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Adobe Launches Creative Cloud Offering
At its MAX 2011 technology conference, Adobe Systems announced Adobe Creative Cloud, a major new initiative from the company that radically redefines the content creation process. In the MAX Day One keynote here on Oct. 3, Adobe chief technology officer Kevin Lynch demonstrated the core components of Adobe Creative Cloud. Lynch said Adobe Creative Cloud…
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Oracle Announces Exalytics Analytics Applicance
SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle OpenWorld 2011, like most mega-conferences of its type, is all about potential customers, analysts, integrators, partners and developers asking three main questions: a) What’s next; b) how much; and c) when? In Oracle’s case, the answers this year are: a) Exalytics; b) undisclosed at this time; and c) undisclosed at this…
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Emerson, Oracle Partner on New Data Center Platform
SAN FRANCISCO — Emerson Network Power, which is developing a new data center control package called Trellis, revealed Oct. 3 at Oracle OpenWorld 2011 that its base platform will be Oracle Fusion Middleware. Trellis, expected to become available early in 2012, is an open architecture-based data center infrastructure management (DCIM) package with real-time event-analysis capabilities across…
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Data Recovery Platform Selection Depends on Tech Support: Survey
According to respondents of Backup My Info s first IT Consultant survey, which analyzed how IT consultants perceive online data backup and recovery and included IT consultants, VARs, systems integrators and other channel professionals, technical service and support (91 percent) is the most important factor when selecting data backup and recovery vendors. Pricing (73 percent),…
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Mobile Security Investments Rising: Canalys Report
Canalys forecasts that worldwide investments in mobile security will grow an average of 44.2 percent per year over the next five years, reaching $759.8 million by the end of 2011 and turning into a $3 billion market opportunity in 2015. According to Canalys figures, only 4 percent of smartphones and smart pads shipped in 2010…
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Apple Introduces iPhone 4S, But Not iPhone 5
Apple demonstrated the new iPhone 4S on Oct. 4, with plenty of new and improved features including a dual core A5 processor, an 8 megapixel camera and more built in apps, and now available on a third carrier — Sprint. But the screen size stayed the same, the new version lacked 4G, and no mention…