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  • Malware Threat to Mobile Platforms Growing: McAfee Report

    Security specialist McAfee released the McAfee Threats Report: Second Quarter 2011, showing that the amount of malware targeted at Android devices jumped 76 percent since last quarter, to become the most attacked mobile operating system. This year has also resulted in the busiest ever first half-year in malware history, including a first-ever appearance of Mac…

  • Channel Case Study: The Value of Cold Calls

    It was the cold call that turned into a half-a-million dollar business deal. When an inside sales associate at Carousel Industries called Dean College, not only did the solution provider fortuitously reach out at exactly the right time, it managed to put together a compelling deal, kicking off a relationship that has brought in hundreds…

  • Amazon Web Services Launches ElastiCache Service

    Amazon Web Services has announced Amazon ElastiCache, a new Web service that makes it easy to deploy, operate and scale an in-memory cache for Web applications running in the AWS cloud. Amazon officials said the new service improves the performance of web applications by enabling customers to retrieve information from a fast, managed, in-memory caching…

  • Microsoft Windows Phone Mango Marketplace Open to Developers

    Microsoft has opened the doors for developers to submit Windows Phone Mango apps to the market. In July, the software giant said it would enable developers to submit apps to the Windows Phone Mango marketplace in late August. And it appears the company has made good on its promise. In an Aug. 22 blog post,…

  • Android Has 52% of U.S. Smartphone Market: NPD Group

    Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system rose to 52 percent of units sold for the second quarter, posting its highest share ever in the United States, according to The NPD Group. Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS grew to 29 percent in Q2, while Research In Motion’s (NASDAQ:RIMM) BlackBerry OS continued to fall, dropping to 11 percent. Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT)…

  • Lenovo Announces ThinkPad Tablet Will Run Android OS

    Lenovo is getting deeper into the tablet fray, announcing that the ThinkPad Tablet, the company’s first business-class Android-based tablet, is now available for sale through the computer vendor’s network of U.S. business partners and online with models starting at $499. Additionally, the company noted Seton Hall University would be the first educational institution to deploy…

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