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Apple iPhone 5 Anticipation Growing: Survey
Anticipation in the consumer electronics world is soaring for the launch of Apple’s iPhone 5, which is rumored to be hitting store shelves this fall. PriceGrabber, a part of Experian, released the results of its iPhone 5 survey, revealing that 35 percent of consumers plan to purchase the latest iPhone upon its release. Of these…
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Apple iPad Adoption Eclipsing Android Devices
The trend of personal smartphones and tablets infiltrating the workplace is being led by both Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android smartphone platforms, Good Technology, a provider of secure and managed enterprise mobility for Apple iPhone, iPad, Google Android-based devices and other smartphone platforms, said in its quarterly data report. However, in the second quarter of…
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Telcos Invested $8 Billion in Cloud Computing in First Half of 2011
Communication service providers committed almost $8 billion to cloud-related pursuits in the first six months of 2011, but recent acquisitions won’t boost cloud revenues overnight and service differentiation remains poor, according to Informa Telecoms & Media’s Telecom Cloud Monitor, an analytical tool evaluating CSP’s cloud strategies. The tool tracks the cloud-related activities of 90 CSP…
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Trend Micro Supports Microsoft SBS 2011 Essentials for SMBs
Internet content security specialist Trend Micro announced the release of a hosted endpoint security solution to support Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 Essentials dashboard add-in functionality with Worry-Free Business Security Services, a hosted security service for protecting PCs, servers and other Windows-based devices. The platform leverages the cloud to provide central management for the security…
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Dell Enters High-End Networking with Force10 Buy
Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) is making a play for the high-end data center networking market, announcing plans to acquire Force10 technology in a deal that is expected to close by the end of the summer. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dell said that it would maintain Force10’s existing channel program as it did with previous…
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Telecommuters Rely on Unified Communications, Lag on Data Backup
According to a recent survey from Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of Staples Inc., telecommuters say they rely on email (96 percent), instant messaging (68 percent), video conferencing (44 percent) and unified communications technologies (25 percent) to stay connected. While more than two-thirds of telecommuters said they didn’t receive IT security training in preparation for…