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The Small and Medium Business Tablet Opportunity
SMBs are could drive the tablet market in the coming years as business owners are made aware of the benefits these devices afford to the bottom line, but organizations must be ready for increased bandwidth requirements, reported the experts from analyst firm AMI-Partners. According to AMI research, SMBs that have embraced mobility trends generated 40…
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Toshiba Announces Security Feature for Self-Encrypting Hard Drives
Electronics company Toshiba announced a family of self-encrypting hard disk drives (HDDs) engineered to automatically invalidate protected data when connected to an unknown host. The Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) models are designed to enable original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to configure different data invalidation options that align with various end-user scenarios. Designed to address the increasing need…
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Cisco Reorgs Consumer Products, Kills Flip Camera
(Reuters) – Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) will shut down its Flip video camera business in an overhaul of its troubled consumer products business, following chief John Chambers’ recent admission that the company had lost its way. Cisco’s consumer division, in particular, has been a target of criticism by analysts, who have said it strays too…
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Microsoft Dynamics ERP Moves to the Cloud on Windows Azure
Microsoft is unveiling yet another front in its intensive battle for the cloud, with the announcement at its Convergence 2011 conference that the next major releases of the company’s enterprise-resource planning applications will be running on the cloud-based Windows Azure platform. By positioning its Dynamics ERP offerings as a hosted service, Microsoft expands further beyond…
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Intel Unveils Oak Trail Atom Platform
After more than a year of saber rattling, Intel officials have taken a significant step in their push into the mobile device space and in ramping up the competition with ARM Holdings, whose chip designs are found in most smartphones and tablets. At the Intel Developer Forum in China April 11, Intel officials unveiled its…
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iPad, Android Tablet Use Growing Among Small Businesses: Report
A total of 8.87 million tablet PCs are being used by small to medium-size businesses in the United States according to a Techaisle survey of 1,356 SMBs. It is estimated that slightly more than 50 percent have been purchased by consumers and used for business. A large percentage of small businesses (SBs) do not yet…