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Unified Communications Alternatives for Small Business
Unified Communications Alternatives for Small Business Cisco describes its UC 500 for SMBs as office in a box. With its core routing and switching, wireless, VoIP, security and video technologies, Cisco is an all-in-one unified communications provider. No Title With its own share of hardware (routers and switches, storage, servers, etc.), HP has partnered with…
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McAfee Completes Mobile Security Portfolio with tenCube Acquisition
Security technology company McAfee announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately owned tenCube, the provider of the WaveSecure mobile security service. The deal will create for McAfee a single platform, from the consumer to the enterprise, to address the management and security of all devices types by adding WaveSecure’s locate, lock,…
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BlackBerry Tablet, Blackpad, in Development
TORONTO July 30 (Reuters) – Research In Motion (RIM) will introduce a tablet computer in November to compete with Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing two people familiar with the company’s plans. The Waterloo, Ontario-based maker of the BlackBerry smartpnone will call the device the Blackpad, according to one of the…
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Juniper Networks Acquires SMobile for $70 Million
Data center and cloud computing networking software specialist Juniper Networks has announced the acquisition of SMobile Systems, a privately held software company specializing in smartphone and tablet security solutions for the enterprise, service provider and consumer markets, for the sum of approximately $70 million in cash. Juniper did not disclose how the two companies will…
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Apple Loses Control: Federal Ruling Lets Users Alter iPhone Software
July 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. copyright office issued exemptions to a copyright law, giving legal protection for people who unlock their smartphones like Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone. Changing operators’ fixed phone settings — a concept known as ‘jailbreaking’ — has become widely popular around the world since the 2007 introduction of Apple’s iPhone. The…
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Mobile Security: Four Key Opportunities for the Channel
With the number of mobile devices deployed shooting up, recent news about Android security vulnerabilities and the exposure of more than 100,000 iPad users’ personal data raising user awareness about mobile security, opportunities for channel partners to sell mobile protection into customer environments have certainly ripened. That’s if these partners and their vendors can target…
