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StillSecure, SoftLayer Partner on Cloud Security Monitoring Service
StillSecure, a managed network security solutions and certified compliance company, announced the availability of a cloud security solution called Cloud Security Monitoring Service. Targeted at cloud infrastructure users and providers, Cloud SMS is available free of charge to StillSecure customers through SoftLayer’s Technology Partners Marketplace portal. The first in a series of solutions to be…
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RIM PlayBook Prices Drop at Best Buy, Maybe Because of Kindle Fire
At a high-profile Sept. 28 event in New York City, Amazon unveiled its $199.99 Kindle Fire tablet, a 7-inch device with streamlined access to the online retailer s multimedia and cloud content. Within a day, it seems, prominent retailer Best Buy started slashing the price of another 7-inch tablet, the BlackBerry-branded PlayBook, by $200. Nor…
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Microsoft Enters Into Android Licensing Agreement With Samsung
Microsoft has entered into a cross-licensing agreement with Samsung, in which the latter agrees to pay royalties for its Android tablets and smartphones. Financial terms were undisclosed. A Microsoft-issued press release indicated that Samsung would also collaborate on development and marketing for Windows Phone. Over the past several quarters, Microsoft has engaged in an aggressive…
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Oracle Launches Health Insurance Exchange Platform
Oracle has announced a health insurance exchange (HIX) platform that aligns several of its existing applications to allow states to create a marketplace for purchasing health insurance. Under the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), states must establish health insurance exchanges by 2014. "The impending rollout of health insurance exchanges will require state…
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Amazon Selling the Kindle Fire Tablet Like Gillette Sells Razors
It’s clear now that the flurry of the Kindle announcement is behind us that Amazon has learned a thing or two from another of the great success stories in American marketing. That other great success is Gillette, and the lesson its success teaches is that Gillette didn’t get rich selling razors. It got rich selling…
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Amazon Fire Tablet Won’t Make a Small Business Splash
With the HP TouchPad on the ropes and Apple’s iPad 2 cornering the tablet market, small businesses might think they don t have as many choices as they’d like when it comes to an efficient, business-centric tablet. While devices like the BlackBerry PlayBook cater to a more professional market, consumer-savvy devices like the Samsung Galaxy…