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  • Cost, Security Fears Hampering Cloud Computing Growth

    A survey of cloud decision makers at large enterprises in North America found that 52 percent of those polled said that internal change and learning was the leading roadblock to cloud project success, pointing to possible pent-up demand for advisory services, as users struggle with the change brought on by the cloud. According to the…

  • Acer Acquires Cloud Specialist iGware for $320 Million

    Acer is taking to the cloud as it looks to expand beyond its core PC business, buying cloud specialist iGware July 21 for $320 million. Acer, which regularly competes with Dell for the No. 2 spot on the list of the world s top PC makers, will call the new business the Acer Cloud Technology…

  • Google Voice Gets Multiple Call Functionality

    Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) July 20 rolled out a service to augment its phone calling capability in Gmail by letting users make multiple calls at the same time. The search giant surprised users last August when it launched calling capability in Gmail, which leverages the company’s Google Voice phone management application and voice and video plug-in. Google…

  • Microsoft’s Windows Sales Decline, Business Division Grows

    Microsoft offered strong quarterly results, but one of its revenue pillars — the long-running Windows franchise — experienced a slight decline. The company reported revenue of $17.37 billion for its fiscal fourth quarter ended June 2011, an 8 percent increase from the year-ago quarter. Quarterly operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share were…

  • Google Buys Fridge to Enable Shared Circles on Google+

    Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), which has been moved to put "more wood behind fewer arrows" of late, is putting more wood behind its Google+ social network, which comScore said has topped 20 million users. To that end, the search engine acquired small social startup Fridge, whose software facilitates the construction of private groups within social networks, as…

  • Apple iPad Adoption Eclipsing Android Devices

    The trend of personal smartphones and tablets infiltrating the workplace is being led by both Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android smartphone platforms, Good Technology, a provider of secure and managed enterprise mobility for Apple iPhone, iPad, Google Android-based devices and other smartphone platforms, said in its quarterly data report. However, in the second quarter of…

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