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  • ManageEngine Updates ServiceDesk Plus 8.0 With Service Catalog

    Network, systems, applications and security management software solutions provider ManageEngine announced the release of ServiceDesk Plus version 8.0, an updated generation of the company’s ITIL-ready help desk application. ServiceDesk Plus v8.0 offers a host of new features including a service catalog, enhanced asset management, automation of common help desk processes, multiple Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)…

  • Motorola to Split Off Enterprise Division in January

    Motorola has announced that its planned separation into two companies will occur Jan. 4, despite hopes of completing the transition by year’s end. The company will separate its consumer side, which makes products such as the successful Droid and Droid 2 smartphones, from a side that sells enterprise equipment. Greg Brown will be the co-CEO…

  • Cisco to Acquire Management Software Specialist LineSider

    Enterprise networking specialist Cisco Systems announced its intent to acquire privately held LineSider Technologies, a provider of network management software that helps customers build the network services necessary to securely create and deploy cloud computing infrastructure. Based in Danvers, Mass., the company said the LineSider acquisition would enhance Cisco’s ability to rapidly provision network services.…

  • 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…

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