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  • Kindle Fire Powers Android Tablets to 39% Market Share

    Amazon’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle Fire helped power market share for tablets based on Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system to 39 percent market share for the fourth quarter of 2011, up from 29 percent a year ago. Global tablet shipments reached an all-time high of 26.8 million units in Q4 2011, up 150 percent from 10.7 million…

  • Enterprises Are Embracing BYOD, Not Resisting It

    The idea that IT professionals and business leaders are resisting the consumerization of IT and the trend of bringing your own device (BYOD) to work is myth. On the contrary, more and more people are embracing these notions and trying to incorporate them into the workday, according to a recent study. Several recent reports have…

  • Emerson Offers Avocent Data Center Planner

    Emerson Network Power, a business unit of Emerson (NYSE: EMR) specializing in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, introduced the next generation of Avocent Data Center Planner, a software solution that helps enable data center managers to make informed decisions for the planning and effective management of their data center assets and physical…

  • Storage, Servers, Software Boom for Avnet in Q2

    The big data explosion and a growing concern in the C-suite that IT drive efficiency and productivity mean that storage is selling. And it’s selling well, according to value-added distributor Avnet Technology Solutions. The Phoenix, Ariz.-based company announced its second quarter earnings for fiscal year 2012 on Jan. 26, and storage was its big seller…

  • VMware Launches Solution Exchange Cloud, Virtualization Marketplace

    VMware is joining a number of other virtualization and cloud vendors in trying to leverage online marketing muscle to expand its customer base, while offering new products to its partners and developers. On Jan. 25, VMware officially launched its Solution Exchange, an online virtualization and cloud marketplace that is designed to help customers, partners and…

  • Dell, Microsoft, VMware Partner on vStart Cloud System

    Back in April 2011, Dell, Microsoft and VMware got into a three-way marriage to co-develop private cloud systems. As nature would have it, nine months after the consummation of the deal, the partnership is resulting in new offspring. On Jan. 25, the trio came out with vStart, a new preconfigured cloud system server that the…

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