Monthly Archives: March 2012
iPhone, Android Smartphone Use Jumps, BlackBerry Falls: Nielsen
Apple's iPhone and devices based on Google's Android operating system are running away in a rapidly growing smartphone market that is now as large...
BlackBerry Maker RIM’s Prospects Range From Hopeful to Dire
During the companys recent quarterly report, Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins had the unenviable task of assuring analysts and shareholders that, though he's...
Google Tablet Partnerships Could Take a Bite Out of Apple
Aiming to boost sluggish sales of Android-based tablet devices in the face of Apples iPad juggernaut (the latest version sold 3 million units its...
Amazon Cloud to Ease 1000 Genomes Project Disease Research
With Amazon Web Services able to host 200 terabytes of genetic data in the cloud, medical researchers hope to spot the sequences leading to...
Avere Rolls Out Edge Filer to Go with New NAS Architecture
They're doing some interesting things in new-generation storage IT in Pittsburgh. Noteworthy is Avere Systems, which on March 28 released a new network-attached storage...
Avaya Delays IPO to Avoid Competing With Facebook, Others: Reports
Avaya executives may wait until later this year or 2013 before kicking off its initial public offering to keep from being lost in the...
Kelihos Botnet Still at Work, Security Experts Say
Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab, Dell SecureWorks and other places generated a lot of headlines this week with their announcement that they had taken...
Cisco
Cisco
The industry is moving into a post-PC world, according to Cisco Systems officials (and others). The networking giant is moving its collaboration portfolio in...
Oracle’s ClearTrial Acquisition Boosts Clinical Drug Research
In its ongoing effort to boost its health care portfolio, Oracle is acquiring ClearTrial, a provider of cloud clinical trial software. The deal gives...
Server Management, Troubleshooting Ties Up IT Departments: Rackspace
IT teams from midsized U.K. and U.S. businesses polled still spend more than half (56 percent) their time on server management and troubleshooting in...