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November 2009

November 20, 2009

Polycom Partners with BT on Videoconferencing

Polycom and BT Group announced a three-year partnership that the companies say will accelerate the growth of unified conferencing systems within enterprises. The announcement comes on the heels of C... More >

Chrome OS 101

Yesterday, Google unveiled an early version of it Chrome OS along with providing an outline on the Chrome OS project. Lance Ulanoff, writing for PC Magazine , provides a list of 11 things you n... More >

Air Canada Tries Out In-Flight Wi-Fi

Slowly and steadily, in-flight Wi-Fi is coming to the friendly skies. Air Canada announced it has begun experimenting with a new system on some flights from Montreal and Toronto to Los Angeles, Ci... More >

Microsoft Releases Surface SDK

Microsoft officially released its Surface Software Development Kit (SDK) Workstation Edition at its Professional Developers Conference 2009. The SDK is available for free for anyone who wants to de... More >

HP Extends Data Protection to Laptops

HP has released a new tool designed to simplify the backup and recovery of data from laptops. HP Data Protector Notebook Extension , designed to work in conjunction with HP's Data Protector server, ... More >

November 19, 2009

Google Unveils Early Version of Chrome OS

Google has unveiled an early version of its Chrome OS at a press event at its headquarters today. Sundar Pichai, Google vice president of product management, says that while the company is about a ye... More >

Broadband Access Made a Legal Right in Spain

Last month, Finland declared broadband access a right to all citizens by July 2010. Spain is following suit by mandating some of its telecommunications companies make high-speed Internet service aff... More >

Toshiba Aiming for Enterprise with 3.5-Inch Drives

At a press event in London yesterday, Toshiba announced its plans to enter the high-capacity enterprise 3.5-inch hard-disk drive market . The development comes on the heels of the completion of Tosh... More >

Microsoft Office 2010 Will be LinkedIn

In conjunction with the public beta release of Office 2010 , LinkedIn announced a partnership with Microsoft in which LinkedIn contact information can be integrated with contacts in Outlook.   ... More >

Microsoft Offers Public Beta of Office 2010

At its Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft announced that it has put Office 2010 into a public beta . The beta is available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions and each includes tweaked versions... More >

November 18, 2009

Microsoft Readies Windows Azure for the Market

At the annual PDC conference yesterday, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie announced that the company's Windows Azure cloud computing platform will transition from preview to full product... More >

Apparent Networks Launches Cloud Performance Center

Mike Vizard over at our CTO Edge site discusses a free service from Apparent Networks that sets out to allay fears businesses have regarding the network performance of the wide area networks that... More >

Google to Dish on Chrome OS Tomorrow

Google plans to unveil more details about its Chrome OS tomorrow, says ChannelWeb . The company is expected to deliver information on its progress thus far and when its operating system will offic... More >

Xangati Gives Service Providers More Visibility

Unfortunately for ISPs, its difficult for them to get a good idea of who is consuming what type of content on their networks. Xangati hopes to help with this problem.   Our CTO Edge site rep... More >

November 17, 2009

Kontiki VideoCenter Looks to Become YouTube for the Enterprise

Kontiki is looking to position itself as the YouTube of the enterprise with its latest offering. The Kontiki VideoCenter is an enterprise video portal that enables users to manage videos, comment o... More >

Elastra Delivers Shortcut to Cloud Benefits

Elastra, a provider of application infrastructure automation software, announced the availability of Elastra Cloud Server (ECS) 2.0 Enterprise Edition , which lets enterprises build public-private c... More >

HP Updates Client Automation Software

HP is updating its client automation software to support not only thin and rich clients, but physical and virtual clients as well. According to our CTO Edge site, HP Client Automation 7.8 allows ... More >

Platform Application Center Brings HPC Applications to IT Pros

Platform Computing, which makes software for cluster, grid and cloud management, has launched its Platform Application Center , which enables users of high-performance computing to easily submit and... More >

WSO2 Extends SOA into Cloud Computing

The WSO2 launched the WSO2 Cloud Platform yesterday. According to the press release, published on dBusinessNews , the platform, which extends SOA into cloud computing , features the company's Cloud... More >

