Research In Motion's(RIM)BlackBerry is being dropped in favour of the Apple iPhone by yet another US government agency,with reliability being cited as the key reason. The National Transportation Safety Board(NTSB),a body that investigates ...
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US food group Hormel Foods saw its profits accelerate in the final quarter of its financial year amid stronger earnings from its grocery products business. Hormel, which makes Spam canned meat, booked a 13% increase in net earnings to ...
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In its November 2012 Blue Coat Mobility Study,the company surveyed 350 respondents and found that most organizations allow employees access to company email(83 percent)and instant messaging(56 percent)on personal devices,but only a fraction ...
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Tangerine Confectionery has announced the closure of its factory in Poole,Dorset,with the loss of up to 75 jobs. A spokesman for Tangerine Confectionery told FoodManufacture.co.uk:"It's about maximising efficiency across our production ...
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Sun Life Financial(SLF)has inked a definitive agreement to dispose of its domestic US annuity and certain life insurance businesses for$1.35bn to Delaware Life,a company owned by shareholders of Guggenheim Partners. The transaction ...
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The Apparel Human Resources Council (AHRC) and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) are happy to announce the renewal of the Career Focus Program. Applications must be received by November 29th, 2012. The program will ...
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When woodworking professionals need to cut, shape, or trim wood, they use a machine called a moulder. A moulder is a machine that shapes wood using a set of blades called profiled cutters. For added precision, many woodworking professionals ...
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SAP said Tuesday that it plans to roll out a series of mobile applications for Windows 8, a move that underscores the companies' deep partnership at a time when many observers believe Microsoft's new OS is in for a tough ride. In ...
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"I don't think IT realizes how much the way we live life as individuals has completely permeated the enterprise,"says Margaret Dawson,vice president of product management at Symform."This is happening whether you want it to or not." ...
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Aurona Industries,Inc.recently decided to move 70%of the production capacity at its phenolic resin laminate factory in Kunshan of mainland China back to Taiwan in light of the mainland's labor shortage and wage increase. The company is ...
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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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US retailer Roundy's Inc said a "more challenging economic and competitive environment" affected results in the third quarter as profits fell. Earnings in the three months ended 1 October amounted to US$8.8m compared to $12.4m a year ...
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LED lights are more energy efficient than fluorescents, but they're also more expensive. And for commercial buildings, a higher upfront cost — even if it makes a return on investment over time — can be hard to overcome. By ...
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Software made by Siemens and targeted by the Stuxnet malware is still full of other dangerous vulnerabilities,according to Russian researchers whose presentation at the Defcon security conference earlier this year was cancelled following a ...
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Citrix Systems and NetApp have jointly developed a software and hardware package optimized for Citrix's ShareFile with StorageZones. ShareFile with StorageZones is Citrix's enterprise-friendly answer to cloud-based file storage and ...
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