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  • Mobile Management Styles Driven by Consumerization: Gartner

    Consumerization is now the primary driver of the mobile universe, and CIOs must be ready to embrace a range of more-flexible approaches to their mobile strategy, according to research from IT anayltics firm Gartner. At least four new mobile management styles will emerge as leaders because different groups of staff will demand different approaches: Control,…

  • Solarflare, Fusion-io Partner to Create Big Data Applications

    Solarflare, a provider of application-intelligent 10 Gigabit Ethernet networking hardware and software, announced it is collaborating with Fusion-io (NYSE: FIO), a specialist in shared data decentralization, on solutions that accelerate applications. A member of Fusion-io’s Technology Alliance Program, Solarflare’s products, paired with Fusion-io products, are designed to minimize latency and increase application performance. Solarflare’s application-intelligent…

  • Cloud-Based Data Storage Will Increase in 2012: Drobo

    Data storage specialist Drobo has released storage industry predictions for the coming year, based on the company’s interactions with customers, analysts and industry experts, predicting pure cloud adoption will become less common than a hybrid approach that tightly integrates public and private cloud architectures with modern on-premises storage systems a trend the company said will…

  • Google Apps for Business Now Has Complete 24/7 Phone Support

    Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Nov. 14 added 24/7 phone support in its Google Apps for Business for all issues, providing an additional lure for CIOs considering Google’s paid collaboration suite as an alternative to Microsoft  software. Launched in February 2007, Google Apps for Business (formerly Google Apps Premier Edition) costs $50 per user, per year, or $5…

  • Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet Ships, Offering Challenge to iPad 2, Nook

    Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) began shipping its Kindle Fire Nov. 14, one day earlier than expected. That gives the tablet a bit more separation from Barnes & Noble s (NYSE:BKS) Nook Tablet, which is slated to arrive later this week. The $199 Kindle Fire faces not only the Nook Tablet, but also Apple’s iPad in the quest…

  • CA Technologies, ZDE Announce Partner Agility Award Winners

    After several fitful starts and driven by the customer rush to cloud computing, CA Technologies is getting serious about boosting and expanding its channel business. In a session for approximately 1,000 solution providers, system integrators, global service providers and managed services providers, CA Technologies CEO William McCracken stated he intends to drive the channel business…

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