Airport Wi-Fi Users Have Money to Spend, Says Study

It's a good time to be an airport Wi-Fi advertiser, according to a new study released by JiWire, a San Francisco-based mobile advertising company. JiWire found that more than 50 percent of airport W... More >

Effectively Managing Twitter Lists

Twitter plans to revamp its suggested users list , which links new Twitter users with a pool of around 500 public figures they may want to follow, due to some partisan controvery, says WebProNews .... More >

Adobe Releases Air 2 and Flash Player 10.1 Betas

Adobe Systems has released beta versions of Adobe Air 2 and Flash Player 10.1 . Both betas provide greater mobile device support and also support hardware-based H.264 video decoding. Air 2 and Flash... More >

November 16, 2009

Intel Plans Six-Core Processors for Supercomputing

Intel promises a new version of its Xeon processor that will be specifically tailored for high-performance computing. The platform is scheduled for release during the first half of 2010, along with t... More >

IBM Offers BI Application Service

IBM is making use of its Cognos acquisition to offer the IBM Smart Analytics Cloud . Our CTO Edge site reports that the BI application service will allow customers: to roll out an implementation o... More >

SpringCM Releases Latest Version of its SaaS ECM Platform

SpringCM has released the latest version of its SaaS enterprise content-management platform. SpringCM 5.4's upgrades aim at making the new release easier for users to share applications and distribut... More >

IPv6 Migration Pushed at Forum

The Internet Governance Forum , a multi-stakeholder dialogue on public policy regarding Internet governance issues, kicked off Sunday in Egypt. While items like Internet security, cloud computing an... More >

AMD Takes Lead in the Supercomputer Race

The Top500 Organization has crowned Oak Ridge National Laboratory's AMD-powered "Jaguar" system the world's top supercomputer. The upgraded Cray XT5 consists of six-core AMD Opteron processors that... More >

November 13, 2009

YouTube Goes Hi-Def

YouTube, the Google-owned online video sharing Web site, says it will begin supporting video capture of up to 1080p, a resolution level used in high-definition televisions, next week. Videos already ... More >

Microsoft Removes Beta Tag from UK Version of Bing Site

On the heels of announcing new features to its Bing search engine , Microsoft has removed the beta tag and officially launched Bing in the UK. Despite being made official, the UK version of Bing lac... More >

Mobile Social-Networking Growth Provides Opportunity for Online Marketing

Online marketing firm eMarketer projects that the number of subscribers accessing social-networking sites from their mobile devices will grow to 607.5 million, representing 43 percent of the world'... More >

Cray Launches Cray CX1-iWS System

The Cray CX1-iWS , introduced Thursday, is a high-performance computing system that combines a workstation with a computing cluster to give users a little extra oompf at their desk. Cray's new syste... More >

Google SPDY Protocol Quickens the Pace of the Web

Google's new Web protocol, code-named SPDY, is designed to make browsing faster and more efficient. Still in its early stages of development, the application-layer protocol loaded the top 25 Web page... More >

Google Chrome OS Arriving Next Week?

Google Chrome OS , a Web-centric platform for notebooks and netbooks, is tipped to be arriving sometime in the next seven days. The report comes from TechCrunch , which is basing its proclamation on... More >

November 12, 2009

ABI Revises its 2009 Femtocell Shipment Forecast

In an update to a previous 2009 femtocell forecast, ABI Research has scaled down its initial estimates for the femtocell category . The revision is due largely to the slower-than-expected adoption o... More >

Google Chrome for Mac to Arrive in December?

