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Toshiba Launches Tecra, Portégé Laptops
Toshiba’s business laptop customers have been asking for lighter machines and more robust battery life without a sacrifice to performance, according to the company, and on April 12 it delivered, with thinnest-ever versions of its Tecra and Portégé laptops. The company introduced an ultraportable Portégé R830, a Tecra R840—25 percent thinner and 20 percent lighter…
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HP Fortify Offers App Dev Security Threat Analysis Tool
Hewlett-Packard expanded its security solutions with a new real-time analysis tool based on the company’s Fortify acquisition. The new HP Fortify Real-Time Hybrid Analysis allows organizations to discover the root cause of software vulnerabilities by observing attacks in real time, HP said April 12. With real-time analysis, organizations can proactively reduce business risk and minimize…
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Seagate’s i365 Provides Cloud-Based Data Recovery
Seagate’s i365 storage division April 12 launched a new cloud-based backup/recovery and data security service designed for laptop and desktop PCs. It also helps control the spread of sensitive data to the outside or throughout a mobile workforce using security features that include local file encryption, remote data deletion, port access control and device tracing—if…
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SafeNet Tries to Lure Away RSA SecureID Customers
SafeNet has unveiled migration bundles to provide organizations with a full-fledged authentication platform as an alternative to what they currently have deployed. SafeNet’s trusted authentication system is flexible enough to support enterprises regardless of whether they want to deploy hardware or software tokens, smart cards or even mobile devices, the company said April 13. SafeNet…
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Synnex Adds Managed Services Suite to Offerings
Although cloud overshadowed all other IT topics at Synnex’s first Varnex community conference of the year, the company also gave solution providers and managed service providers new tools with the launch of suite of managed services through its Technology Solutions Division. The division’s OnDemand IT group is now providing a suite of managed services aimed…
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Worldwide PC Shipments Hurting
PC shipments worldwide totaled 84.3 million units in the first quarter of 2011, a 1.1 percent decline from the first quarter of 2010, according to preliminary results from IT research firm Gartner. Although the first quarter is traditionally a slow one for PC sales, these shipment results indicated potential sluggishness, not just a normal seasonal…