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Half of Small Businesses Impacted by Data Loss: Survey
Data loss continues to be prominent among small businesses, found a survey conducted by Carbonite, a provider of online backup solutions. According to the study, which took place in April 2011, 48 percent of American small businesses with between two and 20 employees have experienced data loss, up from 42 percent when Carbonite surveyed small…
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Apple Releases Mac OS X Lion, Updates MacBook Air, Mac Mini
Apple unveiled a host of updated products, including an updated MacBook Air and Mac mini, and released Mac OS X Lion, the eighth major edition of the company’s operating system with more than 250 new features, which is available as a download from the Mac App Store for $29.99. The updated Air, available in 11-inch…
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Telcos Invested $8 Billion in Cloud Computing in First Half of 2011
Communication service providers committed almost $8 billion to cloud-related pursuits in the first six months of 2011, but recent acquisitions won’t boost cloud revenues overnight and service differentiation remains poor, according to Informa Telecoms & Media’s Telecom Cloud Monitor, an analytical tool evaluating CSP’s cloud strategies. The tool tracks the cloud-related activities of 90 CSP…
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EMC’s Q2 Profit Up 28 Percent
EMC’s storage, security and data center equipment juggernaut continues to sail right along, with the corporation posting record second-quarter results July 20 that included a 28 percent hike in profits year over year. The Hopkinton, Mass.-based company also increased the numbers in its analysts’ guidance for the year, and now expects to bring in nearly…
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Apple’s Profits Top $7 Billion, iPad, iPhone Sales Soar
Apple reported significant growth in iPad and iPhone sales for the fiscal 2011 third quarter, on its way to quarterly revenues of $28.57 billion and net profit of $7.31 billion. In all, Apple sold 20.34 million iPhones during the quarter, a year-over-year increase of 142 percent. It also sold 9.25 million iPads, good for a…
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VMWare Q2 Profit Nearly Triple Last Year’s Second Quarter
Enterprise virtualization software provider VMware (NYSE:VMW) posted an impressive quarterly earnings report July 19, nearly tripling its profits over the same quarter a year ago. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company’s net income for the second quarter of 2011 was $220 million, compared with $75 million in 2010. VMware’s revenue in its fiscal Q2 climbed to…