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Posted in E-Week on August 31st, 2010 by E-Week
RSA Solution for Cloud Security and Compliance is aimed at managing security, risk and regulatory compliance of cloud infrastructures--multitenant or otherwise. - On Day One of VMworld 2010,
EMC's RSA security arm on Aug. 30 introduced a new integrated security
and compliance package designed expressly for multitenant cloud
computing.
RSA Solution for Cloud Security and Compliance is aimed at managing
security, risk and regulatory compliance of cloud
...
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Posted in E-Week on August 31st, 2010 by E-Week
Google launches Gmail Priority Inbox to help users designate some messages as more important than others. Google is joining intelligent inbox startups such as Gist, Xobni and Liaise. - Google joined the raft of startups offering tools to better organize and
prioritize e-mail messages Aug. 30 with Gmail Priority Inbox.
Priority Inbox, a new beta Gmail feature users must opt in to use, lets
users designate some messages as more important than others at a time when
users are buck...
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Posted in E-Week on August 31st, 2010 by E-Week
Apple's iPad will soon face competition from other manufacturers, but it now ships in 24 hours, suggesting production bottlenecks might have eased. - Apple's iPad now ships within 24 hours from the company's online store,
suggesting that the company's production capacity has caught up with consumer
demand for the bestselling device.
That narrowed ship-time extends to both the WiFi-only and 3G-enabled
versions of the tablet, which presents a ...
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Posted in E-Week on August 31st, 2010 by E-Week
News Analysis: Apple has scheduled a media event on Sept. 1 to discuss new products. But there will be several things that won't happen at that show. - Apple plans to hold an event on Sept. 1 that many believe will
focus on the company's music efforts. Although Apple hasn't said what it will
talk about, speculation abounds over the possibility of a new iPod, the release
of a new Apple TV, and much more.
But there are also some rumors flying...
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Posted in E-Week on August 31st, 2010 by E-Week
Google August 30 struck a new content distribution deal with the Associated Press to host the publisher's content. Google is paying AP for the content and sharing search data. - Google has struck a new content distribution deal with
the Associated Press to host the publisher's content on Google News and other
properties, the search engine confirmed.
Google and the AP declined to reveal financial terms of
the new deal, but the Wall Street Journal
reported (paywall) Goog...
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Posted in E-Week on August 31st, 2010 by E-Week
Apple's well-integrated combination of hardware and software is compelling, but can't hold a candle to RIM's business features, as seen in the BlackBerry Torch 9800. - With the release of Research In Motion's BlackBerry Torch
9800 smartphone, the company may have a device that stacks up to Apple's iPhone
4. Despite a somewhat confusing feel to the BlackBerry interface, the Torch
compares well to the tight little package of the iPhone, which still has a ways
to...
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Posted in E-Week on August 30th, 2010 by E-Week
News Analysis: Countries from India to the UAE dont like secrets, especially when theyre held by their own citizens, but banning BlackBerry is shortsighted and futile - India and Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry smart phone, have reached a compromise in the demands by that government to have unencumbered access to the messages sent by users.
RIM, meanwhile, is trying to find ways to ensure that its business customers have the level of confidentialit...
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Posted in E-Week on August 30th, 2010 by E-Week
3M wants to buy biometrics vendor Cogent Systems for approximately $943 million. - 3M has agreed to acquire security biometrics vendor Cogent Systems for roughly $943 million.
Cogent provides finger, palm, face and iris biometric systems for governments, law enforcement agencies and businesses. Under the agreement, a subsidiary of 3M will offer to purchase all outstanding share...
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Posted in E-Week on August 30th, 2010 by E-Week
Citrix Systems is buying virtualization management software vendor VMLogix as it looks to extend the capabilities of its OpenCloud virtualization platform. - Citrix Systems is buying virtualization management software maker VMLogix as
part of a larger strategy to improve the scalability and interoperability of
its OpenCloud infrastructure platform.
The platform is designed to help service providers create
offerings around virtualization and cloud com...
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Posted in E-Week on August 30th, 2010 by E-Week
Even as data volumes grow and regulatory mandates multiply, today's IT organizations must meet increasingly strict service-level agreements while controlling costs. Data deduplication eliminates redundant data, helping IT organizations to enjoy improved data management, easier disaster recovery and reduced data storage costs. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Eric Schou explains how to implement a successful data deduplication strategy in your organization. - The IT organizations of today cannot rely on the data protection model of yesteryear, which can be characterized as tape-based, decentralized and populated primarily with physical servers. Virtualization and the large amounts of data to protect mandate a new approach to protecting and managing infor...
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