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Apple’s Quarter Expected Higher from iPad, iPhone Impact
A combination of strong iPhone, Mac and iPad sales could help Apple post strong quarterly numbers April 20, according to analysts. That follows on the heels of reports that Apple sold more than 500,000 iPads during the tablet computer’s first week of general release. During an April 8 news conference at the company’s Cupertino, Calif.,…
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Desktop Virtualization Gains Momentum
VMware, which makes a hypervisor that is present in most of the world’s largest IT systems and which will reveal its quarterly numbers April 20, is certainly a leading figure in the virtualization software business. However, other market indicators are coming to the fore, and most of them are pointing to one very clear trend:…
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Oracle’s WebLogic Gets Improved Java Virtualization Tools
Oracle on April 19 released its first new Java-related virtualization products since closing the acquisition of Sun Microsystems back on Jan. 27. The Redwood City, Calif.-based IT systems provider started shipping Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder and Oracle WebLogic Suite Virtualization Option. Both are expected to become mainstays of Oracle’s new Sun software catalog, which is…
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Security Shifts to Services
It was hard to ignore the din coming out of last week’s Symantec Vision conference in Las Vegas, where the vendor reasserted its claim to the top of the security world and emphasized hosted services as its next billion-dollar business. And no sooner did the faithful depart Sin City did Big Yellow get its first…
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What Google Must Do to Beat Apple’s iPad
Although Google has yet to confirm that it’s working on a tablet computer that would compete with the iPad, it’s becoming increasingly likely that the search giant will try to supplant Apple as the leader in that market. The move underscores Google’s willingness to take on Apple anywhere it believes it can turn a profit.…