TechWeb Networking Update - Friday, May 8, 2009
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*Microsoft Offers Cloud-Based Public Data Hosting With Azure
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*Verizon Switches To Smartphones For Maintenance Requests
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*Broadcom Takes Bid To Acquire Emulex To Stockholders
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*Vizioncore Lets Virtual Machine Users Provision Themselves
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*Monitoring Tools Can Boost E-Health Record Systems Performance
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Microsoft Offers Cloud-Based Public Data Hosting With Azure
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The Open Government Data Initiative aims to help government agencies host public data on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing platform.
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Amazon's Kindle DX Poses Profitability Challenge To Publishers
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The Kindle DX is leading the charge toward e-textbooks, but the result may be as painful for publishers as the freefall in CD sales experienced by the music industry.
Windows 7 Eases PC-To-PC File Transfers
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Microsoft's new OS makes it simpler to move apps and settings from one system to another.
Windows 7 Revealed: 24 Screen Shots Of Microsoft's Next Operating System
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Here's a first visual look at the Vista successor, as previewed at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.
Google Chrome Update Scheme Beats Firefox, Safari, Opera
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By automatically updating the browser every five hours, Google Chrome provides greater security than its competitors, according to a new study.
Langa Letter: Getting The Grunge Out Of Your PC
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Fred Langa cleans the dirtiest PC he can find, and along the way shows you how you can easily tackle yours.
(Editor's Picks)
BAI Retail Delivery News: HP Sees Infrastructure as Key to Branch Transformation
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HP launches Banking Innovation Center to show potential impact of emerging technologies.
UBS Joins DTCC Managed Accounts Service
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The centralized platform is designed to automate and standardize communications among sponsors, investment managers and service providers.
DTCC Launches New ID Net Service
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The new service streamlines clearance and settlement, cuts customer costs and reduces fails associated with affirmed institutional equity trades, the utility said.
(Networking News of the Week)
Verizon Switches To Smartphones For Maintenance Requests
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The company unveiled its iSite open source tool that allows service techs to analyze problems and manage work lists in real time from their BlackBerrys.
Broadcom Takes Bid To Acquire Emulex To Stockholders
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The $764 million tender offer for the smaller company is scheduled to expire on June 3.
Vizioncore Lets Virtual Machine Users Provision Themselves
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VControl could speed IT operations by allowing end users to configure and initiate their VM of choice without requiring assistance from IT managers.
Monitoring Tools Can Boost E-Health Record Systems Performance
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Federal stimulus money is pushing health care providers to implement e-medical record systems, but keeping the technology performing to doctors' satisfaction is the larger concern.
CA Aims To Redefine The Mainframe
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Its new mainframe strategy, marked by the release of Mainframe Software Manager, will be a multiyear process.
Emulex Rejects Broadcom's $764 Million Acquisition Offer
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The two firms have been in tense acquisition talks dating back to December.
Cisco Seeks An Edge In The Blade Market
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Its Unified Computing System was designed with removing I/O bottlenecks in mind.
Startup City: PacketTrap Networks
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PacketTrap Networks provides network monitoring software for midsize companies.
(Breaking News)
Oracle Won't Divest Sun's Hardware Business
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The database software maker will keep Sun's disk storage, and tape backup units and will boost investment in SPARC chips, CEO Larry Ellison said.
NY Fed Chair Resigns Amid Stock Purchase Questions
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Stephen Friedman, chairman of the New York Federal Reserve Bank's board of directors, resigned Thursday amid questions about his purchases of stock in his former firm, Goldman Sachs.
Dropping Prices Drive Up Blu-ray Player Sales
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The average selling price for players fell nearly 34% in the quarter to $261 from $393 a year ago, one survey found.
Pay-For-Performance Compensation Limits Innovation
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An MIT study found incentives that don't penalize failure and promote long-term success lead to more innovative business strategies.
Dell May Be Working On Android Netbook
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Dell shipping an Android netbook would give a significant boost to the Google-inspired OS and could encourage other computer makers to follow.
(Featured Jobs)
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