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Amazon EC2 Outage Takes Down Reddit, Hootsuite
Amazon’s EC2 cloud computing service is currently experiencing an outage that is affecting several major websites including Reddit and Hootsuite. A message on the Reddit site said: "Amazon is currently experiencing a degradation. They are working on it. We are still waiting on them to get to our volumes. Sorry." The Amazon Web Services Service…
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Making Mac OS X Lion Ready for Business
Making Mac OS X Lion Ready for Business 1. Better Computer PricingMac OS X is only available on Macs. That means Apple’s computers play a big role in the appeal of its operating system. Apple needs to think seriously about reducing the price of its computers to a level that puts them close to the…
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iPhone, Mac Sales Give Apple’s Quarterly Earnings a Boost
Apple reported strong sales for the fiscal 2011 second quarter ended March 26, with revenues of $24.67 billion and net profit of $5.99 billion. That represents a significant rise from the year-ago quarter, when the company logged revenues of $13.50 billion and quarterly profit of $3.07 billion. Apple reported sales of 3.76 million Macs, a…
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Arrow ECS Enhances Atlanta-Based Solutions Lab for VARs
Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, a division of value-added distributor Arrow Electronics, has expanded its Atlanta-based solutions lab to help resellers demo and sell its enterprise technology solutions. A broader selection of technologies from vendors including EMC, CA and HP and cloud computing solutions are on display for resellers to demonstrate for customers in person —…
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Data Security Measures Increase in Importance: Report
IT and data security specialist Becrypt commissioned research into attitudes and trends within the public sector, conducted using qualitative interview techniques with a range of public sector organizations shows that data security is now far higher on the agenda than in either of Becrypt’s previous two surveys. The survey also confirms that mobile working has…
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Synology Launches DiskStation DS411+II NAS Server
Network Attached Storage specialist Synology launched DiskStation DS411+II – a four-bay NAS server dedicated to data sharing and backup and aimed at small and midsize businesses. The DS411+II delivers 110.73M bps reading and 105.48M bps writing speeds on average under RAID 5 configuration in a Windows environment. The DS411+II is also designed to be energy-efficient,…
