When Google recently launched the Apps Marketplace, some wondered just how useful it would be for businesses. Google has historically provided services that appeal to both consumers and the enterprise, but for the most part, its focus has been on more consumer-oriented products, rather than enterprise solutions.
The Internet networking giant is moving its UCS into the portable container data center market, similar to what IBM, the former Sun Microsystems [now Oracle], Hewlett-Packard, Dell-Microsoft and SGI [formerly Rackable] have been doing for the last few years. – One year ago, Internet pipefitter Cisco Systems entered the data center systems business with the introduction of the Unified Computing System, which features the company’s first-ever application server and includes all necessary data routing. The UCS’s network-centric data center infrastructure …
When Google launched the Google Apps Marketplace March 9, it replaced the Google Solutions Marketplace as the main method of selling third-party apps with a more comprehensive offering for products that integrate with Google Apps collaboration suite. Google Apps Marketplace, if it gains traction beyond its current 50 partner companies, appears destined to challenge Salesforce.com, which has been the dominant cloud computing provider for enterprise applications, and Microsoft, whose own online business apps remain a viable option.
Cisco is preparing to launch its IME server, a technology that is designed to extend the same sort of video collaboration that is found within a company to partners and customers. A new protocol proposed by Cisco, dubbed Viper, will help Ciscos IME server work with third-party systems. – Cisco Systems is looking to bring the advantages of unified communications, which primarily are seen within individual companies, to dealings between businesses
Cisco is preparing to launch its IME server, a technology that is designed to extend the same sort of video collaboration that is found within a company to partners and customers. A new protocol proposed by Cisco, dubbed Viper, will help Ciscos IME server work with third-party systems.
Plastic Logic, whose Que e-reader will be aimed primarily at business travelers and others looking for an ultra-portable way to carry documents, announced through an e-mail to customers that shipments of the Que will be delayed until summer. Plastic Logic CEO Richard Archuleta reportedly cited the need to fine-tune the device and improve the overall experience as the reasons behind the delay
Samsung is one handset company that seemingly benefited from the Chinese New Year and a strong start to the 2010 global handset market, according to a new report.
Samsung is one handset company that seemingly benefited from the Chinese New Year and a strong start to the 2010 global handset market, according to a new report. Led by Asia and Latin America, the Year of the Tiger is predicted to be a good one for handsets, which should grow 11 percent over 2009 numbers. – The Year of the Tiger is already proving a successful one for the global mobile handset market in general and Taiwan-based Samsung in particular, according to analysis firm Broadpoint AmTech.
The Federal Communications Commission gives American consumers the opportunity to check for dead zones and broadband speeds through a set of tools one of which is also available as an Apple iPhone and Google Android mobile application. – The Federal Communications Commission launched two digital tools, the Consumer Broadband Test and the Broadband Dead Zone Report, which allows consumers to test their broadband service and report areas where broadband is not available.
The Federal Communications Commission gives American consumers the opportunity to check for dead zones and broadband speeds through a set of tools one of which is also available as an Apple iPhone and Google Android mobile application. – The Federal Communications Commission launched two digital tools, the Consumer Broadband Test and the Broadband Dead Zone Report, which allows consumers to test their broadband service and report areas where broadband is not available. The Broadband Dead Zone Report enables Americans to submit t…