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  • EnterpriseDB Launches Postgres Plus Cloud Database

    EnterpriseDB, a provider of PostgreSQL and Oracle database compatibility products and services, announced the general availability of the Postgres Plus Cloud Database on Amazon Web Services. Postgres Plus Cloud Database is an enterprise-class PostgreSQL database as a service (DBaaS). EnterpriseDB also announced that CloudBees and Engine Yard have selected Postgres Plus Cloud Database as one…

  • Small Businesses Know More About the Cloud: Fonality

    Small businesses are increasingly becoming educated about the benefits cloud computing holds for their companies, according to a report from Fonality, a business communications company. Fonality released the results of a survey conducted by Webtorials, which measured 2012 communications goals and challenges for small to medium-size businesses (SMBs). The "2012 Small and Medium-Sized Business Communications…

  • Kindle Fire Powers Android Tablets to 39% Market Share

    Amazon’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle Fire helped power market share for tablets based on Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system to 39 percent market share for the fourth quarter of 2011, up from 29 percent a year ago. Global tablet shipments reached an all-time high of 26.8 million units in Q4 2011, up 150 percent from 10.7 million…

  • Enterprises Are Embracing BYOD, Not Resisting It

    The idea that IT professionals and business leaders are resisting the consumerization of IT and the trend of bringing your own device (BYOD) to work is myth. On the contrary, more and more people are embracing these notions and trying to incorporate them into the workday, according to a recent study. Several recent reports have…

  • Emerson Offers Avocent Data Center Planner

    Emerson Network Power, a business unit of Emerson (NYSE: EMR) specializing in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, introduced the next generation of Avocent Data Center Planner, a software solution that helps enable data center managers to make informed decisions for the planning and effective management of their data center assets and physical…

  • Storage, Servers, Software Boom for Avnet in Q2

    The big data explosion and a growing concern in the C-suite that IT drive efficiency and productivity mean that storage is selling. And it’s selling well, according to value-added distributor Avnet Technology Solutions. The Phoenix, Ariz.-based company announced its second quarter earnings for fiscal year 2012 on Jan. 26, and storage was its big seller…

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