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RSA SecurID Breach Has Partners Seeking Answers
RSA channel partners are seeking more information and counseling their clients on risk mitigation following the publication on March 17 of an open letter from Art Coviello, CEO of RSA, an EMC company, that outlined a breach that compromised its highly popular authentication token SecurID product. Used by a wide range of organizations such as…
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Healthcare IT Priorities for 2011 An Inside Look
Healthcare IT Priorities for 2011 An Inside Look Currently HIMSS reports that the average information systems operating expense is about 2.4 percent of total expenses for U.S. hospitals. No Title Approximately 76 percent of respondents said their organization’s operating budget for 2011 would increase over 2010. No Title Close to half said their budget would…
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iPad 2 Parts Could Be Squeezed By Japan Disasters
SAN FRANCISCO, March 17 (Reuters) – Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) may face shortages of key components for its newly-released iPad 2 as a result of the earthquake in Japan, according to a report released on Thursday. Several key components in the new version of Apple’s popular iPad tablet PC come from Japan, including the battery and…
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SAP Teams Up With Verizon on Cloud Application Delivery
Network operator Verizon and SAP America, a subsidiary of SAP AG, are jointly delivering the SAP CRM rapid-deployment platform to enterprise workers through Verizon’s cloud offering, Computing as a Service. Workers will now be able to access SAP CRM from their desktops or their mobile devices, the companies announced. As part of the SAP CRM…
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Microsoft’s Cloud Strategy Relies on Partners
It’s no secret that Microsoft faces a host of challenges as it attempts to shift its focus from the traditional and desktop-bound to a more cloud-centric, mobile-focused model. For companies with tens of thousands of employees and decades’ worth of institutional memory, recoding the corporate DNA to meet new challenges is an undertaking with a…
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Microsoft, RIM Join Forces on Cloud Solution for PlayBook, BlackBerry
Research In Motion is planning to partner with Microsoft on the latter’s cloud offerings, which will be integrated into BlackBerry devices as well as the upcoming Playbook tablet. “Cloud has always been core to our business,” Alec Taylor, vice president of Software, Services and Enterprise Marketing for RIM, told analysts and reporters listening to a…