Monthly Archives: August 2010
Torch Proves Better Bet for Business than iPhone
With the release of Research In Motion's BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone, the company may have a device that stacks up to Apple's iPhone 4....
Android Apps Mostly Free, iPhone Apps Mostly Paid
Developers on the fence about whether to write mobile applications for Apple's iPhone or smartphones based on Google's Android operating system could find themselves...
Microsoft Asks Supreme Court to Overturn i4i Ruling
Microsoft has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in its long-running patent-infringement battle against small Canadian firm i4i.Specifically, Microsoft wants to overturn earlier rulings...
HP, IBM, Dell Lead Server Market Recovery, Report Finds
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, factory revenue in the worldwide server market increased 11 percent year over year...
India’s BlackBerry Compromise Won’t Solve Underlying Security Problem
India and Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, have reached a compromise in the demands by that government to have unencumbered access...
SAAS Increasingly Popular Among Small Businesses, Survey Finds
According to IT research firm AMI's latest worldwide SMB Cloud Services Practice, there are roughly 750,000 (12 percent) small businesses and 20,000 (24 percent)...
3M to Acquire Cogent Systems for Biometric Security
3M has agreed to acquire security biometrics vendor Cogent Systems for roughly $943 million.Cogent provides finger, palm, face and iris biometric systems for governments,...
Citrix Buys VMLogix, Expands OpenCloud Features
Citrix Systems is buying virtualization management software maker VMLogix as part of a larger strategy to improve the scalability and interoperability of its OpenCloud...
How to Implement a Successful Data Deduplication Strategy
The IT organizations of today cannot rely on the data protection model of yesteryear, which can be characterized as tape-based, decentralized and populated primarily...
Microsoft Cites Chinese Factory Violations, but Questions Remain
Microsoft claims it investigated allegations of massive labor violations at a Chinese factory building its products, and took steps to fix conditions there. But...