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Apple iPad Still on Top: Consumer Reports
Apple’s iPad remains on the top of Consumer Reports list of best tablets, despite some new Android tablets. “We’ve added five new tablets to our ratings, and while some were noteworthy for reasons of their own, none rose to the challenge the iPad continues to present to its competitors,” the publication wrote in a Sept.…
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Health Care Organizations Struggle With Patient Data Security
Consulting firm PwC‘s Health Research Institute has come out with a report revealing that health organizations are underprepared to secure patient medical information. The report, "Old Data Learns New Tricks: Managing Patient Privacy and Security on a New Data-Sharing Playground," shows that despite advances in electronic health records (EHRs) software and security technology, health care…
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Few Small Businesses Plan to Hire as Economy Struggles: Report
Newtek Business Services announced the release of the Small Business Authority Index for August 2011, which reached 108.06 points. The SB Authority Index is up 0.76 percent from July 2011, with approved SBA loan volumes, the Russell microcap index and retail sales causing the increase in the index. However, the index growth was limited by…
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CompTIA Goes to Washington
CompTIA is organizing a “fly-in” advocacy forum in Washington that will connect its community members and partners with their representatives in Congress and the Senate to discuss a variety of issues important to technology companies and also to show that the IT industry is more than the Microsofts and Googles of the nation. The fly-in…
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App Development: Building Your Practice While Avoiding the Pitfalls
While solution providers may be lured by the ring of app-development’s many opportunities, there are several hurdles they must avoid in order to ensure their new business venture is successful. Through planning and attention to detail, solution providers and consulting firms can be part of the application-development market. After all, with mobile apps alone expected…
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Microsoft Cloud Service Provider Enterhost Launches Partner Program
Internet cloud services provider Enterhost is reaching out to potential partners with the launch of its new channel program, announced at the MSPWorld conference in Austin, Texas. Enterhost, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, is a customized cloud-solution provider specializing in Windows applications with a focus on cloud desktop and private cloud services. The company also…