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The Impact of Steve Jobs: A Developer View
SAN FRANCISCO — JavaOne has become a tradition for me. I have not missed one yet. Each year is memorable for different things. This year it is memorable as the place where I learned of Steve Jobs passing. I was in a meeting with a source at JavaOne here when he received a text informing…
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Managed Services Spending Poised for Double-Digit Growth
Research from Techaisle’s SMB Managed Services report indicates that small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) in the U.S. will be spending $7 billion on managed services in 2011 and will continue to grow in double digits for the next several years, an increment of more than a billion dollars each year. The data is based on…
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Amazon Kindle Fire Preorders Could Hit 2.5 Million Units
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) began accepting preorders for its Kindle Fire tablet computer a week ago, and it already may be on pace to sell 2.5 million units, according to data leaked to an industry blog. The Kindle Fire is a 7-inch tablet based on a customized version of Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system. Amazon CEO Jeff…
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LabTech RMM Update Includes Better Dashboards
Remote monitoring and management provider LabTech Software has released its latest version, LabTech 2011.2, designed for faster speed, enhanced management functions, newly developed reports, and improved connectivity to end-users, the company said. The new version, available to LabTech partners immediately, offers the following new features, the company said: Direct Tunneling MSPs can create a IP…
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N-able Gets Private Equity Growth Investment
Remote monitoring and management software vendor N-able Technologies has received a private equity investment earmarked for strategic growth, the company has announced. Accel-KKR made the investment of an undisclosed but double-digit million dollar sum. N-able said the investment will be used to fund the growth and expansion its RMM platform, to fuel international growth, and…