With SaaS (software-as-a-service) having become a preferred deployment model for new software purchases, customers should be entitled to a clear-cut set of rights and expectations from vendors, a new report from analyst firm Constellation ...
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Apple on Monday released a"golden master"of OS X Mountain Lion to developers,putting the impending operating system on track to reach customers this month. "Golden master,"or GM,is a label some developers apply to software that is ...
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Intel will take a stake in semiconductor tools company ASML and invest in its research and development efforts,to advance manufacturing technologies that will help Intel produce smaller and more power-efficient chips,the chip maker ...
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A year-long investigation by a U.S. congressional committee has reportedly concluded that Huawei Technologies and ZTE pose a security threat to the nation, and the committee is advising U.S. firms to buy networking gear from other vendors. ...
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Advanced Micro Devices expects its second-quarter revenue to drop by 11 percent from the first quarter due to slow sales in China and Europe,the company said Monday. AMD had said previously that its revenue for the quarter,ended June ...
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Closely following a similar announcement for its Windows 8 operating system,Microsoft also said it will release to manufacturers(RTM)its next-generation operating system for the server,Windows Server 2012,next month. The company made both ...
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About a year ago,Xerox told some 600 employees,many of them engineers,that their jobs were being transferred to an India-based IT services firm. How has that worked out?Neither company is disclosing detail about what's been going on,but ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an expanded indication for use of Integra LifeSciences' Vu aPOD Prime intervertebral body fusion device (IBD) in anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) procedures. The Vu aPOD Prime ...
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Yahoo has appointed leading Google executive Marissa Mayer as chief executive officer, ending months of speculation. The surprise move comes just over a week after interim Yahoo CEO Ross Levinsohn helped end a patent battle with Facebook ...
Enterprise cloud computing company Salesforce.com said Monday it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Canadian shared-browsing technology startup GoInstant. The acquisition will add to a string of purchases by Salesforce.com ...
ParadigmSpine has obtained premarket approval (PMA) for its motion preserving interlaminar stabilization device from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The minimally invasive coflex device is designed for treating moderate to ...
3D Systems, a provider of 3D content-to-print solutions, has developed new 3D printed hand brace devices to provide superior care for patient with musculoskeletal disorders. For the development, 3D Systems has integrated its recently ...
Bill Moggridge, the British-born industrial designer credited with the creation of the first laptop computer in 1982, has died of cancer aged 69. Until his death, Moggridge was best known for his design of the Grid Compass, the first ...
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Presidential Life has posted 18.7% decline in total revenues for the second quarter of 2012, which stood at $60.4m, compared to $74.3m during the corresponding period earlier fiscal. The underwriter attributed the decrease of $13.9m in ...
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Microsoft has released the customer preview of its latest version of Microsoft Office, which will be cloud-based and work best on Windows 8. Steve Ballmer announced the preview, claiming Office 2013 will provide consumers and businesses ...
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