2012 has been a year of re-invention among the tech industry's biggest players, with Microsoft overhauling many of its key product lines, most notably Windows, while also boldly entering the hardware market with Surface tablets. HP slashed ...
IDG News Service-Continuing its push to virtualize all aspects of the data center,VMware is acquiring software-defined networking firm Nicira for$1.26 billion,the companies announced Monday. "I believe we have the same opportunity to do ...
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Computerworld-Microsoft yesterday delivered two security updates that patched two vulnerabilities in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server and System Center Configuration Manager. But security experts essentially ignored the updates--with ...
Computerworld-Apple's new 7.9-in.iPad mini will be a huge hit with business users as well as consumers,several industry analysts predicted Tuesday. Why? It starts with the$329 price tag for a Wi-Fi-only 16 GB version,making it ...
Computerworld-Late next year,consumers will be able to buy smartphones that either come with native hypervisor software or use an app allowing them to run two interfaces on the phone:one for personal use,one for work. The technology could ...
Tags: Dual-identity smartphones, app, the bring-your-own-device(BYOD)
Dell completed its acquisition of Wyse Technology just last month and is now hiring, and not cutting, employees. Over the next year or so, Dell plans to add more than 200 employees, from engineering to marketing, to the approximately 525 ...
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IDG News Service - Microsoft will lay out the reasons it believes enterprises need to adopt the new version of its Exchange email server at a conference this week devoted to the product. On Monday, the company focused on security, ...
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Dell on Thursday said it will offer dedicated servers in its data centers and off-premises application and storage services for companies looking to establish private clouds. Dell's Cloud Dedicated program intends to reduce the stress of ...
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Palo Alto Networks Tuesday unveiled the first virtualized version of its next-generation firewall, server-based software intended to run on the VMware platform to allow security managers to set up firewall application-layer controls in ...
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Cisco Systems posted a small sales gain of 4 percent and a larger boost in profit for its fiscal fourth quarter on Wednesday. The company's revenue hit$11.7 billion for the quarter ended July 12,up 4 percent from a year earlier.Its net ...
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NetApp today unveiled upgraded FAS3220 and FAS3250 Fabric-Attached Storage arrays, improving their performance by up to 80% and more than doubling the storage capacity. The upgraded midrange FAS storage systems run v8.1.2 of NetApp's ...
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Macworld - With build-to-order options, the new Mac mini makes a giant leap in performance. The $799 standard configuration Mac mini comes with a 2.3GHz quad-core Core i7 processor, 4GB of RAM, and a 5400-rpm 1TB hard drive. We customized ...
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Expanding beyond the delivery of software for its own cloud platform,VMware is acquiring DynamicOps for its heterogenous cloud management offerings. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.DynamicOps provides software for running virtualized ...
IDG News Service - Advanced Micro Devices announced Monday that its chief financial officer, Thomas Seifert, has resigned from his post and that a hunt is on for his replacement. AMD has appointed Devinder Kumar, senior vice president and ...
Microsoft is adding mobile connectivity between Windows applications and the Windows Azure cloud platform with the introduction this week of Windows Azure Mobile Services. The technology will enable users to connect client and mobile ...
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