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  • Wireless Companies Playing Role in Linux Growth

    Contributions from wireless companies to the Linux operating system have increased rapidly, underlining the success of the open source software platform in smartphones, a report from the Linux Foundation said. The report, to be unveiled later on Wednesday, shows the role of traditional top contributors – Red Hat, Novell and IBM — is slightly decreasing,…

  • FCC to Take on Net Neutrality in December

    U.S. telecommunications regulators plan to tackle contentious Internet traffic rules intended to prohibit broadband providers from blocking or slowing some traffic. The Federal Communications Commission announced on Wednesday a tentative agenda for its next meeting on December 21,that included an order to adopt regulations "to preserve the open Internet as a platform for innovation, investment,…

  • PC Sales Forecast Cut Further as Tablet Market Grows, Gartner

    Analyst firm Gartner announced revised lower estimates for the worldwide PC shipment market for 2010 and 2011, and pointed to several factors slowing PC market growth, including increased tablet/iPad popularity and enduring economic hardship for both consumers and businesses. According to a recent press release, 2010’s worldwide PC shipments are on pace to total 352.4…

  • RIM Shares Up After Positive Review of New OS

    Shares in Research In Motion jumped more than 5 percent on Tuesday morning after an analyst praised its new QNX operating system as flexible, portable and likely to be integrated into its smartphones faster than expected. A Chinese consumer service and the global popularity of its BlackBerry Messenger texting service are boosting RIM’s international growth…

  • Red Hat Expands Cloud Foundations Portfolio with Makara Acquisition

    Open-source solutions provider Red Hat announced it has acquired Makara, a developer of deployment and management solutions for applications in the cloud. The acquisition of Makara’s technologies is part of Red Hat’s plan to accelerate the development of the company’s platform-as-a-service (PAAS) solution, part of its Cloud Foundations portfolio. Makara provides solutions to enable organizations…

  • Enterprise Cloud Deployments to Go Mainstream by 2015

    The evidence continues to grow that enterprises are convinced that cloud computing is a viable way forward for IT in the future. IDG Research Services surveyed chief technology officers, chief information officers and IT managers on a global basis and reported that 75 percent of companies either currently employ enterprise-grade cloud computing solutions or plan…

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