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Sony Challenges Amazon Kindle with $199 E-reader
By Laura Isensee LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Sony Corp will begin selling this month the cheapest digital book reader for the United States, heating up the competition with Amazon.com Inc in the small but fast-growing market for electronic readers. Sony plans to start selling its 5-inch-screen Reader Pocket Edition at $199 — which it called…
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Verizon Business Remodels MSSP Platform
Verizon Business announced Aug. 5 a relaunch of its managed security services platform, introducing a number of new features that it hopes will take it to the top of the managed security service provider (MSSP) heap in the coming year. Designed to go above and beyond the standard antivirus-firewall-IPS trio so common among many security…
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Cisco Quarter Revenue Falls but Profit Beats Expectations
NEW YORK, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) reported an 18 percent fall in quarterly revenue as customers held back spending on network equipment, but the decline was mostly in line with Wall Street forecasts and its profit was better than expected. Chief Executive John Chambers also said the company saw "a number…
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Distributor Avnet Misses Quarter Profit Expectations
Aug 5 (Reuters) – Electronics components and computer products distributor Avnet Inc (NYSE:AVT) posted an adjusted quarterly profit that missed estimates, hurt by a drop in profit margins due to the regional business mix. The company posted a fourth-quarter net loss of $30 million, or 20 cents a share, compared with net income of $144.1…
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LAN Sprawl can be Controlled by Context
New research commissioned by ConSentry Networks found that "multi-dimensional growth" of the network is placing new demands on IT departments, but the notion of incorporating context into the LAN may help IT resolve many of the challenges being faced. The Loudhouse Research report commissioned by ConSentry on "LAN sprawl" was based on interviews with 200…
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American Power Conversion joins AGMA
APC by Schneider Electric, a provider of power and cooling services, has joined AGMA (the Alliance for Gray Market and Counterfeit Abatement), a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing the gray marketing and counterfeiting of branded goods around the globe. Known for its quality, innovation and industry leading service and support, APC has perhaps the longest…