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Mobile Client Devices Spur Solid State Storage Growth
Technology advancements, changing dynamics in the PC industry, new enterprise server and storage architectures, and near-term hard disk drive shortages are all combining to propel the worldwide solid state storage market higher from 2011 through 2015, according to research from IT anayltics firm IDC. The worldwide solid state storage industry revenue reached $5 billion in…
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CES: Windows Phone, Windows 8 Likely Focus of Ballmer Keynote
When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer takes the stage for his Jan. 9 keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show, he ll almost certainly whip the curtain back from a few company projects in development. Chief among those will be Windows 8, the long-gestating operating system due to arrive sometime in the latter half of 2012.…
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Smartphones, Tablets, Ultrabooks to Make Splash at CES: Canalys
A report from IT analytics firm Canalys predicted the key themes likely coming out of the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, anticipating that Intel’s ultrabook category will capture most of the mobile product announcements, with up to 50 new devices expected. Tablet devices are expected to take a back…
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Mobile Workers to Number 1.3 Billion by 2015: IDC
By 2015, the world’s mobile worker population will reach 1.3 billion, representing 37.2 percent of the total workforce, according to an updated forecast from IT analytics firm International Data Corporation (IDC). The report projects the most significant gains will again be in the emerging economies of Asia/Pacific thanks to continued, strong economic growth. The Americas…
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Microsoft Partners With BT to Push Lync Voice Services Into Cloud
In what may be a sign of the times, Microsoft is expanding the footprint of its Lync platform further into the cloud. The company has launched a pilot program with telecom giant British Telecom to begin offering an enterprise-class platform to host dedicated Microsoft Lync Voice service. The pilot augments BT’s existing global Managed Lync…
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Velocity Micro to Launch Ice Cream Sandwich Tablets at CES
Velocity Micro will join MIPS Technologies in showing off low-cost tablets running Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Chip maker MIPS Technologies teamed with Ingenic to launch the $100 Novo7 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet in China. That 7-inch slate is powered by a…