'Laptop is dead,' proclaims mobile management company

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	'Laptop is dead,' proclaims mobile management company One mobile device management (MDM) company contends that the hockey-stick growth of tablet computers is sounding the death knell for laptops. And because of that, enterprises need the ability to create and auto-provision software images on tablets the way they have provisioned PCs in the past. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: St. Bernard, now doing business as EdgeWave More Power, Lower Price, Earn $15 GC iPrism Web Security's 500h appliance delivers 1Gbps of throughput for unrivalled speed and performance across your enterprise. We've got the power to handle your biggest pipeline. We'll try to match the cost of your current solution, or any competitive offer you have. You'll earn cash just for checking us out. Click here for the EdgeWave Bid Desk. In this Issue Will anyone really pay $800 for Android-powered Motorola Xoom tablet? Android drives big smartphone growth in 2010, IDC says Mobile vendor Antenna strengthens Web apps with Volantis buy Speculation rife that Nokia will adopt Windows Phone 7 Mobile developers challenged to boost privacy Sprint's Kyocera Echo meets initial skepticism Windows Phone 7: 10 Free Apps You Need Right Now Tech conference bloopers: 7 stories of snafus and slipups Alcatel-Lucent plans smaller cells for mobile networks WHITE PAPER: Sprint Why 4G for the Enterprise? As the US economy slowly recovers in 2010, enterprise cautiousness toward purchases of enterprise communications technology continues. Enterprises will only adopt communications technology that offers the best value in terms of scalability, ROI and worker productivity. Learn more Will anyone really pay $800 for Android-powered Motorola Xoom tablet? The Motorola Xoom, the much anticipated Google Android 3.0-based tablet unveiled during CES last month, will sport a price tag of about $800 and be available on Feb. 24. Read More Android drives big smartphone growth in 2010, IDC says Worldwide smartphone shipments were up 75%, to 302 million in 2010, a trend driven by impressive Android growth in the fourth quarter, market research firm IDC said. Read More Mobile vendor Antenna strengthens Web apps with Volantis buy Antenna Software has made the latest acquisition in its bid to create a complete mobility toolset for designing, building, running and managing mobile applications, for everything from feature phones to tablets. The vendor is buying UK-based Volantis Systems, which has a set of tools for building mobile Web applications. Read More WEBCAST: Dell Webcast: Is Virtualization Right for SMBs? You've heard that large companies embrace virtualization to consolidate their data centers, reduce costs, and improve operating efficiency and IT service levels. However, your data center only has tens of servers, not hundreds or thousands. Should you consider virtualization as well? View this webcast to learn more. Register now! Speculation rife that Nokia will adopt Windows Phone 7 An analyst's open letter to Nokia's CEO, a former Microsoft executive, has triggered intense speculation that the Finnish phone maker will adopt Windows Phone 7 as the firmware for at least some of its struggling smartphone line. Read More Mobile developers challenged to boost privacy ACLU leads the development competition, which seeks to address security on smartphones Read More Sprint's Kyocera Echo meets initial skepticism While Sprint's new dual-screen Kyocera Echo smartphone is an industry first, its debut is being met with considerable skepticism. Read More WEBCAST: Mainsoft 'Social Email' Drives 4th Generation Collaboration Solutions Enterprises today are investing in a host of collaboration tools, including SharePoint, but they remain underutilized. Hear Gartner analyst Matt Cain and Mainsoft CEO Yaacov Cohen talk about how to close the user adoption gap by bringing SharePoint collaboration and social features into email. View Now. Windows Phone 7: 10 Free Apps You Need Right Now Microsoft recently announced that the Windows Phone Marketplace app store now has 6,000 apps and counting. Here are 10 free apps that benefit from the Windows Phone 7 aesthetic. Read More Tech conference bloopers: 7 stories of snafus and slipups Onstage falls, wardrobe malfunctions, and romantic disasters -- cue our real-life blooper reel from tech conferences around the world Read More Alcatel-Lucent plans smaller cells for mobile networks Alcatel-Lucent's next-generation mobile networks will use slimmed-down base stations that can be placed almost anywhere in order to improve coverage and mobile broadband performance, and cut costs for operators, the company said on Monday. Read More
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