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Cisco Systems Will Launch Virtual Networking Technololgy at VMworld 2011
Cisco Systems, slogging through a relatively tough time in its 20-year history, is putting its troubles aside and focusing on launching a flock of new products, mostly co-delivered with host VMware Aug. 30 at VMworld 2011 in Las Vegas. The world’s largest networking company has endured layoffs, product cutbacks and major strategy changes during the…
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VMworld: HP VirtualSystem Speeds Private Cloud Creation
HP introduced at VMworld a new VirtualSystem optimized for the upcoming VMware vSphere 5 designed as a turnkey solution to speed virtualized infrastructure implementation and act as a foundation for private clouds. VirtualSystem was introduced at HP Discover in July with Microsoft and Citrix versions, and now HP is releasing a VMware-based version of the…
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Microsoft’s Windows 8 Updates File Management Features
Microsoft’s trickle of official details about Windows 8 continues at a steady pace, with a new corporate blog posting that details the new-and-improved copy experience. Small potatoes, you say? According to Microsoft, that s not the case. “Copying, moving, renaming, and deleting are far and away the most heavily used features within Windows Explorer, representing…
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Cisco Debuts Router for M2M Communications
Cisco Systems officials are continuing to bring their networking capabilities farther from the data center, with the latest example being the company’s new Cisco 819 ISR Machine-to-Machine Gateway. The new Integrated Services Router (ISR), announced Aug. 23, dovetails with Cisco officials’ idea of the “Internet of things,” putting networking capabilities into machines not normally connected…
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10 Things That Are Wrong With HP’s New Strategy
10 Things That Are Wrong With HP’s New Strategy The PC IdeaOne of the most surprising moves from HP was its decision to possibly spin off its PC business, an operation has been the backbone of its operation for years, and a key component in its relationships with enterprise users. By spinning it off now,…
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Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps More Different Than The Same
Over the past several years, one of the most-watched, and yet least substantial, business application rivalries has been that between Microsoft and Google. In one corner, we ve had Microsoft, with its lineup of ubiquitous, category-defining on-premises server and thick-client productivity applications, and in the other corner, we ve had Google, with its popular Webmail…