A mailing list discussion seems to reveal that Google plans to release a beta version of its Chrome browser for Macs in December . According to CNET News , a beta of Chrome 4.0 is available now f... More >

AMD Fusion Coming in 2011

Fusion , the code name for the CPU/GPU integration at AMD, will hit the market in early 2011, according to the company. AMD plans to have sample versions in the hands of its partner companies by late... More >

November 11, 2009

Google Search Primed for Caffeine Injection

Microsoft recently added new features and has enlisted Wolfram Alpha to enhance its Bing search engine . Meanwhile, reigning search giant Google plans perk up its search engine as well with an injec... More >

Microsoft Gussies Up Bing

Microsoft has added new features to its Bing search engine, changing the way search results are displayed. More information is being added to Bing's hovering feature , including a preview thumbnail ... More >

Google Unveils 'Go' Programming Language

Google has announced its own open source programming lanaugage called Go . According to Google, "Go combines the development speed of working in a language like Python with the performance and safet... More >

Coverity 5 Helps Make Code Changes Safer

Coverity has released version 5 of its namesake code-scanning tool that allows developers to map all the downstream effects a change in code will have on the entire application, reports Mike Vizard ... More >

Windows 7 Continues to Grab Market Share

Windows 7 continues to ascend in its infancy. New information from Net Applications indicates that Windows 7 has surpassed 4 percent of PC access to the Web last weekend , The Wall Street Journal ... More >

November 10, 2009

Syncplicity Hopes to Capitalize on Business Need for Sync Services

Mobile computing in the enterprise has created a real business need for syncrhonization services. Startup Syncplicity is looking to capitalize on that need with the introduction of a namesake service... More >

Union Bankshares Corp. Chooses CoreTrac's ResourceOne

According to this press release , Union Bankshares Corp. of Virginia has chosen CoreTrac's ResourceOne to track sales opportunities, develop marketing campaigns and enhance customer service. The com... More >

Google Offering Holiday Travelers Free Wi-Fi

Google will provide some holiday travelers a nice gift as they make their way through airport terminals across the country. Google has bought out Web service at 47 airports through Jan. 15 and will... More >

Informatica 9 Launched

Informatica is releasing the ninth iteration of its namesake data-integration software. Informatica 9, which comes with data-quality tools, a data-exchange capability, information lifecycle managemen... More >

Twitter Means Business with LinkedIn Deal

You can tell Twitter exactly what you are doing and it will tell LinkedIn as well, thanks to a new partnership between the two companies, BusinessWeek reports. LinkedIn's status feature now syncs w... More >

November 9, 2009

VMware View 4.0 a Challenge to Citrix

VMware is directly challenging Citrix with its release Monday of VMware View 4.0, designed to improve users experience on virtualized desktops, writes Mike Vizard at CTO Edge .   The company s... More >

New Infrastructure Offerings from HP Target Midmarket Enterprises

HP is targeting midmarket enterprises with a slew of new offerings. The products, which range from servers to server and router offerings, can be purchased separately, but HP is heavily suggesting th... More >

Nokia Booklet 3G Coming to Best Buy Nov. 15

As of right now, Best Buy Reward Zone members can pre-order the Nokia Booklet 3G , which will be available to the general public beginning Nov. 15. The Atom-powered netbook will sell for $299.99 w... More >

HTC Looking into Netbook Category

At the launch of the HTC HD2 , CEO Peter Chou told reporters that the company was " still carefully looking into [the netbook] category and how it could be a part of that ." Chou noted that nothing ... More >

Microsoft Releases Exhange 2010

Microsoft used its TechEd event in Berlin to release Exchange 2010, the latest version of its e-mail and calendar software. The company is touting that the total cost of ownership associated with Ex... More >

CPU Shipments Up 23 Percent

According to new data from market research firm IDC, worldwide CPU shipments grew by 23 percent in the third quarter, compared with  the second quarter. According to SlashGear , this was largely d... More >

Intel to Fast Track Pine Trail Platform

Intel plans to make a fast transition to Pine Trail , the successor to its Atom platform for netbooks and nettops, according to X-bit labs . Intel will formally disclose further details and launch ... More >

Cisco Making Big Collaboration Push

Cisco plans to announce a barrage of collaboration tools at its Cisco Collaboration Summit today. The launch will add 60 products across Cisco's collaboration and unified communications portfolio . ... More >

Mozilla Plans to Uncage Thunderbird 3 this Month

Mozilla announced plans to release the latest version of its Thunderbird e-mail system this month. According to the company, around 2,000 specific improvments have been made to its Thunderbird 3 so... More >

