Friday 19 August 2011

HP's webOS crashes under Apple, Android pressure

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HP's webOS crashes under Apple, Android pressure
Hewlett-Packard's announcement on Thursday to stop making tablets and smartphones based on webOS surprised many analysts, who said the company buckled under the pressure of Apple's momentum and growing support for Android. Read More


WHITE PAPER: HP

HP IT Migrates to an all HP network
It's no surprise when a high-tech company uses its own products. However, the story of how HP recently migrated its own network to HP Networking equipment has unique aspects that make it relevant to all enterprises in any industry or market segment. Read now

WHITE PAPER: Quantum

Data Deduplication for Dummies
What does data deduplication really mean? This 2nd edition of the book "Data Deduplication for Dummies" takes an in-depth look of the advantages of data deduplication. Learn exactly how data deduplication works, the pros and cons of various approaches, determining the right data deduplication ratio and answers to the most common dedupe questions. Read More

With SSL, who can you really trust?
SSL, the encryption scheme that protects virtually all secure online transaction, requires that users rely on trusted third parties, but what if they can't be trusted? Read More

If corporations were people...
Former Massachusetts Gov. and presidential hopeful Mitt Romney infamously said last week, "Corporations are people, my friend." We're assuming he meant tech companies, too. So what actors would play them? What would the movies be called? Read More

Microsoft disables 'supercookies' used on MSN.com visitors
Microsoft has disabled an online tracking technology that a Stanford University researcher said allowed the company to sneakily track users on MSN.com -- even after they deleted browser cookies and other identifiers. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

Application-Aware Network Performance Management
Riverbed® Cascade© stacks up extremely well against the competition. How well? In particular, Cascade outperforms other application-aware network performance management solutions in such important areas as product strength and cost efficiency. Read Now.

HP PC spin-off puts pressure on Microsoft to nail Windows 8
Hewlett-Packard's sale or spin-off of its PC business will put pressure on Microsoft to "hit the ball out of the park" with Windows 8, an analyst says. Read More

Android developers face legal hurdles in license compliance
Developers who make apps for Android have a lot more to worry about than just building great software. Read More

US surges to near global lead in mobile data
U.S. consumers are among the world's most voracious consumers of mobile data, motivated by the country's homegrown technology industry, according to analyst Chetan Sharma. Read More


WHITE PAPER: IBM

College Goes Green with Energy-Efficient Data Centre
Canadian-based St. Lawrence College needed to increase IT capacity to support a growing student base while minimizing risk, reducing energy costs and demonstrating a commitment to environmental sustainability. Learn how they reached their goals. Read now

Stress test: Bloomberg CIO deals with stock market data surge
During the stock market's most volatile week in years, the data throughput of Bloomberg LP's trading and financial news network has been put to the test. Here's how the company prepared for the sudden data explosion. Read More

What HP's changes mean for Microsoft enterprise architects
HP just killed WebOS devices, and put their Personal Systems Group up for grabs, then purchased Autonomy for $10billion. Microsoft is probably smiling. Read More

Is a streaming OS in Microsoft's future?
The traditional desktop operating system has always been on the PC itself, or occasionally booted from a server, but a patent filed by Microsoft in early 2010 gives hints that the company is planning on a remote OS that can be loaded from a variety of sources. Read More



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