IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Storwize, a privately held company based in Marlborough, MA. Storwize provides real-time data compression technology to help clients reduce physical storage requirements by up to 80% (1), which improves efficiency and lowers the cost [...]
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Apple Updates Safari 5
Apple® today released Safari® 5.0.1, turning on Safari Extensions and introducing the Safari Extensions Gallery. Apple introduced extensions support in Safari 5 in June so developers could begin creating extensions with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript web standards. With Safari Extensions Gallery, users can quickly find extensions that add powerful new [...]
Full Story »HP Helps Designers Push Limits of Innovation on Lifetime Television’s Hit Series “Project Runway”
HP today announced a second season of computer use by design contestants of Lifetime Television’s hit show “Project Runway.”
The use of HP technology allows the show’s designers to realize and elevate their creative visions through the use of the latest HP touch-enabled PCs based on Intel® processors. “Project Runway” season [...]
Dow Chemical, Hyatt Hotels and University of Georgia Select Microsoft to Evolve Their Organizations in the Cloud
The Dow Chemical Co., Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, and the University of Georgia have each selected Microsoft cloud solutions, Microsoft announced today at the start of the company’s annual Financial Analyst Meeting.
“The Microsoft cloud services ecosystem creates new opportunities for our customers,” Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner said. “It [...]
Motorola Announces Alliance with Intrado to Deliver Next-Generation 9-1-1 Text Messaging Products and Services
The Enterprise Mobility Solutions business of Motorola (NYSE: MOT), today announced an alliance with Intrado, Inc., the leading provider of 9-1-1 technology solutions, to deliver next-generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) text messaging enabled products and services.
As agencies move toward wider adoption of NG9-1-1 capabilities, a new approach is needed to fully realize the unprecedented access [...]
Xerox in Leader Quadrant of Analyst Firm’s 2010 Multifunction Printer (MFP) and Printer Report
Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) has been positioned by Gartner, Inc., in the Leaders Quadrant in the “Magic Quadrant for MFPs and Printers?” report. The Magic Quadrant is a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner that offers visual snapshots of a market’s direction, maturity and participants, and evaluates companies on completeness [...]
Full Story »Autodesk Helps APTwater Increase Availability of Clean Water
APTwater, a California-based developer of advanced water treatment technologies, is using software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) to design its HiPOx and PulseOx reactors, both of which use advanced oxidation processes to remove harmful compounds and pollutants from water. This high-performance water treatment helps increase water quality and reusability.
“APTwater’s water processing technologies [...]
Lake County, Florida Marks Full Year Operating Motorola 700/800 MHz Project 25 Radio System With Over 11 Million Calls
Lake County, Florida today announced that it has successfully marked a major radio system milestone with more than 11 million push-to-talk calls on its one-year-old Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) ASTRO® 25 digital radio system, the state’s first 700/800 MHz licensed network. The $32 million radio system, formally accepted by the county [...]
Full Story »McAfee, Inc. to Acquire tenCube; To Deliver Next Generation Mobility Platform
McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately owned tenCube, the provider of the WaveSecure mobile security service. Adding WaveSecure’s locate, [...]
Full Story »San Francisco Bay Area Selects Motorola for the Nation’s First Public Safety 700 MHz LTE Broadband Network
The Enterprise Mobility Solutions business of Motorola (NYSE: MOT) and the Public Safety Agencies within the San Francisco Bay Area have entered an agreement to build a 700 MHz LTE system. As part of the Bay Area Regional Interoperable Communications System (BayRICS) plan, the system will serve multiple agencies across the [...]
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