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Google cardboard and an Android phone will immerse users in VR vids Virtual Reality has finally made its way onto YouTube, with Google announcing its Android app will be able to playback VR video. Users will be able to experience virtual reality through the app when combined with a Google Cardboard viewer. “Using the same tricks that we humans use to see the world, VR video gives you a sense of depth as you look around in every direction,” YouTube product managers Kurt Wilms, Sanjeev Verma, and Husain Bengali wrote…

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The partnership is a key enabler of the aviation group’s strategic vision to offer a superior digital service by deploying cloud-first initiatives for its businesses and its guests. With Adobe Marketing Cloud and Creative Cloud, the airline group and its partners are empowered to create a secure, cost effective and remarkable digital guest experience. Additionally, the technology will enhance the airlines’ digital marketing capabilities to provide tailored and personalised services across the globe. Adobe’s solutions will enable a superior digital experience for guests including full self-service capabilities using digital devices.…

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Saga is first and only Citrix partner in region with all-inclusive specialization in the virtualization and networking domains. During September and October, Saga has become a Citrix Specialist partner in Networking and Virtualization segments of business. In Networking segment, we acquired specialization for Netscaler and CloudBridge, and in Virtualization segment for Xendesktop, XenApp and Citrix Workspace Suite. This enveloped and covered almost the whole range of Citrix specializations! With this, Saga has become the first and only Citrix partner in region which has all-inclusive specialization from mentioned two segments. The…

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Dell acquires EMC in a deal that creates the largest privately held technology company. The combined entity, which will be run by Michael Dell, is betting scale will sell to enterprises. Dell said it will acquire EMC for about $67 billion in cash and stock in what equates to a bet that bigger is better in enterprise technology and hybrid data centers. The combination of Dell and EMC will create the largest “privately-controlled, integrated technology company.” Here’s the big question: Will bigger necessarily be better for enterprise customers? EMC and…

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After Symantec launched its Secure One program, successor to the former Symantec Partner program, Saga has become the first and only Secure One Symantec Platinum Partner in the region. Secure One Platinum Partner is the highest status Symantec awarded its partners. In order for partner to reach Platinum status it is necessary to have expertise in at least two of the four Symantec competencies (Saga has it Information Protection and Threat Protection areas). Symantec Information Protection competency indicates expertise concerning the data access control wherever they are stored: on local…

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Four times slower than EMC’s XtremIO Oracle blogs it’s sold more than a billion dollars’ worth of its ZFS appliance, with almost 15,000 systems installed by more than 5,000 customers. It is “currently one of the fastest growing products within the Oracle Server and Storage Systems business unit.” Sounds impressive, particularly with EMC saying it has sold a billion dollars’ worth of XtremIO all-flash arrays in six quarters and that the flash array is the company’s fastest-growing product line. Here’s the ZFS appliance history: January 2009 – Sun Open Storage…

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Web access marks start of five-year UN project to bring internet to everyone Image credit: catwalker / Shutterstock.com Facebook plans to bring the internet to refugee camps, believing technology can help them access aid and keep in touch with family. CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed his company would work with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to bring connectivity to camps of people emigrating from countries hit by conflicts, such as Syria. “In the short term to address the current crises we will be working with UNCHR to bring the…

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Storing data in the cloud has been getting cheaper and more flexible for years. The major cloud providers offer various options for storing data, with prices reflecting how often data is accessed, how much is stored, its availability and how it is backed up. The world’s biggest cloud infrastructure service provider, Amazon Web Services (AWS), has just broadened its storage options – revealing a new storage class for infrequently-accessed data. The addition to AWS Simple Storage Service (S3) is called Standard: Infrequent Access storage. It provides a middle ground between…

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Customer experience (CX) professionals worldwide are gearing up to take part in the third CX Day on October 6, at local and online events. CX Day is a global celebration of companies and people who are delivering highest-quality experiences to customers. CX Day was created by the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA), the premier global non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement and cultivation of the Customer Experience profession. Local and Corporate Events, Online Panels, Twitter Chats, Webcasts and Awards WAKEFIELD, Mass. – Sept. 16, 2015 ‒ CX Day celebrates the…

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Sony Computer Entertainment is taking its virtual reality technology to a new level, and game developers are eager to follow. TOKYO -Project Morpheus, a headset compatible with SCE’s PlayStation 4, has yet to hit store shelves, but its latest prototype offers clearer, crisper images than any virtual reality device that has come before. Close to real SCE recently held a Project Morpheus demonstration event for journalists in Tokyo. Among the games on display, Bandai Namco Entertainment’s “Summer Lesson” was a particularly big crowd-pleaser. In the game, the player teaches Japanese…

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