Monthly Archives: October 2012
iPhone Manufacturer Foxconn Admits to Employing Underage Interns
Although most of the hype and media attention regarding Apple's iPhone 5 focused on its design and usability, the human cost of actually making...
Sepaton, HDS Unveil First 2PB Disk-Based Storage System
Bigger, better, less-power-hungry and supposedly faster. That's where all storage systems have been going for years, but the "faster" part always depends upon factors...
Cisco Upgrades Hosted UC, WebEx Collaboration Solutions
Cisco Systems is expanding the reach of its broad collaboration portfolio, extending some elements farther out into the cloud while enabling businesses to bring...
Microsoft Surface Gets ‘Glee’ Treatment as Analysts Lower Expectations
Apple and Android-running devices are making inroads with business users—The New York Times reported Oct. 16 that the BlackBerry-using President Obama likes to receive...
Google Expanding Search Field Trial for Gmail, Google Search
Google is again at work trying to make it easier for users to find the information they are looking for, whether it is online...
Mobile Application Use Rising, but Security Remains an Issue
More than three-quarters (76 percent) of enterprise IT decision makers plan to adopt mobile business apps in the next 12 months, but security, potential...
Marble Cloud Launches Mobile Security Service for iPhone, Android
Security specialist Marble Cloud, formerly known as IronKey, announced the Oct. 15 launch of Marble Access, a cloud-access management platform aimed at companies deploying...
Hybrid Cloud Symmetry for PaaS
Hybrid Cloud Symmetry for PaaS
This can be accomplished by either partnering with leading private platform as a service vendors or by releasing some parts...
Apple’s Complicated Relationship With Samsung: 10 Issues to Understand
Apple’s relationship with Samsung is difficult to understand. The companies undoubtedly hate each other and have the battle scars from countless lawsuits to prove...
Softbank Investment in Sprint Could Shake Up the U.S. Wireless Industry
Softbank, Japan’s third-largest mobile carrier, and Sprint Nextel, the third-largest U.S. carrier, have agreed to a complex partial acquisition that could funnel some desperately...