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  • Network-Attached Storage for SMBs to Be a $2 Billion Market by 2015

    More than seven in 10 SMBs that use cloud-based storage solutions also use networked-attached storage, according to a recent In-Stat survey. While SMB NAS represents a smaller portion of the total NAS market, it is expected to grow at a much faster rate over the forecast period, with revenues reaching $2 billion in 2015, said…

  • SMBs Turning to Twitter, Facebook for Self Promotion: Survey

    A survey from Constant Contact found that social media marketing has surged to be a top contender in small businesses’ marketing tool kit; 73 percent of small businesses report using social media to market their business, and this appears to be a growing trend. Of those who are not currently using social media marketing, 62…

  • Businesses Not Keeping Up with New Security Threats: Report

    Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of corporate network devices analyzed by Dimension Data during 2010 were carrying at least one known security vulnerability. This is almost double the 38 percent recorded in 2009. Dimension Data also found that a single higher-risk vulnerability, PSIRT 109444, which was identified by Cisco in September 2009, was discovered in a…

  • Citrix Acquires Desktop Virtualization Specialist Kaviza

    Citrix Systems announced it has closed its acquisition of Kaviza, maker of the all-in-one “VDI-in-a-Box” solution for small to medium-size businesses (SMBs). The acquisition adds a VDI-only solution to the Citrix portfolio, and the Kaviza VDI-in-a-Box product complements the Citrix XenDesktop product line for enterprise-class desktop virtualization. Customers can continue to purchase VDI-in-a-Box from Kaviza…

  • Carriers to Cut Tablet Fees?

    (Reuters) – Mobile service providers are reworking charges for wireless connections on tablet computers to lure in customers put off by costly fees. Carriers see tablets like Apple Inc’s iPad as key to revenue growth. But high prices for the devices and more fees on top of phone plans are seen pushing consumers to bypass the cellular…

  • Seagate Launches 500GB Wireless iPad Storage Device

    With all the iPads and iPad 2’s flying out of Apple stores, many of which holding only relatively small amounts of application and file storage, it would be a welcome thing to have easily accessible additional storage to go with it. After all, iPads and most other tablet devices only carry a limited amount of…

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