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Microsoft Updates Mobile Phone Software
(Reuters) – Microsoft launched its new mobile phone operating software on Monday, introducing a range of music, gaming and networking features aimed at expanding its appeal beyond its core business customers. The world’s biggest software company, which is trying to wrest back market share from Apple’s iPhone and Research in Motion’s BlackBerry, said new phones…
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Dell to Acquire Systems Management Appliance Vendor Kace
Technology vendor Dell has announced plans to acquire Kace, a systems management appliance company that targets its solutions at small and midsized businesses, plus government, education and health care organizations. The acquisition is designed to better serve customers in those markets who have said they are looking for tools to help them manage their technology…
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Polycom Adds Video Conferencing to Microsoft Exchange
Polycom this week unveiled tighter integration of its video conferencing systems with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Microsoft Exchange e-mail server, and has also introduced a new 42-inch all-in-one HD video conferencing solution. The moves come as Polycom has sharpened its focus on tighter integration with other vendor partners for video conferencing and unified…
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Endangered Species Tech Vendors That Might Not Survive 2010
Endangered Species Tech Vendors That Might Not Survive 2010 In the Channel Insider 2010 Market Pulse Survey, we asked solution providers which vendors they thought would go out of business or be acquired in 2009. The results may shock you – or they may not. While never a true measure of which firms will see…
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Top 5 Reasons to Crack the 3D Printer Market
Top 5 Reasons to Crack the 3D Printer Market What are 3D Printers?3D printers actually print 3D models using a variety of materials. By using 3D CADD software, an engineer designs a model or prototype – whether it’s a house or a prosthetic heart valve-and then, uses 3D printers provided from companies like Objet Geometries,…
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Microsoft Tells Channel To Embrace Hosted Services
A new global SMB study from Microsoft shows that IT is definitely a business enabler, helping to drive higher revenues, and that the hosted services segment is growing much more rapidly than the classic channel model. "If they’re a [classic VAR] not thinking about hosted solutions, that’s something they should be doing," says Elliot Curtis,…
