Tuesday, September 13, 2011

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWorld) 13/09/2011





AT&T to offer three Mango smartphones this fall
AT&T will launch three new Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" phones this fall while updating its existing four Windows Phone 7 smartphones with the new mobile operating sysem, the carrier said.

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New EU agency to manage large IT systems with citizen data
The European Union’s General Affairs Council on Monday approved plans to establish of a pan-European agency to manage its large-scale IT systems.

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Microsoft, Google Suffer Outages: Can You Trust the Cloud?
The cloud is falling! The cloud is falling! No, seriously. It keeps falling. If it's not Google Docs or Gmail, it's Microsoft's Office 365, Hotmail, and SkyDrive. The issues encountered over the past week or so--and the sporadic-but-too-frequent-to-ignore outages before that--raise serious questions about just how dependable cloud-based services really are.

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Broadcom to buy NetLogics for $3.7B
Broadcom has agreed to acquire communications processor company NetLogics Microsystems for $3.7 billion, the companies announced Monday.

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Efforts to block AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile USA are at odds with our mobile demands
Sprint last week filed suit against AT&T in an attempt to block that company's $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA, a cause that looks good on paper but is at odds with consumer demand for improved mobile experiences.

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2010's IT Companies to Watch: Where are they now?
A year later, we take a look at the progress made by 2010's 25 New IT Companies to Watch.

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7 IT superheroes -- and their fatal flaws
Stock your organization with these seven IT miracle workers, but beware the dark side of their superpowers run amok

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Enterprise IT embraces SSD, despite cost
Despite its high price tag, solid-state storage technology is increasingly becoming a viable option for large and midsize companies looking to ease bottlenecks caused by high-transaction databases, virtualized systems and other I/O-intensive applications.

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Preston Gralla: Microsoft finally gets it: Windows is not the future
The operating system remains a cash cow, but it's not a high-growth business.

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