Windows on ARM Detailed by Microsoft MS Patch Tuesday To Be a Light One Is a Google Cloud Drive in Your Future? Lenovo Warns of Disk Shortage Oracle To Pay $1.9 Billion for Taleo Cisco Focus on Networks Pays Off Windows on ARM devices is a new category of Windows like Windows Server and Window Phone, and because ARM devices differ, there will be "no single ARM experience," says Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky. Microsoft offered some good news for IT admins via its advance notification service. This month's Patch Tuesday will include just nine bulletins, four of them "critical," to address 21 vulnerabilities. Google is getting ready to launch a cloud storage service that would go toe-to-toe with Dropbox, a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs and videos anywhere and share them. Lenovo Group, the world's second-biggest personal computer maker, announced that quarterly profit grew by more than half, but warned hard-drive costs would remain high amid a global shortage. Oracle is escalating its longtime rivalry with German business-software maker SAP AG and plans to pay $1.9 billion for Taleo, a company that helps businesses hire and manage their employees. Cisco beat the street with its second-quarter earnings. The company's net income rose 44 percent in the quarter ended Jan. 28 as CEO John Chambers continued leading the company out of its 2011 funk. FULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORY
Next Big Thing Online: Free Returns Social Media Marketing Best Practices Businesses Need To Prepare for IPv6 Analytics and Cloud Top IT Skill Needs Best Practices for Cloud Security Technology Predictions for 2011 Free shipping is so last week. The marching orders now include an additional shipping freebie that's becoming the latest demand for folks who want to send back purchases: free reverse shipping. Social CRM expert Spredfast recently partnered with the American Marketing Association to identify best practices to build brand awareness, boost sales, and enhance customer service. With Internet addresses running out under the current IPv4 protocol, the Net must move to IPv6. How should your business approach this? The first step is to understand why the move is taking place. IT careers are heating up again -- at least in some sectors. So what are the best IT careers for 2011? Experts say key skill sets for the years ahead include analytics, data storage, and cloud computing. Cloud security remains a barrier to mainstream adoption of both public and private clouds. But best practices are emerging that make CIOs more comfortable launching new cloud projects. Along with vows of making more money and losing more weight, the new year prompts visions of what the technology future will hold, with predictions from IBM, Intel and industry research firms. FULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORY
Lenovo Warns About Global Hard Drive Shortage Lenovo Group, the world's second-biggest personal computer maker, announced that quarterly profit grew by more than half, but warned hard-drive costs would remain high amid a global shortage.
Cisco Focus on Networks Pays Off in Q2 Earnings Cisco beat the street with its second-quarter earnings. The company's net income rose 44 percent in the quarter ended Jan. 28 as CEO John Chambers continued leading the company out of its 2011 funk.
HP Rolls Out OpenFlow-Enabled Switch Portfolio HP rolls out a portfolio of OpenFlow-enabled switches that aim to simplify network management, performance and budget needs. The portfolio comes on the heels of new Cisco and Brocade switches.
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German Court Rules Samsung's Tablet Can Be Sold Samsung's Galaxy Tab tablet, in its 10.1N version, still can be sold in Germany. That's the ruling from a court there, the latest in the epic Apple-Samsung legal battle raging across Europe and the world.
Sprint Continues Flailing While AT&T, Verizon Grow Despite carrying the iPhone in its lineup after years of waiting, Sprint is still bleeding. In fact, Sprint's losses have grown larger since adding the iPhone to its smartphone mix. But it's not all bad news.
Nokia Shifting Handset Assembly Operations to Asia To increase competitiveness, Nokia plans to shift its mobile-handset assembly operations to Asia, with more than 4,000 jobs at Nokia's factories in Finland, Hungary and Mexico eliminated this year.
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Lenovo Warns About Global Hard Drive Shortage
Cisco Focus on Networks Pays Off in Q2 Earnings
HP Rolls Out OpenFlow-Enabled Switch Portfolio
German Court Rules Samsung's Tablet Can Be Sold
Sprint Continues Flailing While AT&T, Verizon Grow
Nokia Shifting Handset Assembly Operations to Asia
