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Data Breaches Increase, but Data Loss Drops
Data loss through cyber-attacks decreased markedly in 2010, but the total number of breaches was higher than ever, according to Verizon’s “2011 Data Breach Investigations Report.” The number of compromised records involved in data breaches investigated by Verizon and the U.S. Secret Service dropped from 144 million in 2009 to only 4 million in 2010,…
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CompTIA: Green IT Trends Up as Business Priority
Green IT initiatives will take on added importance in the next few years as more organizations commit financial resources and develop comprehensive strategies, according to a study released this week by CompTIA, the non-profit association for the IT industry. CompTIA’s study was based on an online survey of 650 IT and business executives involved in…
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Global Tablet Revenues to Reach $49B by 2015
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global tablet revenues will surge to $49 billion by 2015. North America, Asia Pacific and Western Europe will be the most valuable regions for tablet vendors, according to the company’s research. The full report, Tablet Regional Sales & Value by Price Tier Forecast, is published by the…
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Software Companies Expect Cloud Computing to Drive Industry Growth in 2011: Survey
The cloud is where it’s at—or so suggested a Sand Hill Group survey set to be released later this week. The report shows that the majority of the more than 100 software company CEOs and CFOs interviewed believe cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) will drive the largest amount of spending in the software industry over…
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Apple iPad 2 Comes to Select Toys R Us Stores
Barbies, Matchbox cars, Legos and… high-end tablet computers? Apple broadened its channels for iPad 2 distribution again this week by introducing the popular tablet for sales at select Toys R Us stores. Also available at big box retailer Best Buy and through Apple’s stores and Website, the toy store joins the exclusive list of vendors…
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Worldwide PC Shipments Hurting
PC shipments worldwide totaled 84.3 million units in the first quarter of 2011, a 1.1 percent decline from the first quarter of 2010, according to preliminary results from IT research firm Gartner. Although the first quarter is traditionally a slow one for PC sales, these shipment results indicated potential sluggishness, not just a normal seasonal…