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  • IBM Unveils New Social Media Initiatives for Business Partners, Customers

    As part of its ongoing social media offerings, IBM today unveiled five new initiatives designed to help business partners and their clients more fully integrate these technologies within their organizations. After all, sales of social business software are expected to grow at 61 percent through 2016, when they will reach sales of $6.4 billion versus…

  • Avaya Launches IP Office 8.0 Unified Communications Platform

    Business communications and collaboration systems and services specialist Avaya unveiled IP Office 8.0, the latest version of the company’s unified communications solution for small to medium-size businesses. The updated version introduces a range of advancements for improving collaboration, including a set of mobile capabilities designed to drive better team performance and keep mobile workers connected…

  • AT&T Joins OpenStack Cloud Community

    AT&T has joined the OpenStack community as the first major carrier to take part in the open-source cloud computing project. By joining OpenStack, AT&T can lend its hand in pushing the project forward while also tapping into the OpenStack cloud technology for AT&T s own developer cloud initiative announced Jan. 9. OpenStack is an infrastructure…

  • HP Launches Envy 14 Spectre Ultrabook

    Hewlett-Packard is bringing a new level of manufacturing sophistication to the increasingly competitive ultrabook space with the release of its Envy 14 Spectre, which the company is showing off at the Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas. The ultrabook features lightweight, scratch-resistant glass on the lid, display, palmrest and HP ImagePad. The notebook, which starts at…

  • Polycom Makes Video Platform Standard on Motorola Android Tablet

    Polycom, the video collaboration technology vendor that last year made a strategic shift toward a more software-centric approach, is taking what officials are calling the next key step by having its RealPresence Mobile application shipping preloaded on the new Motorola Droid Xyboard tablet. Polycom officials said the RealPresence Mobile software will be demonstrated this week…

  • Microsoft CEO Talks Windows in CES Keynote

    LAS VEGAS–Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage here Jan. 9 for what could very well be his last keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). As predicted by many in the tech media, his talk focused primarily on Windows Phone, Microsoft’s designs on living-room entertainment and the upcoming Windows 8.   But most…

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