November 6, 2009

Google Extending Postini Technology Across Google Apps

Google recently landed a big fish when the city of Los Angeles chose Google Apps for its e-mail and Internet services. While it still has a ways to go to catch Microsoft Office, more businesses ar... More >

Windows 7 Selling Better than Vista, But Moving Fewer PCs

Windows 7 has gotten off to a strong start in sales and market share, according to Daily Tech . According to NPD Group, boxed unit sales for Windows 7 during the first week of availability were u... More >

Researchers Develop Tool that Cloaks Internet Searches

A day after Google unveiled a dashboard to help quell user's privacy concerns , a team of Catalan researchers have announced that they have developed a protocol that distorts the user profile gener... More >

Google Offers JavaScript Programming Tools

Google has released several of its JavaScript application development tools as open source software, reports PocketGamer.biz . Google product manager Amit Agarwal explains the move: By enabling an... More >

Dell Launches Adamo XPS

Dell has officially launched the Adamo XPS , which the company is touting as the world's thinnest. At 0.4 of an inch in thickness, the Adamo weighs in at just 3.2 pounds. The laptop consists of a 13... More >

November 5, 2009

Google Launches Search Engine Service for E-Commerce Sites

Google launched a new search engine service designed specifically for e-commerce sites. Google Commerce Search is essentially a shopping cart solution for online retailers , says Search Engine Land... More >

November 4, 2009

HP Counters Cisco's Vblock Infrastructure Packages

A day after Cisco, EMC and VMware announced the formation of their Virtual Computing Environment coalition and Vblock Infrastructure Package , HP has fired back. HP has outlined its own plan for a ... More >

Google Chrome 4.0 Beta Features Bookmark Synchronization

This week, Google rolled out the latest beta iteration of its Chrome Web browser. Chrome 4.0 boasts increased speed, bookmark syncrhonization and is available for download from Google's beta channel... More >

PayPal Opens Payments API

PayPal, an eBay-owned company, has launched PayPal X, an open API that allows third parties to add the online payment system to their platforms. This means that users will no longer have to be forwa... More >

November 3, 2009

Cisco, EMC and VMware: Partners in Virtual Computing Environment

Cisco, EMC and VMware expanded their partnership with the formation of the Virtual Computing Environment coalition. It's a move that elevates Cisco to the level of data center powerhouses like of HP ... More >

Yahoo Donates Traffic Server Code to Apache

Yahoo has donated its Traffic Server software to the Apache Software Foundation as open source and will launch an open source version of its Traffic Server next Monday, says bigmouthmedia . Yahoo ... More >

Google's Chrome Fastest Growing Browser in the Market

According to Web-monitoring firm Net Applications' latest data, Google's Chrome is the fastest-growing browser in the market . Chrome's share increased to 3.6 percent from 3.4 percent from September... More >

Sprint Offers Dell Mini 10 Netbook

Sprint is now selling the Dell Mini 10 netbook with built-in 3G on a two-year contract for $199, which includes a $100 mail-in rebate, according to InformationWeek . The company is looking to capi... More >

November 2, 2009

Unisys Unveils Secure Private Cloud Solution

Unisys announced a new private cloud offering called Unisys Secure Private Cloud Solution , which will be available next month. According to PCWorld.com , companies will be able to set up their pri... More >

Riverbed Announces New and Improved Steelhead Mobile WAN Optimization Solution

Riverbed Technology announced upcoming enhancements to its mobile WAN optimization solution today. The improvements are geared toward increasing the productivity of mobile workers, be they on the roa... More >

Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta Made Available

A couple of months after releasing an alpha version and after a delay , Mozilla released its first official beta for its upcoming Firefox 3.6 browser.   The final release is expected before t... More >

Windows 7 Experiences Good Uptake Following Launch

The launch of Windows 7 saw Microsoft's new operating system nab 3.48 percent market share by the end of last month, a surge of 40 percent, according to Net Applications. The jump in share represen... More >

Microsoft Teams with Samsung to Promote Green IT

Microsoft and Samsung announced plans to jointly promote the green IT benefits of their combined product offerings. The green collaboration effort will encourage users to purchase more environmentall... More >

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