourage transparency of security practices within cloud providers. The CSA Security, Trust and Assurance Registry (STAR) is a free, publicly accessible registry that documents the security controls provided by various cloud computing offerings, thereby helping users assess the security of cloud providers they […]

HTC is clearly interested in competing with Apple and other companies in the mobile-cloud game, snatching up a Seattle-based company known for its device-syncing software. Financials of the agreement between the manufacturer and Seattle-based Dashwire remained undisclosed, but the latter will become a wholly owned subsidiary of HTC. Dashwire s Dashworks platform allows users to […]

Yahoo lost a key thought leader when vice president and chief cloud systems architect, Todd Papaioannou, announced his departure from the company to take a new job as entrepreneur in residence at venture capital firm Battery Ventures, GigaOm reported Aug. 5. Battery Ventures, which has offices on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, Calif., in […]

Nexsan, an independent provider of disk-based storage systems, announced the first two models of the E5000 Family of NAS storage systems, the E5110 and the E5310. Both models utilize the FASTier cache, which utilizes multiple SSD technologies that work transparently to boost performance for random I/O workloads including applications that are run on top of […]

Former Microsoft executive Steven VanRoekel has been tapped to become the nation s second Federal CIO. He will replace Vivek Kundra, who accepted a fellowship at Harvard University. VanRoekel worked at Microsoft for 15 years, eventually rising to senior director for the Windows Server and Tools Division. After leaving the company in 2009, he served […]

Health care is becoming the fastest-growing vertical for U.S. businesses, with (IAAS) (infrastructure as a service) leading the way, according to a new report by research firm In-Stat. IT spending in health care will grow 29 percent from 2010 to 2015, the company reports. "The health care vertical segment, across all sizes of business, and […]

The newly formed Open Data Center Alliance is using an array of usage models to weld cloud-using customers into a force that prevents vendor lock. At the same time, the group is promoting secure movement of virtual workloads from one provider to another. The organization is made up of more than 200 members including JPMorgan […]

Printing and digital imaging specialist Xerox Corp. announced the release of its WorkCentre 5300 Series black-and-white multifunction printers (MFPs), which are designed to help small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) and enterprise users simplify everyday work processes. The three new additions to Xerox s tabloid-size MFP portfolio, the WorkCentre 5325/5330/5335, print speeds of up to 35 […]

Microsoft plans to patch 22 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Windows, Visio and Visual Studio as part of the August Patch Tuesday release. Microsoft will release 13 security bulletins, two of which are rated "critical," the company said Aug. 4. Nine were rated as "important" and the final two were listed as "moderate" according to the […]

T-Mobile USA added to its portfolio for small and midsize businesses by launching Small Business Value Rate Plans. The plans offer options tailored for business customers, who could save money when using unlimited data, talk and text; the options include up to 5GB of full-speed data on the company s 4G network with the Unlimited […]