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Windows Phone 7 Fails To Halt Microsoft's Mobile Slide
New data shows Redmond slipping farther behind Apple and Google despite recent launch of its new smartphone OS.
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• Windows Phone 7 To Verizon?
• No Windows Phone 7 Update For Some Users
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Cisco Goes After 'Underserved' Mid-Market With VoIP Solution
Cisco has packaged the core technology behind its Unified Communications Manager portfolio for companies of 300 people or less.
Global CIO: How Lands' End's CIO Made The Case For Cloud
Steve Cretney plugged into a company goal--global expansion--to overcome doubts.
Review: Chrome Personal Blocklist Thwarts Bad Search Results
The extension for Google's Chrome browser lets users block results from specific sites from appearing in search results.
70% Of SMBs Plan To Use Social Media
Most smaller businesses have a social media strategy for the next 12 months, although nearly half say they don't know how it will help them, a Techaisle study finds.
Google Maps Navigation Now Routes Around Traffic
Saving money through route optimization isn't just for fleet logistics any more.
Will Sprint Dump WiMax For LTE?
If Sprint doesn't announce new WiMax gear at CTIA Wireless, you can count WiMax out of the 4G game -- at least from Sprint.
Army Appoints CIO
Lt. Gen. Susan Lawrence, a 30-plus year veteran, takes over the post Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson vacated in November.
Cisco Cuts Price Of Umi Video Conferencing
By making its telepresence technology cheaper and easier to integrate with businesses and service providers, the networking company is hoping to entice more customers.
Google Targets Android Malware Using Kill Switch
Additional steps are being taken to make the Android Market more secure, Google insists.
BrightEdge Introduces Social Analytics SEO Tool
Technology analyzes tweets and Facebook "likes" to help businesses determine the best ways to use social networks to boost search engine optimization and traffic.
iPad 2 Highlights Mobile Healthcare Advancements
Apple's tablet creates opportunities for healthcare providers to better organize, store, and share medical data using mobile technology and can empower doctors to be more productive and decisive.
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Motorola To Plug Android Security Gaps
By Ed Hansberry
Android has taken over as the number one smartphone platform but it still isn't being welcomed with open arms by the enterprise. Motorola is hoping to change that with a new set of APIs.
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Dealing With Recovery Transfer Time
By George Crump
In our last entry we discussed lessons to be learned from the Gmail crash. In an upcoming entry we'll cover establishing the tiered recovery points. These three tiers of recovery; high availability (HA), backup and archive provide a similar goal; application availability. What separates them is the time it takes to put the data back in place so the application can return to service. Dealing with recovery transfer time is an important factor in the overall recovery process.
Keynote Focuses On Cloud Application Performance
By Paul Korzeniowski
Monitoring tools typically arrive after a technology has begun to take root. With cloud computing gaining so much buzz recently, Keynote Systems threw its hat into the cloud application performance monitoring arena.
Don't Be Quick To Pull Trigger on Xoom
By Ed Hansberry
One of the features of Motorola's new 3G Xoom tablet is the ability to upgrade to 4G support. As you might have guessed, this isn't an over the air update but one where you send it back via truck. Motorola may keep it for up to six business days to perform the delicate surgery. Six days is forever.
Getting Granular About Social Media For SMBs
By Michele Pepe-Warren
We know the use of social media is exploding in the business world, but what can vendors of these solutions do to earn more mind--and market--share from small and midsize businesses? The SMB Group will have some concrete answers soon.
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