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  • Toshiba Compact SATA Drives Debut

    Toshiba Storage Device Division, a provider of small-form-factor hard disk drives, announced a family of 7,200-rpm 2.5-inch SATA drives. The MKxx61GSY is targeted at high-end notebook PCs, gaming laptops and mobile workstations and is available in 160GB to 640GB capacities. Toshiba has started shipping the MKxx61GSY, with volume production scheduled in the third quarter of…

  • Cisco’s Channel Sheriff Rides into Texas

    It’s tempting to say Jim Sherriff is the new sheriff in town for Cisco’s North American channel theaters. He was named senior vice president of Cisco’s U.S. and Canada partner organization this week. But really, Sherriff, a San Jose, Calif. native, will be working with partners rather than laying down the law in his new…

  • Juniper Networks Acquires SMobile for $70 Million

    Data center and cloud computing networking software specialist Juniper Networks has announced the acquisition of SMobile Systems, a privately held software company specializing in smartphone and tablet security solutions for the enterprise, service provider and consumer markets, for the sum of approximately $70 million in cash. Juniper did not disclose how the two companies will…

  • Tech Data, Greenway Medical Technologies Sign Distribution Agreement for EHR

    Tech Data has signed a distribution agreement with Greenway Medical Technologies and will offer solutions from that company, including its single-database electronic health records (EHR) through Tech Data’s Healthcare Specialized Business Unit. Tech Data will also offer Greenway’s practice management and interoperability solution, Primesuite. Greenway’s PrimeSuite centralizes patient records, clinical tools, billing, reporting, registration and…

  • Arrow Electronics Quarter Strong

    July 28 (Reuters) – Technology distributor Arrow Electronics Inc (NYSE:ARW) posted better-than-expected quarterly results driven by strength in its global component business and guided its third quarter well above Wall Street view. The distributor of electronic components and computer products expects to earn 96 cents to $1.06 per share, excluding items, on revenue of $4.39…

  • Google Plans Facebook Competitor

    NEW YORK July 27 (Reuters) – Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) has held talks with gaming companies as it looks to develop a new service to compete with social networking website Facebook, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Internet giant has had talks with makers of online games for…

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