Monthly Archives: May 2015
Emerging Markets Drive Smartphone Sales, with Samsung in Lead
Strong smartphone sales in emerging markets -- excluding China -- helped drive the smartphone market to sales of 336 million units, an increase of...
Deloitte, Gigwalk Partner on Business Operations Data
Deloitte Consulting and Gigwalk announced an alliance designed to enable real-time data collection and support actionable analytics.Drawing on its systems integration, analytics and strategy...
Records, Information Management Requirements Evolving
Records and information managers (RIMs) are central to an organization's information management strategy, but priorities, and therefore required skills, are also evolving, according to...
Microsoft Links Windows 10 to Android, iOS Phones
Microsoft's ever-expanding embrace of competitors' mobile operating system platforms continues with a new app for the company's upcoming Windows 10 operating system.Included with the...
Proposed FCC Rules Tighten Restrictions on Annoying Robocalls
In a background briefing on May 27, Federal Communications Commission officials announced a new effort proposed by Chairman Tom Wheeler to virtually eliminate all...
Lenovo Rolls Out $49 Cast Streaming Video Hub
Lenovo is getting into the streaming video marketplace with its new Cast streaming video hub, and introduced a new business-aimed ThinkPad tablet and two...
Hyperscale Data Centers Drive Server Growth in Q1: IDC
Hewlett-Packard and Dell in the first quarter continued to lead a global server market that saw a worldwide revenue increase of 17.2 percent and...
CA to Acquire Rally Software in $480M Agile, DevOps Play
CA Technologies today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Rally Software, a provider of Agile development software and services, for approximately...
Cyber-Attacks in 2015 Reveal Unknown Flaws in Flash, Windows
Cyber-attackers continue to use zero-day software vulnerability to compromise high-value sites, while research into security flaws is increasingly focusing on devices and appliances, according...
DOJ to Supreme Court: Don’t Hear Oracle vs. Google API Fight
U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli has urged the Supreme Court not to hear a closely watched case between Google and Oracle over the copyrightability...