Tag: application

  • Motorola Xoom Getting Ice Cream Sandwich Upgrade

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    One week after attendees of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show searched high and low for tablets based on Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI) said its Xoom WiFi model would begin getting the ICS upgrade. The ICS upgrade will begin rolling out in phases over the air in the… Read more

  • Social Networking Application Usage Grows Among Employees: Report

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    There is explosive growth in global social networking and browser-based file sharing on corporate networks, with a 300 percent increase in active social networking (e.g., posting, applications) compared with activity during the same period in the latter half of 2010, according to research published by Palo Alto Networks. The Networks Application Usage and Risk report… Read more

  • Solid-State Disk Storage Costs to Fall in 2012: Nexsan

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    The current mindset regarding solid-state disk (SSD) drives is that they are extremely expensive, but the reality is that both SSD drives and systems have dropped in price significantly, making them a viable option for select applications in today’s IT environments. That’s according to a report from disk-based data storage systems provider Nexsan, which released… Read more

  • Novell Launches ZenWorks Application Virtualization Platform

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    IT systems software specialist Novell announced the release of ZenWorks Application Virtualization 9, which leverages an approach to application harvesting that is designed to enable enterprise IT staff to tap into a library of resources and find the best stored version to build the virtual application dynamically. By harvesting work that has already been done,… Read more

  • OpenLogic Brings Open-Source PaaS to Rackspace

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    Open-source cloud services provider OpenLogic announced Dec. 27 it has joined the Cloud Tools program with Rackspace Hosting, enabling CloudSwing to be deployed on the Rackspace Cloud. Rackspace Cloud Tools is a showcase site for the company’s strategic partners and independent developers to work with Rackspace Cloud to share tools, applications and services. "The Rackspace… Read more

  • Salesforce.com Acquires HR Software Maker

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    Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) continued its acquisition spree Dec. 15, agreeing to purchase Rypple, a startup that makes Web-based software for human resource professionals. Terms of the deal, which Salesforce.com expects to close by April 30, 2012, were not made public. Rypple’s software is a goal-setting application that helps human resource managers give employees feedback about… Read more