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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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Ingram Micro on The Lighter Side of the Cloud

    Image via Wikipedia Everybody is talking about the cloud, but what is the cloud really? Ingram Micro executives sought to explain the phenomenon in this video during the company’s VTN Invitational this week for partners in Chicago. Take a look at the lighter side of the cloud.

  • BestBuy.com Opens Pre-Orders of Acer Iconia Tab A500

    The Acer Iconia Tab A500 tablet can now be preordered at BestBuy.com. An exclusive offering of the big-box retailer, customers will be able to place orders in the store beginning April 14, and the tablet will finally begin selling Easter morning, April 24. The Iconia Tab features a 10.1-inch multitouch screen, a Nvidia Tegra 250…

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