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IBM Releases Power7 Blades, Servers
IBM recently announced new workload-optimized Power7 systems, including delivering increased performance to the Power 750 — the same server used in Watson, IBM’s Jeopardy!-winning computer system. Unveiled on April 12, the new Power blades and upgraded Power servers are built to manage some of the world’s most demanding emerging applications, used in healthcare management, financial…
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CompTIA: Green IT Trends Up as Business Priority
Green IT initiatives will take on added importance in the next few years as more organizations commit financial resources and develop comprehensive strategies, according to a study released this week by CompTIA, the non-profit association for the IT industry. CompTIA’s study was based on an online survey of 650 IT and business executives involved in…
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Global Tablet Revenues to Reach $49B by 2015
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global tablet revenues will surge to $49 billion by 2015. North America, Asia Pacific and Western Europe will be the most valuable regions for tablet vendors, according to the company’s research. The full report, Tablet Regional Sales & Value by Price Tier Forecast, is published by the…
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Better Security
Better Security One of the biggest problems facing Android right now is the concern that it’s not as secure as other mobile operating systems. Google must work diligently on improving Android security and reassuring business customers that if they get an Android-based tablet, they won’t need to worry about sensitive information seeping out into the…
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Dell, VMWare Partner on Virtual Health Records Platform
Dell has rolled out its Mobile Clinical Computing platform, which runs Meditech’s electronic health record applications, as well as VMware’s Sphere and View virtual desktop infrastructure. Dell will provide hardware such as laptops or tablets for the MCC platform, while its partners provide the software, virtualization and security technology. Meditech has about a 30 percent…
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Cisco Data Center Focuses on Cloud, Green IT
Cisco Systems is opening a new data center that is going to take on multiple roles for the networking giant, from acting as a showcase for its wide-ranging data center technologies to driving down costs through its multiple environmentally-friendly features. The facility, which officially opened April 15 in Allen, Texas, will serve as a key…
