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Jobs’ Departure Won’t Sink Apple: Analysts
Apple CEO Steve Jobs resignation has sparked off a not-unexpected flurry of analysis and commentary from across the technology industry. In a letter to Apple’s board of directors and employees, Jobs suggested he could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple s CEO. He asked the board to activate a prearranged succession plan…
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VMware Launches Micro Cloud Foundry Beta
VMware has announced the availability of a beta version of its new Micro Cloud Foundry platform as a service (PaaS) offering. Available as a free download at http://micro.cloudfoundry.com, Micro Cloud Foundry is a complete version of VMware s Cloud Foundry that runs on a developer s Mac or PC. The new offering enables developers to…
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CompTIA: Momentum Building for Business Cloud Adoption
Momentum behind the cloud computing movement continues to accelerate as businesses move from limited deployments to more comprehensive cloud solutions, according to research published by CompTIA, the nonprofit trade association for the IT industry. More than half (56 percent) of the organizations surveyed for CompTIA’s Second Annual Trends in Cloud Computing study said their investment…
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Cisco Debuts Router for M2M Communications
Cisco Systems officials are continuing to bring their networking capabilities farther from the data center, with the latest example being the company’s new Cisco 819 ISR Machine-to-Machine Gateway. The new Integrated Services Router (ISR), announced Aug. 23, dovetails with Cisco officials’ idea of the “Internet of things,” putting networking capabilities into machines not normally connected…
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Facebook Twitter Users Exhibit Social Media Fatigue
Facebook Twitter Users Exhibit Social Media Fatigue 24 percent of those polled said they use their favorite social media site less than when they first signed up. No Title 33 percent said they were concerned about online privacy, But only 22 percent of teens said privacy concerns hurt their enthusiasm for social media. No Title…
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AMD Names Rory Read to CEO Job
AMD has named Lenovo COO Rory Read as its new CEO, effective immediately. Read will also serve on AMD’s board of directors. Read, 49, has spent the last 5 years at Lenovo after a long career at IBM. "Rory is a proven leader with an impressive record of driving profitable growth," said Bruce Claflin, chairman…
