Monthly Archives: August 2013
Smartphones Sales Finally Overtake Feature Phones: 10 Reasons Why
Smartphones Sales Finally Overtake Feature Phones: 10 Reasons Why
By Don Reisinger
Apple's iPhone Is a Huge Factor
If not for the iPhone, it's entirely possible that...
Microsoft Expands Channel for Surface Tablets
Microsoft has announced a new phase of its channel strategy for its Surface tablet computer systems.On Aug. 15, Microsoft announced the next phase of...
AMD, Intel Lead Struggling Graphics Chip Market
While graphics chip shipments and suppliers' market share for the second quarter of 2013 were regarded as disappointing compared with the same period last...
Data Backup, Recovery Services Push IT Costs Higher
While the desire to reduce IT costs is high for many organizations, financial buyers of backup and recovery software and services expect to see...
Homeland Security Picks IBM Software, Services for Cyber-Security Program
IBM announced that its security software and services offerings will be part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation...
Google Unveils Open-Source Gumbo HTML Parser Tool
Google is adding another open-source tool for developers with the release of its Gumbo HTML parser, which is a C implementation of the HTML5...
Hortonworks Hadoop on Windows Gets a Refresh
Hortonworks, a provider of enterprise Apache Hadoop solutions, announced the general availability of Hortonworks Data Platform 1.3 (HDP) for Windows.Hortonworks officials said the open-source...
Where Is Linux Used in the Enterprise?
The open-source Linux operating system is widely deployed across modern enterprises, and a new study sponsored by enterprise vendor SUSE Linux aims to reveal...
Google Announces Research Award Winners
Google has revealed the winners of 105 Google Research Awards for computer science projects that will be conducted by graduate students around the world,...
Cisco Reveals New Round of Layoffs Despite Solid Earnings
Cisco Systems lifted more than a few eyebrows Aug. 14 when during its quarterly earnings call it revealed plans to lay off about 4,000...