Monthly Archives: October 2011
Lundquist’s Analysis of Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2012
Each year, Gartner at its annual Symposium/ITxpo produces a top 10 strategic technology trends list. Some years, the technologies don't seem all that strategic...
ATandT Claims 1 Million iPhone 4S Activations, Posts Lower Revenue
AT&T now has more than 100 million subscribers, although its revenues for the third quarter of 2011 declined slightly.The carrier gained an additional 2.1...
Nokia Windows Phones Set to Debut Next Week: Lees
Nokia plans to show off its first Windows Phone devices at Nokia World in London, which starts Oct. 26.That information came from Andy Lees,...
iPad Whips Netbook Sales as Android Phones Invade Asia
Tablet shipments for the second quarter totaled 13.6 million units, or nearly double the 7.3 million netbooks that shipped as Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad continued...
Apple iPhone, iPad Winning Fortune 500 Converts: 10 Reasons Why
During its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings call, Apple said that by the end of the period, 93 percent of Fortune 500 companies were testing or...
OCZ Releases 1 TB Solid State Drive
High-performance solid-state drive manufacturer OCZ Technology Group launched the Indilinx Everest-based Octane SATA 3.0 and SATA 2.0 SSD series--the world's first SSD to achieve...
Cherry Central Farmers Use IBM Analytics to Trace Food Supply Chain
Cherry Central, a cooperative of fruit and vegetable growers, is using IBM's DB2 Web Query analytics platform to track fruits and vegetables to boost...
Quantum Releases vmPro Backup Appliance, Software
Data protection and big data management Qauntum announced two vmPro virtual data protection offerings, the vmPro 4601 appliance, a turnkey virtual machine backup solution...
HP, Microsoft Combine for ‘Vblock Killer’ VM System
When three industry giants--Cisco Systems (networking), EMC (storage) and VMware (virtualization) formed the Virtual Computing Environment joint venture called Acadia in November 2009 to...
IT Security Staffing Challenges Hinder Threat Response: Symantec
Security specialist Symantec announced the findings of its 2011 Threat Management Survey, which examined the concerns and challenges IT security organizations face as they...