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Software Piracy Reaches a Record $59 Billion in 2010: Report
Theft of software for personal computers leapt 14 percent globally in 2010 to a record commercial value of $59 billion, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) reported in its 2010 BSA Global Software Piracy Study. That amount has nearly doubled in real terms since 2003. Emerging economies are the driving forces behind the trend, the report…
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Cisco Plans $1B in Cuts by October, Layoffs Likely
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) plans to cut $1 billion in costs from its fiscal 2012 run rate as it seeks to right itself, according to CEO John Chambers who addressed analysts in a conference call following the company’s third quarter earnings release May 11. Most of the $1 billion in cost cutting will be executed by…
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Cisco Debuts Branch Office WLAN Controller at Interop
Cisco Systems officials over the past few months have built out the capabilities of their Borderless Networks initiative in such areas as mobility, security and management. Now the networking giant is looking to extend the reach of the strategy into branch offices. At Interop 2011 this week in Las Vegas, Cisco officials are showing off…
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Apple iPad Not Weakening PC Sales: NPD Report
The consumer PC market isn’t floundering because of Apple’s iPad tablet, and the rate of cannibalization is actually declining among more recent purchasers, according to market research company The NPD Group’s “Apple iPad Owner Study II” report. According to the report, only 14 percent of early iPad adopters (iPad owners of six months or more)…
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D-Link Unveils New Scalable Switches for SMBs
Networking solutions provider D-Link broadened its selection of scalable switching solutions for small to medium-size businesses, including the DGS-6604 chassis-based switch and DGS-3620 and DGS-3120 xStack series switches. The switches offer 10-Gigabit Ethernet aggregation, and Power Over Ethernet support, as well as IPv6 support including IPv6 Tunnel, ICMPv6, IPv6 Neighbor Discovery, DHCPv6, RIPng and OSPFv3.…
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IT Specialists at Risk Transmitting Unsecure Mobile Data: Report
A study by Origin Storage, a secure storage specialist, has revealed that 41 percent of what should be a security-savvy audience are carrying sensitive information on mobile devices unprotected. In fact, 19 percent revealed that their organization had suffered a data breach following the loss of a portable device (i.e., laptop, USB, CD) with 54…