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Cisco Cuts Price of Umi Consumer Telepresence
Cisco Systems officials, who faced criticism over the cost of the company’s Umi consumer video conferencing offering when it launched in October 2010, are now driving down the cost and expanding the options of the platform as they look to grow the business. Cisco on March 7 announced a price cut of $100 for the…
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Patient Input on Hospital EHRs Required to Achieve ‘Meaningful Use’
The Health Research Institute of consulting firm (PwC) PriceWaterhouseCoopers has released a new report called "Putting Patients Into ‘Meaningful Use’" that says hospitals need to take steps to incorporate patient feedback for meaningful use implementation to be worth the investment. PwC’s Health Research Institute provides analysis on various issues affecting the health care industry. HHS…
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iPad 2 Could Force Price Cut on Motorola Xoom
Apple’s iPad 2 has a few features in common with Motorola’s Xoom Android 3.0 "Honeycomb" tablet, including a dual-core processor and dual cameras. Of course, the iPad 2 is also slimmer and weighs less than the Xoom, but these may be mere trifles for consumers next to the price difference. Apple retained the same pricing…
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SMBs Turning to Backup in the Cloud: Forrester
Small to midsize businesses are beginning to move toward cloud-based backup (as opposed to traditional technologies) to protect their company data, according to a Forrester Research survey whose goal was to discover the drivers for the move to cloud-based recovery tech versus traditional on-premises solutions. The report, commissioned by cloud-basked backup specialist Asigra, found that…
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Western Digital to Acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Data storage specialist Western Digital and Hitachi Ltd. announced they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Western Digital will acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $4.3 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Western Digital will acquire Hitachi GST for…
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Twitter Valued at $7.7 Billion at Share Auction
A recent auction of Twitter shares on the secondary market suggests investors value the company at $7.7 billion, more than twice the valuation the Internet microblogging service garnered in a December funding round. Investors have agreed to pay $34.50 a share for Twitter in the auction conducted by Sharespost, an exchange for private company shares…