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Intel Creates New Mobile Computing Business Unit
Intel is creating a new business unit focusing on mobile computing as part of a larger push into a booming segment of the tech market that currently is dominated by chips based on architectures from ARM Holdings. Intel on Dec. 14 sent around an internal memo outlining how the company is combining four divisions to…
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Spam Slows in 2011 as Criminals Choose Targeted Attacks
Criminals shifted away from building up botnet armies in favor of launching targeted attacks on specific corporate networks in 2011, according to security researchers. The overall number of networks and computers hijacked by criminals globally and commandeered into a botnet army has declined each year since 2009, Cisco said in its 2011 state of security…
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OnForce IT Field Services Mobile App for iPhone Launches
OnForce, a source for on-site tech talent, announced the availability of its Apple iPhone application for IT service corporations and field technicians. The app, available in the Apple App Store, offers efficiency and collaboration benefits throughout the lifecycle of every service event. There are plans to introduce an Android version of the OnForce app in…
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Cisco Launches OnPlus Network Monitoring for MSPs
Cisco is targeting managed service providers with a new offering called OnPlus, giving IT solution providers a way to provide network assessment, management and advisory services to SMB customers. Cisco said it is working to integrate the service with RMM platforms that MSPs already use. “By enabling value added resellers (VARs) to quickly create or…
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Avaya Looking to Buy Radvision for Video Collaboration: Report
Unified communications vendor Avaya reportedly is negotiating to buy Radvision, which makes video conferencing solutions for IP and 3G networks. In a Dec. 13 report, Israeli business publication Globes said sources indicate that Avaya is in advanced talks to buy Radvision for about $200 million, a move that would enable Avaya to expand into a…
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Forrester’s Computing Form Factors of the Future
With Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad selling close to 40 million units since its April 2010 launch, ostensibly birthing the tablet form factor, you can forgive high-tech punditry for reveling in tablet talk and prognostication. Fortunately, some analysts are given to skate to where the puck will be, not where it is, a common refrain in the…