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iPad VMware View Client Brings Windows to Apple Users
VMware View Client for iPad opens broad vistas for enterprise users who want to use an iPad but require access to a Windows desktop. The no-cost View Client for iPad extends VMware’s virtual desktop environment to the popular Apple iPad granting users the ability to run Windows apps without the need to carry a PC.…
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HP TouchPad Tablets Expected to Hit Stores in June, September
New details have emerged about the tablet plans of Hewlett-Packard, Motorola and Research In Motion, if a price sheet, said to be a leaked road map from a big-box retailer, is correct. Pre Central posted the road map March 14, and it shows the 10-inch Motorola Xoom going on sale March 17 for $649, followed…
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Xeon, Atom Chips for Micro Servers on Intel’s Roadmap
Intel officials are looking to use a combination of low-power “Sandy Bridge” Xeon chips and Atom processors to build out their portfolio of products for ultradense micro servers. Executives with the giant chip maker first talked about micro servers in 2009, describing high-performance, energy-efficient systems that share resources and target such environments as large data…
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Green IT, Cloud Computing to Impact Data Centers: Report
According to IT research firm Gartner, Inc., four forces currently operating in the market could result in data center space requirements that will shrink dramatically before the decade is out. These include smarter designs, energy efficiency pressures (or green IT), the realities of high-density environments, and the potential of cloud computing. The company recommended that…
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Executive Briefing: A Chat with Avnet’s Incoming CEO
Rick Hamada, Avnet’s current president and COO, will take over the CEO job on July 4, 2011 from the current chief Roy Vallee. Should Avnet partners and vendors expect big changes ahead? Not likely. Hamada, speaking with Channel Insider, points out that he’s worked for Avnet for 27 years and has shaped and influenced many…
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Business Spending Hit $59 billion in 2010: NPD Report
Bouncing back to above pre-recession levels, sales of technology products to businesses through U.S. distributors, commercial technology resellers and office products dealers rose 12 percent to almost $59 billion in 2010, according to a report from NPD Group. Last year’s rebound in business spending followed a 9 percent decline in 2009, according to NPD Group’s…