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Symantec Secures More Than 1 Billion Internet of Things (IoT) Devices

August 31, 2015 enews

Symantec expands security portfolio with new Embedded Critical Systems Protection, designed to defend IoT devices against zero-day attacks, and signs ATM manufacturer Wincor Nixdorf as one of the early adopters Symantec today announced it is securing more than one billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including everything from televisions and cars to smart meters and critical infrastructure. With IoT devices expected to number 25 billion by 2020, Symantec is leading the effort to protect consumers from hacks against their always-on, Internet connected devices. “As IoT innovation and adoption continues to…

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ASUS Ultra-Low Blue Light Monitors Receive Most Number of TÜV Rheinland Certifications for Low Blue Light Emissions

August 13, 2015 enews

Class-leading ultra-low blue light monitors reduce blue light emissions by up to 70% Taipei, Taiwan (27 July, 2015) — ASUS today announced that 26 ASUS monitors have been certified by TÜV Rheinland for low blue light — more than any other monitor brand. The latest ultra-low blue light monitors feature four filter settings to reduce blue light emissions by up to 70%. In addition, 28 monitors have also been certified flicker-free by TÜV Rheinland. This full range of ultra-low blue light monitors is designed to reduce blue light emissions…

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Veritas Unveils New Portfolio to Tackle Unchecked Data Growth and Fragmented Storage

August 10, 2015August 10, 2015 enews

Veritas, Symantec’s (Nasdaq: SYMC) information management business, today announced new offerings for rapidly evolving enterprise datacenters, as well as significant upgrades to its core portfolio of backup and information management products. “Our customers find themselves at the crossroads of an information explosion and a fundamental shift in the way infrastructure is delivered,” said Matt Cain, Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer for Veritas. “To make sense of tremendous volumes of data, we know that traditional infrastructure-centric approaches alone no longer work. These new offerings will help our customers realize…

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Announcing Sway General Availability, Windows 10 app and more!

August 5, 2015 enews

Today, we are excited to announce that our digital storytelling app, Sway, is moving from Preview to General Availability! Sway is also moving beyond First Release and rolling out to all eligible Office 365 for business and education customers worldwide. This makes it possible for many additional businesses, schools and other organizations to start using Sway to create and share interactive reports, presentations, assignments, lessons, projects and more. And of course, any consumer can use Sway with a free Microsoft account. Today, we are also introducing Sway for Windows 10,…

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Microsoft Launches Windows 10 Without the Usual Hype

August 2, 2015 enews

Over the past 20 years, releases of new Windows operating systems have been marked by midnight sales parties, junkets crammed with reporters, and Microsoft’s biggest marketing campaigns. The introduction of Windows 10 on July 29 is much quieter: no ringing the Nasdaq opening bell, no promos with sitcom stars or Rolling Stones songs—just 13 parties around the world to thank volunteers who’ve helped debug and refine the operating system during the past year. “Having a big launch with celebrities, it might be newsworthy, but it’s not necessarily the step to…

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Adobe and IBM are on top for enterprise digital marketing platforms, but Oracle and Salesforce increasingly threaten

July 30, 2015July 30, 2015 enews

A new report by global analyst firm Ovum has found Adobe to be the overall market leader for digital marketing platforms, followed closely by IBM, Oracle, and Salesforce. SAS and Teradata are the market challengers and new market entrant Marketo is a follower. These vendors share three-quarters of the annual US$5bn global market spend on digital marketing platforms. London, July 29, 2015 –In product technology, many vendors still lack an integrated e-commerce proposition and have underinvested in social media capabilities such as social collaboration, social network integration, and the capture…

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What role should IT play in delivering business outcomes?

July 28, 2015 enews

Enable key differentiators that provide a competitive edge. There’s been a lot of talk recently about the need for IT to focus on delivering business outcomes, as opposed to products and services. In my experience, far too many things are considered IT investments when they’re actually business capability investments that are enabled through IT. Make business investments for business outcomes As a designer, implementer, and integrator of technology, IT can help define the expected value in terms of return on investment and total cost of ownership (TCO). However, I think…

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Oracle enhances Oracle Cloud Platform

July 27, 2015 enews

Oracle recently announced that it has enhanced its Oracle Cloud Platform with 24 new cloud services. Newly available cloud services are Oracle Database Cloud – Exadata, Oracle Archive Storage Cloud, Oracle Big Data Cloud, Oracle Integration Cloud, Oracle Mobile Cloud and Oracle Process Cloud. The Oracle Cloud Platform helps customers move on-premises workloads to the cloud with no modification of the application. The Oracle Database Cloud – Exadata Service extends the Exadata database platform to the cloud. Like in on-premises Exadata instances, customers can run production Exadata instances in the cloud,…

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The Czech External Disk Storage System Market Rebounds in Q1 2015, But Is It Too Soon for Optimism?

July 23, 2015July 23, 2015 enews

In 2014, the Czech external storage market posted an 11.9% value decline in U.S. dollar terms, with each quarter of the year displaying a year-on-year decrease, according to market research published by International Data Corporation (IDC). Prague, July 22, 2015 – While these results reflect a five-quarter-long trend of market contraction, the first calendar quarter of 2015 recorded 9.9% growth. IDC believes that, as this growth is the result of regular project cycles, it is the precursor of further growth for 2015 as a whole, albeit precarious. In spite of an…

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Are Apps a Passing Phase?

July 22, 2015July 23, 2015 enews

At NetHui last week one of the most interesting sessions was “Is there an app for that?”. The issue was that while apps can be easy to use, they are little walled gardens within an app store which is another level of walled garden. The Apple app store or Google play makes it easy to find apps, but it also means that you’re limited to apps that your environment’s corporate overlords approve and in Apple’s case, charge to include. On Android, it’s easy to change a setting so you can…