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Finding the Right Web Conferencing Solution
Finding the Right Web Conferencing Solution WebEx Acquired by Cisco in March 2007, WebEx is arguably the biggest fish in the web conferencing sea. Available via browsers and a variety of mobile devices (including Cisco’s Cius, naturally), WebEx provides voice, video and desktop sharing features that are free to use by guests. Pricing for hosts…
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Apple iPad to Dominate Holiday Season Tablet Sales: Gartner Report
Apple’s best-selling iPad will account for 73.4 percent of worldwide media tablet sales in 2011, down from 83 percent share in 2010, according projections from Gartner. The market research firm also noted Apple will have free reign in the tablet market during the lucrative holiday season, as competition from Google Android-based tablet devices and others…
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Gmail a Viable Alternative to Microsoft for Enterprise: Gartner Report
Five years after entering the market, Google’s enterprise Gmail is building momentum with commercial organizations with more than 5,000 seats, and it now presents a viable alternative to Microsoft Exchange Online and other cloud email services, according to Gartner. However, the report noted Google’s journey to enterprise enlightenment is not complete. "The road to its…
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Microsoft CEO Optimistic About Windows Phone
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took a few moments during his company s financial analyst meeting to put a brave face on its smartphone efforts. It was under a year ago that we launched the first Windows Phone, he told an audience of media and analysts gathered to hear Microsoft executives run down the company s…
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RIM Promises BlackBerry PlayBook Updates
Research In Motion reported revenues of $4.2 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2012, a 15 percent decline from the $4.9 billion it earned during the previous quarter. The company shipped some 10.6 million BlackBerry smartphones and around 200,000 BlackBerry-branded PlayBook tablets during that period. RIM s aging BlackBerry portfolio continued to drag on…