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Alcatel-Lucent Thursday unveiled a new solution that it says is the foundation for a new class of carrier services it has dubbed “carrier cloud.” The communications technology company said its new CloudBand solution will allow communications carriers to offer cloud-based networking services with guaranteed performance, reliability and security. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU) said CloudBand is a key […]

Microsoft is taking the opportunity presented by the forthcoming Windows 8 release to streamline the Windows Update (WU) process and reduce the frequency of required restarts. But it has also stated unequivocally that it will not open WU as a platform for updating third-party applications. “When it comes to Windows Update, one of the most […]

AT&T sought to open up a whole new dimension for its business Tuesday with the introduction of AT&T Platform as a Service (Paas), intended as a platform upon which business professionals can build and deploy their own cloud-based business apps. The launch makes AT&T (NYSE:T) the first telecommunications service provider to offer enterprise-grade PaaS in […]

After a delay of several weeks, AMD Monday took the wraps off its new 16-core Opteron 6200 chips, formerly codenamed Interlagos. AMD (NYSE:AMD) said the new processors, together with the newly unveiled six to eight core Opteron 4200 chips (formerly codenamed Valencia), will offer enterprises increased performance and scalability for virtualization and more efficient economics […]

With the right apps, your Android phone can become an incredibly versatile tool. It can call up useful information in moments at the touch of a finger, track and monitor all manner of information and events, and help you manage that information. Whether you need to stay on top of your business mileage, your appointments, […]

Okay, we get it: you want more free android apps. Sure, we’ve already given you a list of 50 of the best free apps for the Android phone. But if you’ve got an insatiable appetite, here are 35 more of the best free apps the Android Marketplace has to offer. 1) TiKL – Touch to […]

Enterprise software giant SAP on Tuesday took the wraps off 10 new business analytics applications geared toward a host of industry verticals. SAP (NYSE: SAP) characterized the releases as the first step in its strategy to provide business analytics that offer employees across organizations critical, industry-specific information wherever and however they want to use it. […]

Seeking to round out its offerings in preparation for what it describes as the “third phase” of virtualization — IT as a service — VMware on Tuesday announced that it would acquire IT analytics firm Integrien and online access management and security firm TriCipher. Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed. VMware (NYSE: VMW) […]

The data analysis enabled by business analytics and business intelligence software provides a critical competitive edge to firms. Yet a study indicates that enterprises don’t fully understand the importance of these key apps. Almost a third of technology executives and business professionals say they don’t know whether their organization uses business analytics or if their […]

Seeking to keep its dominant position in the netbook market, Intel announced Monday that its new mobile dual-core Atom processors have hit the streets in a dozen new netbook models from various manufacturers. The new dual-core Intel Atom N550, which supports DDR3 memory, powers netbooks from manufacturers including Acer, Asus, Fujitsu, Lenovo, LG, Samsung, MSI […]