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iPad Forecast to Kill the Netbook
iPad Forecast to Kill the Netbook Gartner reports that netbook sales slowed down to 20 percent growth last quarter, compared to 70 percent consecutive growth over the previous two years. No Title Goldman Sachs Research released a note recently that said it expects the Apple iPad to greatly cannibalize the netbook and even the notebook…
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VMware Zimbra Offers Business a Microsoft Exchange Alternative
Zimbra is taking its e-mail, messaging and collaboration suite embedded appliance to VMware’s channel organization – effectively growing from just 1,000 channel partners to 25,000 overnight. The move follows VMware’s acquisition of the corporate cloud e-mail and collaboration vendor from Yahoo earlier this year, and poses an even more serious threat to entrenched players such…
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Toshiba Offers Wipe Technology for Self-Encrypting Disk Drives
Technology giant Toshiba announced Wipe for its Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) models, a technology that allows special security capabilities, such as the ability for sensitive user data to be securely erased when a system is powered down or when an SED HDD is removed from the system. The feature can also be used to erase user…
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Oracle’s Ellison Condemns HP Board Action on Hurd
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) Chief Executive Larry Ellison blasted Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) on Monday for forcing CEO Mark Hurd to resign. In an email sent to the New York Times and later provided to Reuters by Oracle, Ellison slammed HP’s board for ousting Hurd — a close friend — even after the…
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Asigra, 6fusion Partner for MSP Instant Cloud Backup
Looking to make it easier for MSPs to offer cloud backup services, backup software and recovery vendor Asigra has partnered with infrastructure-as-a-service provider 6fusion. The partnership gives VARs and MSPs a quick entry to offering cloud backup services without upfront capital cost. Asigra is in use by many MSPs playing in the cloud backup space.…
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HP CEO Search: Tech Giant at Crossroads as Hurd Replacement Sought
Help Wanted: CEO of largest technology company out there. Immediate opening. Following Friday’s surprise resignation of HP CEO Mark Hurd after a sexual harassment investigation, HP has launched a search for a permanent replacement to lead the company. And it won’t be an easy task to fill the position with someone as respected in the…
