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  • Cisco Data Center 3.0 Strategy Advances Against HP

    LAS VEGAS — Cisco is using its Cisco Live! 2010 event to announce advances in energy management, data center virtualization, cloud computing and collaboration. The networking company says high-end data-center customers are looking for massive scalability, high-bandwidth, low latency and compatible switching solutions, and that’s what they’re getting with three of the announcements: the new…

  • HP, Avaya Team on Unified Communications Against Cisco

    HP and Avaya have struck a three-year agreement to jointly sell and service Avaya unified communications hardware and software. The deal is one in a series of HP partnerships with other UC players such as Microsoft and Alcatel-Lucent that aim to eat away at UC market leader Cisco’s market share, and boost its overall managed…

  • Top Five EHR Adoption Barriers and the VAR Solution

    Top Five EHR Adoption Barriers and the VAR Solution Meaningful Use Lacks DefinitionAlthough the federal government has provided some guidance on what is termed “meaningful use” criteria, final requirements are not expected until the fall of this year. That leaves healthcare providers at an impasse. The best course of action? Wait for now, and be…

  • SAP Acquisition Target Sybase Adds iPhone Support to SQL Anywhere 12

    Sybase’s most recent version of enterprise mobile database and synchronization technology, SQL Anywhere 12, includes support for the iPhone and more automated management and administration. But Android support won’t be coming in this version. The updates to the Sybase technology provides the enterprise mobility market–and potential new owner SAP—with enhanced infrastructure for maturing mobility deployments…

  • iPhone 4 Runs Apple Around $187.51 in Hardware Costs

    Topping the bill is the iPhone 4’s LCD display, at $28.50 – while the phone’s celebrated gyroscope runs Apple just $2.60. iSuppli has performed teardowns of each of Apple’s iPhones – the 3GS’ estimated BOM was $170.80; the 3G, in 2008, was estimated at $166.31; and the original iPhone in 2007 was said to run…

  • Amazon Announces Release of Its Kindle Android App

    The release of Kindle for Android adds to the number of devices capable of running Amazon.com’s e-reader software. The application requires Android OS 1.6 or higher, allowing it to run on the newest Android phones such as the Motorola Droid X, and includes the ability to adjust text size. Amazon.com recently enabled its Kindle app…

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