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  • SonicWall Virtual Appliance Provides Secure Remote Access

    Intelligent network security and data protection solutions specialist SonicWall announced availability of the Secure Remote Access (SRA) Virtual Appliance and Aventail E-Class SRA Virtual Appliance. The appliances add to the existing SSL VPN small to medium-size business (SMB) and enterprise-class hardware line-up and further expand the company’s virtualized appliance offerings that include management, reporting and…

  • IBM, Nuance to Tune Watson for Health Care

    IBM will incorporate Nuance CLU speech-recognition applications into the Watson supercomputer to provide information that assists doctors as they make diagnoses. IBM will continue its longtime collaboration with speech-recognition software developer Nuance Communications to bring the analytics capabilities of supercomputer Watson into the health care field. Under a research agreement announced Feb. 17, Nuance will…

  • Dell Planning New Tablets, Smartphones

    Dell CEO Michael Dell shared, during the company’s Feb. 15 earnings call, that the company planned to enter the 10-inch tablet space later this year, with a device running Android 3.0, known as “Honeycomb.” But according to a leaked document said to be Dell’s product roadmap, Michael Dell was severely understating the company’s plans. According…

  • Dell Server Business Gets Boost from Cloud

    Cloud computing, virtualization and workload migrations are helping to boost Dell’s server business, as the company continues its transition to a solutions provider, according to Dell executive Forrest Norrod. In a recent interview with eWEEK, Forrest Norrod, vice president and general manager of Dell’s Server Platforms business, said that even though the company is rapidly…

  • Tablet Computer Makers Target Education Market

    (Reuters) – If Adrian Hartog has his way, college kids will be sporting tablet computers instead of backpacks loaded down with heavy textbooks. The CEO of educational tablet maker mySpark Technologies is among a growing number of entrepreneurs attempting to change the way students study, share and do homework. "Everybody is learning how to use…

  • Apple, Google, BlackBerry Lead on Social Media Impact: Report

    The major players in technology ranked highest in the first 50 Top Brands in Social Media league table from Alterian, a social media marketing specialist. In the No. 1 spot is online auction site eBay, which ranked ahead of computer maker Apple, which placed second. Google, RIM’s BlackBerry and Amazon rounded out the top five.…

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