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  • BlackBerry Launches Conferencing App For Enterprise Users

    BlackBerry maker Research In Motion took a break from chasing consumer Apple iPhone and iPad sales to do what it does best: Ease the ills of enterprise workers. In its BlackBerry Beta Zone April 8, RIM introduced BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing, a free application that simplifies setting up, accepting and participating in conference calls. BlackBerry Mobile…

  • Details Emerge on Microsoft’s Windows 8 Operating System

    Place yourself, for a moment, in Microsoft’s position. You’re a multibillion-dollar international corporation that made its name (and dominating market share) in desktop operating systems and productivity software. Along the way, you developed a game console that’s managed to hold its own against Sony and Nintendo, along with a variety of other products to multitudinous…

  • Congress Wants More Information on Epsilon Data Breach

    Each day, a new company is added to the list of clients affected by the massive data breach at email marketing provider Epsilon. Now, several U.S. senators and House representatives are demanding more details about the magnitude of the breach and how the email thefts are impacting consumers.  U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut wrote…

  • IBM Pricing Help Offered to ISVs Pursuing Cloud

    Looking to make it easier for systems integrators and ISVs to provide cloud services, IBM is offering two pricing and financing programs that will enable them to pay for services the same way customers consume them — as they go. For SAAS providers that offer IBM software in their monthly subscriptions to clients, IBM will…

  • Cisco Shakes Up Partner Training, Specializations

    Cisco Systems is introducing new architecture specializations that will have a direct impact on the requirements needed to attain and maintain Gold and Silver partner level designations. The new specializations will also affect Premier partners but to a lesser extent. Going forward, Gold and Silver partner levels within the Cisco Channel Partner Program will be…

  • Apple to Dominate Tablet Market for Years

    (Reuters) – Apple’s iPad will continue to dominate the surging media tablet market for years, with Google playing catch-up, research firm Gartner said on Monday. Gartner said it expects 70 million media tablets to be sold this year and 108 million in 2012, compared with just 17.6 million in 2010. Apple’s share of the market…

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