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  • ShoreTel Acquires Hosted Unified Communications Specialist M5 Networks

    ShoreTel, a provider of IP phone systems with integrated unified communications (UC), announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire M5 Networks, a specialist in UC. Under the terms of the agreement, M5 shareholders will receive approximately $84 million in cash and 9.5 million shares of ShoreTel stock, which equates to a total of…

  • 10 Reasons Why Apple is So Successful

    1. The iPhone Apple’s iPhone 4S proved quite effectively that the company’s smartphone is the central reason it’s so profitable. Apple sells tens of millions of iPhones every quarter, and considering it does so at significant prices, it’s generating a ton of revenue. Without the iPhone, Apple wouldn’t be nearly as profitable as it is…

  • WatchGuard Launches XTM 33 Security Appliance

    WatchGuard Technologies, a provider of business security solutions, today unveiled its latest small-business firewall, the XTM 33. Ideal for midmarket businesses with five to 30 users, the XTM 33 appliance provides enhanced network protection in an all-in-one, small form factor security appliance. Features include defense-in-depth protection, such as identity-based firewalling, plus WatchGuard s proxy technology.…

  • Nimbus Launches Big-Scale NAND Flash Storage System

    Nimbus Data Systems, which makes storage systems that ostensibly are intelligent enough to think for themselves, Jan. 31 launched what it described as the industry’s first fully redundant, multiprotocol solid-state storage array. The new E-Class Flash Memory System, loaded exclusively with enterprise-grade NAND flash, features complete redundancy and no single point of failure, Nimbus founder…

  • Microsoft’s Office 15 Now in Technical Preview

    Microsoft s next version of Office has reached its technical preview stage. Codenamed Office 15, the platform is being distributed to a select group of testers; a public beta will reportedly arrive this summer. Office 15 is apparently an ambitious project. “For the first time ever, we will simultaneously update our cloud services, servers, and…

  • Facebook IPO Could Help Social Giant Challenge Google

    Buzz that Facebook will file for an initial public offering (IPO) Feb. 1 has marketing and advertising experts expecting the social network to challenge Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) at a time when the search giant is trying to ramp up its own ad targeting efforts.    While Google has commanded the market for search advertising for a…

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