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April 29, 2010

Gartner: SaaS Is Here to Stay

According to the latest report from Gartner, 95 percent of surveyed organizations plan to increase or maintain SaaS deployments and most companies cited low cost as a key factor.   Responden... More >

April 28, 2010

Oregon Chooses Google Apps for Schools

Many a CIO is pondering the question of whether to go with Google Apps or Microsoft Office. While Microsoft has long dominated the e-mail, collaboration and office tools space, the fact that Google A... More >

EU Invests in EARTH

A group of 15 leading European communications companies and research organizations have launched EARTH (Energy Aware Radio and neTwork tecHnologies) with the goal of halving energy consumption rela... More >

Microsoft Releases Windows Embedded Standard 7

Microsoft has customized Windows 7 for consumer and industrial manufacturers. The Windows Embedded Standard 7 operating system enables the integration of Windows 7 onto devices like TVs, set-top bo... More >

April 27, 2010

Windows 7 Is Fastest Selling OS

Windows 7 , which launched last Oct. 22, has sold more than 100 million licenses, making it the fastest-selling Windows operating system in history, according to Microsoft. Women in Technology repo... More >

April 26, 2010

NComputing Rolls Out Low-Cost Access Device

CTO Edge blogger Mike Vizard reports that at Interop NCcomputing released the L300 access device, the first offering based on the new system-on-chip (SOC) design. VentureBeat explains: The L300 ..... More >

April 21, 2010

Two Data Center Projects Announced for Chicago

After securing city approvals for design and construction, JRM Technology is moving forward with its six-story 300,000 square-foot Chicago data center , Data Center Knowledge reports. The project,... More >

April 20, 2010

Google Taking Holistic Approach to Water Management

An emerging challenge facing data centers is water usage . At least two Google data centers have been outfitted with water treatment plants to allow for the facilities' cooling systems to operate wi... More >

April 19, 2010

Microsoft, Seagate Partner on Cloud Backup

i365, a Seagate company, announced EVault for Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager . The collaboration with Microsoft allows the first heterogeneous disk-based data protection solution th... More >

Office 2010 Released to Manufacturing

Microsoft has confirmed that it will release Office 2010 to the Microsoft Developer Network and TechNet on Thursday. Beginning April 22, MSDN and TechNet subscribers will be able to download the prod... More >

April 16, 2010

Analysts: PC Sales Rebounding

PCs are making a comeback in 2010. Market researchers Gartner and IDC both showed significant gains in the sector in their first-quarter 2010 PC sales reports. Gartner puts worldwide PC growth at 2... More >

Intel Light Peak Could Replace USB 3.0

A survey from Research and Market found that USB is the most common interface on both home and work computers , Macsimum News reports. However, In-Stat analyst Brian O'Rourke says that just becaus... More >

April 15, 2010

LTE to Top $11 Billion by 2014

According to a report from Infonetics Research, there will be a dozen live LTE networks by the end of 2010 with a second wave of networks sprouting up out of China from 2012 through 2013. The marke... More >

April 14, 2010

New MacBook Pro Notebooks Selling Fast

Apple released its upgraded line of MacBook Pro notebooks yesterday, the Los Angeles Times reports. The new laptops are fortified with a major battery boost. According to Apple's battery testing,... More >

Intel Readies Dual-Core Atom Processors for Q2

During an earnings conference call , Intel CEO Paul Otellini said the company would introduce dual-core atom processors during the second quarter of this year. Otellini did not mention specifically ... More >

April 13, 2010

IBM Integrates LotusLive with Salesforce.com, Silanis, Skype and UPS

IBM is folding a number of new services into its LotusLive cloud services lineup, ZDNet reports. Among the additions: Salesforce.com is allowing LotusLive users to use LotusLive Meetings, Files a... More >

EMC Unveils Data Domain Global Deduplication Array

EMC announced the EMC Data Domain Global Deduplication Array (GDA), a high-end inline deduplication storage system based on a new multi-controller extension of the Data Domain architecture. Made up o... More >

April 12, 2010

Google Updates Google Docs

It has been pretty evident that Google would have to step up its challenge to Microsoft Office and its eventual move to the cloud . The search giant showed no signs of letting up today when it unvei... More >

Apple, Mozilla Retool Browsers

Both Apple and Mozilla are making modifications to their Web browsers that mimic Google Chrome's crash behavior. Chrome separates everything into separate processes, which helps the browser to surviv... More >

Site Speed Now a Factor in Google Search Rankings

Google has begun ranking Web pages by the speed in which they load and using the information as part of its search ranking algorithms , reports SearchEngineWatch .   Matt Cutts, head of Google... More >

April 9, 2010

HP's Memristor a Possible Game Changer

HP Labs released information on a research project dubbed memristor, which is a resistor with memory. Stan Williams, HP senior fellow and director of Quantum Science Research, described memristor thi... More >

April 8, 2010

Add-ons Cause 70 Percent of IE8 Crashes

Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 has its share of add-ons and it seems that despite the great features they provide, they mostly cause crashes. Ars Technica reports that 70 percent of IE8 crashes ar... More >

Microsoft Positions Itself for Cloud Battle with Google

Microsoft Office is being taken to the cloud next month with the 2010 release. Between now and then, Microsoft plans to differentiate itself as the anti-Google , NASDAQ reports. For starters, Tim ... More >

April 7, 2010

IBM Launches Smart Analytics System

IBM rolled out new analytics system appliances. The Smart Analytics System 9600 with System z and model 5600 with System x integrate server and storage software like Cognos business intelligence so... More >

Amazon Launches Cloud Notification Service

Amazon Web Services announced the beta release of Amazon Simple Notification Service, a Web service that enables easy setup and delivery of notifications via the cloud. Amazon SNS provides develope... More >

Project GOAL Looks to Spur Senior Broadband Use

In an effort to encourage senior citizens to go online, several tech titans like AT&T, Comcast, Facebook, Microsoft, Time Warner, T-Mobile  and Verizon have launched a new D.C.-based organization... More >

April 6, 2010

Format Change to Double Blu-ray Storage Capacity

The Blu-ray Disc Association has announced that formal enhancements to the Blu-ray format are forthcoming and the new improvements will include a BDXL specification that will target markets that re... More >

April 5, 2010

U.S., Europe and Japan Agree on Data Center Efficiency Metric

The Green Grid, a data center industry group, successfully orchestrated the development of an officially recognized metric for data center energy efficiency , Computerworld reports. Power Usage Ef... More >

April 2, 2010

Shuttleworth Gives Ubuntu 10.10 a Code Name

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth revealed in a blog post that Ubuntu 10.10, which is scheduled to arrive in October, will be code-named Maverick Meerkat. While Ubuntu 10.04, which will be released ... More >

April 1, 2010

Mozilla Claims 30 Percent of Browser Market

Mozilla claims that its Firefox browser has captured 30 percent of the global browser market in its first-quarter analyst report. Most Firefox users are in Europe , where the browser has nearly a 40... More >

IBM, Verizon Team on Cloud-Based Storage

IBM and Verizon unveiled Managed Data Vault yesterday. The cloud backup service provides secure, reliable daily backups and quick recovery of enterprise information. The solution combines Verizon's g... More >

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