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Cisco’s Acquisition of Inlet Technologies Complete
Communications giant Cisco announced it has completed its acquisition of privately held Inlet Technologies, a provider of Adaptive Bit Rate digital media processing platforms. Based in Raleigh, N.C., Inlet was acquired to help strengthen the capabilities of Cisco’s Videoscape TV platform, allowing service and content providers to deliver video experiences to a variety of devices…
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Green IT, Cloud Computing to Impact Data Centers: Report
According to IT research firm Gartner, Inc., four forces currently operating in the market could result in data center space requirements that will shrink dramatically before the decade is out. These include smarter designs, energy efficiency pressures (or green IT), the realities of high-density environments, and the potential of cloud computing. The company recommended that…
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Business Spending Hit $59 billion in 2010: NPD Report
Bouncing back to above pre-recession levels, sales of technology products to businesses through U.S. distributors, commercial technology resellers and office products dealers rose 12 percent to almost $59 billion in 2010, according to a report from NPD Group. Last year’s rebound in business spending followed a 9 percent decline in 2009, according to NPD Group’s…
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Dell Debuts Desktop Virtualization Offering
Technology giant Dell announced the availability of Dell Desktop Virtualization Solutions, which utilizes prepackaged services with configured and tested hardware and software. DDVS was developed to ease the design and implementation complexities inherent in deploying virtualized desktop environments and accelerate the adoption of desktop virtualization. Dell offers four delivery models designed to address specific customer…
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Cloud Services Contracting Carries Risks: Report
Although cloud offerings are rapidly maturing, the immaturity of cloud service contracting means that many contracts have structural deficits, according to a report from IT research firm Gartner. The company identified four risky issues that CIOs and sourcing executives should be aware of when contracting for cloud services, including the risk that cloud sourcing contracts…
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Data Breaches Costing Businesses More: Report
For the fifth year in a row, data breach costs have continued to rise, according to a study documenting how businesses are impacted by data breaches. They continue to cost organizations more every year, with the average organizational cost of a data breach this year increasing to $7.2 million, up seven percent from $6.8 million…