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Thin-Client Vendor Wyse Releases PocketCloud for iPad
Touch-screen technology may be slow to arrive in the enterprise, according to analyst firm Gartner, but that doesn’t mean that IT solution providers don’t have to worry about it right now. That’s because more consumers are using their personal devices—smartphones, iPhones, personal computers, netbooks and tablet computers—for business and work. According to a Gartner survey…
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Enterprises Spend Too Much on Compliance
Results out this week from a new survey of IT security decision-makers show that even though enterprises may be improving their compliance efforts, organizations are leaving their corporate secrets unprotected as a result of out-of-balance budgets that too strongly prioritize compliance over risk mitigation. Conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Microsoft and RSA, The…
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iPad for business
iPad for business The iPad is not just for consumers, according to Apple, which includes a section about iPad for business at their new device’s web site, complete with recommendations and instructions for enterprise deployment. And while most apps are geared towards consumers, there are a few already targeted at the business user. Here are…
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Symantec: Cloud Computing Security Needs Attention
A joint survey from Symantec and the Ponemon Institute paints a less than rosy picture of enterprise approaches to cloud computing. For many, security seems to be on the backburner. A survey of IT professionals has painted a troubling picture of enterprise approaches to cloud computing security. According to the survey, which was done by…
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HP Slate Positioned Against iPad with Video Conferencing
Hewlett-Packard is ramping up its own tablet PC efforts in the wake of Apple’s iPad launch, releasing a new official blog posting and video that shows an upcoming slate product capable of video conferencing, “Think about the last time you chatted with friends over Skype on your notebook,” Phil McKinney, vice president and chief technology…
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Microsoft Calls it Quits on Intel Itanium Support
Days after Intel and Advanced Micro Devices launched new high-end x86 chips that drive the architecture higher up the server chain, Microsoft officials announced they are ending support for Intel’s Itanium chip in their server software. In an April 2 post on the Windows Server blog, Dan Reger, a Microsoft senior technical product manager, said…
