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Android Takes Almost Half of Worldwide Smartphone Market: Canalys
IT analyst firm Canalys published its final worldwide country-level Q2 2011 smart phone market estimates, showing substantial market growth in all regions. Globally, the market grew 73 percent year-on-year, with in excess of 107.7 million units shipping in the second quarter of 2011. Of the 56 countries Canalys tracks around the world, Android led in…
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Opportunities Abundant Despite Turbulent IT Job Market
A sudden and unexpected burst in private-sector downsizing pushed the number of announced job cuts to a 16-month high of 66,414 in July, according the latest report on downsizing activity released this week by outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Similarly depressing figures regarding the U.S. job market have made headlines for the past few…
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Dell’s Force 10 Acquisition Fits Company’s Integrated Strategy, Server Chief Says
Dell’s acquisition of networking vendor Force 10 Networks will be a boon for all parts of the company s efforts to build out its data center solution offerings, according to Dell’s top server executive. In an interview with eWEEK, Forrest Norrod, vice president and general manager of Dell’s Server Platforms business, said Force 10 will…
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Your Clients Are Ready for Cloud. Are You?
As hype around cloud computing is starting to settle into reality, now is the time to start putting together your strategy for how your business will sell and implement cloud services for your clients. The following is an excerpt from a Cloud Practice Guide that was commissioned by The ASCII Group and developed by…
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Mobile Security Threat Rising: Report
Lookout Mobile Security, a provider of mobile security, announced the results of its Mobile Threat Report, based on threat data from its Mobile Threat Network, which includes data collected from more than 700,000 apps and 10 million devices worldwide. The report found that mobile malware has increased significantly, with Android users two-and-a-half times as likely…