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Blood Systems Boosts Efficiency, Facilitates Growth with HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage

January 20, 2014January 20, 2014 enews

HP Storage increases application performance by 80 percent in time for National Blood Donor Month HP today announced that Blood Systems, the second-largest blood bank in the United States, has selected HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage to maximize data capacity and improve performance of mission-critical applications. January marks a critical time of year for blood donations, recognized as National Blood Donor Month, and Blood Systems supports 10 percent of the nation’s blood supply through donation centers across 18 states. Every pint of blood the organization obtains is tracked by manufacturing and logistics software…

Mobile First Puts an Office in Your Pocket

January 16, 2014January 16, 2014 enews

New research reports from both Gartner and IDC have revealed that PC shipments went down 10 percent in 2013, the largest yearly decline on record for the PC industry. This marks the seventh consecutive quarter of falling PC shipments, as consumers continue their move away from personal computers totablets and smart phones as their preferred way of staying in touch and doing business. Mobile devices have become the primary screens of influence on buyer behavior. Mobile behavior is deeply embedded in the daily life of consumers, and enterprises that hope to…

European Commission demands UHF use reforms for internet users

January 15, 2014January 15, 2014 enews

Neelie Kroes wants telcos and mobile operators to suggest how Ultra High Frequency spectrum can be used to deliver internet services. The European Commission has given the technology industry six months to suggest how the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) spectrum band could be used better to deliver internet services. Digital Commissioner Neelie Kroes has urged broadcasters, mobile operators, telcos and trade associations to propose ways for the UHF spectrum band to be used more efficiently. Kroes said a rethink about how member states use UHF is needed to meet the increasing demands of consumers for broadcast and internet services.…

Nest acquisition: Where next for ‘new’ Google?

January 15, 2014 enews

In the adorable 2008 Pixar film Wall-E, much of the plot centres on the corporate behemoth that is Buy n Large. The company is the “world leader” in – to pick just a few – aerospace, agriculture, the media, food, science, infrastructure and transport. But it didn’t start out that way. At first, BnL just sold yogurt. And in 1998, Google just did search. These days, it’s the biggest player in internet advertising. It’s a company that sends balloons into near-space, and kits out entire cities with underground cables. It’s…

GoDaddy to offer Office 365 to SMBs

January 15, 2014January 15, 2014 enews

Microsoft and hosting provider partner up to offer SaaS to smaller businesses. SMB-focused hosting provider GoDaddy has entered into a strategic partnership with Microsoft to offer Office 365 as a service to its clients. According to the companies, the move will allow GoDaddy to provide “seamless” access to professional email connected to their domain names, cloud storage and a full suite of Microsoft productivity offerings. Additionally, it will support GoDaddy’s push to branch out into more diversified offerings for SMBs. The organisations also claim that, as well as being more convenient…

Facebook to share data with Russia’s Yandex

January 15, 2014January 15, 2014 enews

Facebook has agreed a deal to share public data from its users with Yandex – Russia’s largest search engine. The deal will give Yandex full access to public data from users in Russia, Turkey and CIS countries including Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. The data includes users’ posts and comments on them. Profiles or posts set to “private” will not be searchable. The move is expected to help Yandex improve search results and boost traffic on Facebook in Russia. “In the near future, Yandex’s search results will display not only Facebook…

YouTube streamlines comment management system

January 14, 2014January 14, 2014 enews

YouTube’s move to alter its comments system last year proved to be unpopular YouTube has unveiled a new feature that lets users see, respond to and moderate comments all in one place. The move comes after changes that were announced in November last year to alter the way users could comment on clips proved to be unpopular among users. The changes took away a feature that had previously allowed users to manage comments from their YouTube Inbox. YouTube acknowledged that users of the site were unhappy with the change. “Many…

Google to buy Nest Labs for $3.2bn

January 14, 2014January 14, 2014 enews

Google has announced plans to buy thermostat maker Nest Labs for $3.2bn (£2bn), continuing a string of recent acquisitions. Google said the cash deal was expected to be completed in the next few months. California-based Nest Labs was founded by two former Apple executives. It produces a thermostat capable of learning user behaviour and working out whether a building is occupied or not, using temperature, humidity, activity and light sensors. The firm will continue to be run by chief executive Tony Fadell and maintain its own distinct identity, Google said in a…

EMEA Server Revenues Down Again in 3Q13 But Signs of Revival in Southern Europe and on Blade Side, Says IDC

December 11, 2013January 22, 2014 enewsfeatured

FRANKFURT and PRAGUE, December 11, 2013 — According to the latest EMEA Server Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC), factory revenue in the EMEA server market reached $2.8 billion in the third quarter of 2013 (3Q13), a decrease of 3.0% when compared with the same quarter of 2012. Shipments reached 535,767 units, representing a 4.9% annual decline. The quarter-on-quarter performance displayed a mixed picture with flat growth in volumes, which were up 1.3%, but with revenue displaying a significant decrease of 6.3%. These figures hint at a continuing price sensitivity…

Home is Where the Skype Is…

December 8, 2013December 12, 2013 enewsfeatured

22/05/2013 in Workspace Blog by Blake Shepard It’s interesting to witness the ways in which Skype adoption within certain industries can positively impact business. We’ve talked about it in relation to themedical field and foreign-language instruction. Real estate is another industry seeing benefits from Skype. We hear it’s helping business run more efficiently and allowing realtors to satisfy client demands more easily and cost-effectively. Here’s an example of what I mean: Dan Prud’homme, a broker in vacation hot-spot Hilton Head Island, South Carolina,recently explained to the trade publication CRN, that selling second homes to remote…