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Software Companies Get $24 Million Investment from Intel
Intel is investing more than $24 million in software companies that touch on areas that the giant chip maker is particularly interested in, including cloud computing. In all, Intel Capital–the vendor’s investment arm–will spread the money among seven software makers. The investments, announced Sept. 8, highlights Intel’s ongoing interest in building out its software capabilities,…
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Microsoft, Google Both Suffer Cloud Computing Outages
It was not a banner week for cloud computing. Cloud computing rivals Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) suffered brief outages that knocked off some of their key messaging and collaboration products. Google Sept. 7 saw its Google Docs word collaboration application cramp up for one hour, shutting out millions of users from their document lists,…
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Motorola Introduces 4G Droid Bionic Smartphone
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android smartphone OEMs have pumped out so many handsets based on the open-source operating system–more than 300 varietals worldwide–that many of the latest handsets offer incremental improvements over their predecessors. Since Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZW) launched the Motorola Droid in November 2009, it has released two Droid updates, each time offering incremental improvements over…
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Lenovo Looks to Beat Dell in PC Market By Year End
HP may be contemplating dumping its PC business, but Dell and Lenovo are revving up their engines for a race in the PC market, both looking to gain share from number one player, HP. Dell lost the title of number one PC maker to HP five years ago, and CEO Michael Dell has been quick…
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HP Launches Private Cloud Service Beta Program
Hewlett-Packard is taking the latest steps in its efforts to become a major cloud computing player, launching the private beta for two public cloud services. The infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings, announced Sept. 7, are HP Cloud Compute and HP Cloud Object Storage, and offer a combination of HP hardware and software technologies as well as the…
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Plantronics, Cisco Partner on SMB Communications Initiatives
Audio communications specialist Plantronics announced the availability of tools, training events and special product offers as part of an initiative aimed at supporting the communications requirements of small and midsize businesses. Plantronics said it is working with strategic partners, including Cisco, to develop and offer technology solutions for this mobile-focused market segment. The first SMB…