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  • Collaboration

    ShoreTel to Expand Cloud UC Offerings With M5 Networks Acquisition

    ShoreTel continues to grow its unified communications capabilities through acquisition, announcing Feb. 1 its intention to buy M5 Networks for $146 million, a move that will enable ShoreTel to offer both cloud-based and on-premise solutions. M5 Networks, a 12-year-old company headquartered in New York City, offers a suite of hosted unified communications (UC) products, including…

    Channel Insider Staff

  • Mobile Devices

    HTC Security Flaw Found on Multiple Android Phones

    Smartphone manufacturer HTC admitted several of its phones running Google’s Android operating system have a security flaw that allows hackers or an application to view and access WiFi security information. The affected phones include the Desire HD, the Glacier, the Droid Incredible, the ThunderBolt, the Sensation, the Sensation 4G, the Desire S, the EVO 3D…

    Channel Insider Staff

  • News and Trends

    Why Windows 8 Will Be a Hit for Microsoft

    The anticipation surrounding Microsoft’s upcoming launch of Windows 8 is running high. The company’s operating system is easily the biggest departure from earlier versions Microsoft has ever launched, and it could very well be the answer to Apple’s iPad and Android-based tablets in the mobile market. Still, there are many people in the industry who…

    Channel Insider Staff

  • News and Trends

    Facebook Files for IPO, Reveals Business Details

    Facebook, which is barely eight years old but will record its 1 billionth registered user sometime this spring, filed an application Feb. 1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of stock potentially worth $10 billion or more. When the stock is issued at some point in the near future, Facebook–with…

    Channel Insider Staff

  • News and Trends

    ChannelEyes: Will It Transform the Channel?

    If the 2000 decade was about automation for the IT services channel, the current decade could well be about social media. For many out there, the jury is still out on the effectiveness of social media in a business context. But now that the channel is about to get a dedicated social networking service, some…

    Pedro Pereira

  • News and Trends

    Sidepath Gets Mazda America Rolling Again

    Mazda North American Operations was spinning its wheels. The auto-maker’s finance and account department stored terabytes of data, none of which could be archived, and each time neared capacity on its NetApp system, Mazda had to spend a lot of money to upgrade, CIO Jim DiMarzio told Channel Insider during an interview at the Rolex…

    Alison Diana

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