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Cloud Computing Transforming the Modern Data Center: Gartner
Many IT industry people believe that the incorporation of cloud computing services and systems is the single most impactful trend in data center construction and management, and all the indicators certainly point in that direction. In sanctioning this, market researcher Gartner is venturing further, declaring that there are no fewer than four important forces now…
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Motorola Releasing WiFi Xoom Tablet on March 27
Motorola Mobility will begin selling its WiFi-only Motorola Xoom tablet March 27 for $599 at Best Buy, Costco, RadioShack, Sam’s Club, Staples and Walmart, and online at Amazon.com. The 32GB Xoom WiFi, which is price-equivalent to Apple’s new WiFi-only, 32GB iPad 2, will also be available to commercial IT channels and regional retailers through a…
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IDC: The Time to Embrace Cloud Computing is Now
SAN JOSE, Calif.—IDC’s frontman, Senior Vice President and Chief Analyst Frank Gens, sees a significant fork in the IT road in 2011 similar to one that happened 25 years ago. Back in 1986, PCs and desktop computers were 5 years old and starting to work their way into daily use in dedicated enterprise networks and…
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Apple iPad 2 Lighter Thanks to Thinner Battery: Report
Apple managed to significantly reduce the thickness and weight of the iPad 2 compared to the first edition iPad by trimming the dimensions of several key components, most notably the battery, an IHS iSuppli teardown analysis revealed. The total thickness of the iPad 2 is 8.8 millimeters (0.35 inches), down 34 percent from 13.4 millimeters…
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Amazon Revamps Its Virtual Private Cloud Service
Amazon Web Services, which launched its first product (Simple Storage Service) five years ago this month, revealed March 15 that it has redesigned the access to its Virtual Private Cloud service. Users now can set up their own virtual networks within the Amazon cloud that they can control just as they control their own physical…
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Scheduled Release Tracks Make Google Apps Management Easier
Google March 15 moved to improve its Google Apps upgrade deliveries, adding a rapid release and scheduled release tracks to help IT administrators prepare for application upgrades. Google hosts Google Apps, including Google Docs, Gmail and other collaboration applications on its cloud computing infrastructure. Google’s practice has been to automatically provision upgrades for those apps…