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HP In Hot Water for Iffy webOS Plans, Sued by Investors
Hewlett-Packard is facing some serious accusations for allegedly misleading its investors about the performance of its webOS mobile operating system, Reuters reported. During its latest earnings call, HP announced plans to spin off its $41 billion Personal Systems Group and stop shipping webOS devices as a part of an effort to boost its low margins. ...
Cisco Quad Tops List for iPad, Android Business Apps
This week too we’re bringing you five iPad and Android Honeycomb apps developed for business users, and Cisco Quad 2.1 for iPad By Cisco is the first app on the list. The collaboration app represents a part of the networking giant’s strategy to expand beyond its core switching and routing business to mobile and cloud ...
This Week in the Cloud: from Gluster to WeVideo
There have been a few interesting cloud developments this week, and we’ve rounded up the most notable ones here. The first highlight is an update from Gluster. The open-source storage software maker teamed up with NAS network storage server maker Savage IO to integrate the two companies’ offerings. Savagis will incorporate GlusterFS into its machines. The ...
QLogic Thinking Flash for the Future
Storage networking solutions provider QLogic may be venturing into a whole area, according to Stifel Nicolaus analyst Aaron Rakers. He had a chat with Logic CEO Simon Biddiscombe, who suggested that his company is interested in putting its existing experience with infastracture into building PCIe flash cards. Biddiscombe also noted a particular interest in Fusion-io, ...
Cisco’s Restructure Plan: Invest in Partner Ecosystem
Networking giant Cisco took a hit in recent years as an overly complicated internal decision-making system took over, and slowed down the company to a grinding halt from a market standpoint. After several very slow quarters the company is now restructuring, and it’s doing that in more ways than just cutting costs and making layoffs. ...
Dell Invests Further in Force10, Still Teams with Brocade
Dell, just like its long-time competitor Hewlett-Packard, is ticking its game up a notch in the enterprise space as its consumer business starts to show signs of decline. Networking is one of the areas the hardware giant has ventured into, notably with the acquisition of Force10 back in August. Now Dell is looking to integrate ...
Data is what You Need to Change Consumers’ Minds
This week’s DEMO Fall 2011 conference has really brought some innovative attention back to the social enterprise space. A lot of companies showcased here, and some – like Hewlett-Packard – discovered some interesting statistics that may help marketers optimize their campaigns. A study conducted by HP Labs using Rankr, a web-based mobile polling app developed ...
Fusion-io Gets DOD Support, and the Navy Too
Flash-based storage acceleration solutions maker Fusion-io has been growing steadily for some time now, and this is true for most of the segments it operates in. That includes the public sector and government agencies using its offerings to boost their existing IT infrastructure. The latest development? Fusion announced its technology has been tested and found ...
Cloud Security Proves its Necessity
Security in the cloud is a big deal for both customers and enterprises, and solution providers have started to take note. Microsoft is one of them, now that it said that Windows 8 will be shipping with some features of Security Essentials built in. To be more specific, malware detection (including the kind delivered via ...
Cisco’s To Do List: Cut Revenue Forecasts, Bash Competition
Networking giant Cisco is still the number one player in the industry, but its investors have not been all that optimistic as of late. This is due to declining earnings, and Cisco caused more reason for concern, having just cut its revenue forecast for the next three years. CFO Frank Calderon said that his company ...