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Computer maker Lenovo announced the Nov. 5 launch of the ThinkServer TD330, which can support up to 16 cores based on the Intel Xeon E5-2400 processor family and is designed to handle behind-the-scenes IT tasks for small and midsize businesses. The TD330 offers standard features such as on-board RAID, on-board diagnostics, hot-swap support and Web-enabled […]

Popular voice over IP provider Skype, a Microsoft subsidiary, announced on Nov. 8 the launch of Skype in the workspace (SITW), an online platform aimed at helping small and midsize businesses connect with business partners across the globe. The free tool is already active, as the launch marks the end of a six-month beta trial […]

San Francisco Bay Area Many of the Bay Area-based companies have been the leaders in adopting the cloud as a best practice for their testing, business continuity and even production environments.Photo credit: Mai-Linh Doan Seattle Home to some of the largest players in the cloud market and large organizations searching for talent to support cloud-based […]

Apple’s latest iteration of its popular smartphone, the iPhone 5, has been a smash hit—so much so that an executive at the company that builds the device, Foxconn Technology Group, admitted that meeting demand for the tough-to-build device is challenging. Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou told reporters following a business forum that the difficulty in manufacturing […]

Small businesses are increasingly adopting social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter to boost their business, but struggle to devote adequate time and resources to their efforts, resulting in more companies paying for social media tools, according to an online survey of 462 businesses (93 percent with less than 100 employees), conducted between Sept. 17 […]

Remote monitoring and management and business continuity solutions specialist Continuum and cloud-based mobile-device management and mobile-application management firm Fiberlink announced a partnership on Nov. 6 that will see Continuum managed service providers offer Fiberlink’s MaaS360 product to small and midsize businesses. The MaaS360 solution will be added to Continuum’s remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform. […]

Technology giant and Skype parent Microsoft is integrating its chat service, Windows Live Messenger with the voice over IP service, according to a Nov. 6 blog post from Skype, a move that signals the essential retirement of the world’s most popular instant messaging service. By updating to Skype, Messenger users can instant message and video […]

For the first half of 2012, the worldwide software market grew 4.7 percent year-over-year, reaching a total market size of $167 million, led by growth in CRM applications, virtualization software and system infrastructure software, according to IDC’s latest Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker report. The applications segment, one of the three primary segments of commercial software […]

There is a growing gap between actual business cloud practices and related IT policies that could expose businesses to an increased risk of security breaches, according to an October survey sponsored by cloud backup provider Symform. The survey found that while nearly 20 percent of businesses have no clear security policies or standards concerning employee […]

Consumer technology giant Apple is getting ready to replace the Intel processors used in its PCs with silicon developed by British company ARM, according to a Nov. 6 report in Bloomberg, which quoted unnamed sources familiar with the situation. Apple has been using Intel chips in its PCs since 2005, and the transition wouldn’t happen […]

Now that Apple’s long-awaited iPad Mini tablet is out in the market, analysts are eagerly putting the screws to the device with teardown analyses revealing the inner components of the device, as well as the cost. A Nov. 5 report from research firm IHS iSuppli found that the base model of the iPad Mini with […]