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Verizon Acquires Managed Infrastructure and Cloud Provider TerreMark Worldwide
Verizon has made no secret of its intentions to rely on cloud delivery to boost revenue tied to technology solutions. Yesterday, the telecommunications giant tendered a sweet $1.4 billion offer to Terremark Worldwide, a managed IT infrastructure and cloud service provider, with the aim to strengthen and "accelerate" its current cloud strategy. The deal, which…
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Microsoft Windows 7 Sales Fizzle, Kinect Strong
SEATTLE, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Sales of Microsoft Corp’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows software fell short of outsized expectations, rekindling fears that the spread of mobile gadgets will erode its main PC-focused business. Microsoft surprised Wall Street with a better-than-expected profit, helped by resurgent corporate spending after the belt-tightening of past years. But its shares stayed flat…
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VMware Launches Go Pro Cloud Service for Small Business
Virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions specialist VMware announced the general availability of Go Pro, a cloud service designed to enable small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) to consolidate, control, and secure their physical and virtual IT infrastructure. Go Pro is available by subscription for $29.95 per admin/month, and the company said later this they expect to…
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iPhone, iPad, Android Platform Lead Enterprise Mobility Adoption
The trend of personal smartphones infiltrating the workplace is being led by both Apple’s iOS and Android smartphone platforms, according to Good Technology’s second quarterly data report detailing the changing landscape of IT and mobile enterprise technology. In the fourth quarter of 2010, this trend continued to grow, but the iPad "revolutionized" the enterprise mobility…
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RSA Offers Authentication Manager Express
EMC’s security division, RSA, announced its Authentication Manager Express. The newest strong authentication platform is a risk-based and on-demand authentication system designed for small to medium-size businesses to provide up to 2,500 users with secure access to data and business applications through SSL Virtual Private Networks and online portals. The system employs an intelligent risk…
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Lenovo, NEC in PC Joint Venture in Japan
TOKYO/DAVOS, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Chinese group Lenovo (HK:0992), the world’s No. 4 PC brand, is to invest $175 million in a joint venture with Japanese company NEC (T:6701) to sell PCs in Japan, it said, to help it outpace global market growth. The new company will also sell personal computers to the overseas Japanese…