Amazon Web Services offers .Net development kit for its cloud platform

Amazon Web Services offers .Net development kit for its cloud platform

11/15/2009 5:30:57 AM

AWS (Amazon Web Services) unveiled this week an SDK (software development kit) intended to make it easier for developers to build Microsoft .Net applications that can access the cloud computing.

Microsoft: Win7 tool includes GPL code; software will go open source

Microsoft: Win7 tool includes GPL code; software will go open source

11/15/2009 5:30:57 AM

Microsoft Friday acknowledged that its Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool does indeed include open source code. To correct the error, the company next week will make the source code and binaries for the tool available under terms of the GPL v2 license.

GAO: Los Alamos National Lab's cybersecurity lacking

GAO: Los Alamos National Lab's cybersecurity lacking

11/15/2009 5:30:57 AM

Cybersecurity efforts to protect a leading U.S. nuclear laboratory's classified computer network remain lacking even after a series of security lapses, according to a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

Is Dell's Android Smartphone Doomed?

Is Dell's Android Smartphone Doomed?

11/15/2009 5:30:57 AM

Dell confirmed it is releasing an Android-based smartphone, called the Mini 3, in China and Brazil, but the company's lack of details about the handset makes it hard to get excited. Dell's unwillingness to share more about the Mini 3 also has me wondering if the phone just really isn't that exciting and Dell knows it.

Virtualization Brings Flexibility, Savings to ITC

Virtualization Brings Flexibility, Savings to ITC

11/15/2009 5:30:57 AM

With an inflexible IT infrastructure and crowded data centre, ITC was struggling.But Partha Sengupta knew a way out. By virtualizing his infrastructure he avoiding expenses on multiple fronts with the potential to save about Rs 14 crore (US$3 million) over the next five years.

Rogue Amoeba quits iPhone development

Rogue Amoeba quits iPhone development

11/15/2009 5:30:57 AM

Stories about App Store submission woes have become standard fare in the tech media of late, which has understandably led to some readers groaning "not another App Store sob story" whenever they come across one. But, as Dan Moren so ably put it, iPhone developers are entitled "to a little respect," and constantly being on Apple's case with regard to the App Store approval process is the only way to get them to do something substantial about it.

AMD and Intel patch things up, HP buys 3Com

AMD and Intel patch things up, HP buys 3Com

11/15/2009 5:30:57 AM

We had a blockbuster deal this week, with Hewlett-Packard saying it plans to buy 3Com, and a blockbuster settlement, with Advanced Micro Devices and Intel ending a long-running legal dispute. By midnight tonight, Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers are supposed to file a revised book-search settlement proposal, which could add to our top stories list for the week. For now, though, what follows are our top IT headlines of the moment.

HP's 3Com acquisition: An inside look

HP's 3Com acquisition: An inside look

11/15/2009 5:30:57 AM

It started with a cup of coffee between 3Com COO Ron Sege and HP ProCurve chief Marius Haas a year ago.It ended with this week's $2.7 billion Interop last May, a technology bake-off in HP labs, and then an offer.

Podcast: Intel and AMD Settle, MS and Apple Copy Each Other

Podcast: Intel and AMD Settle, MS and Apple Copy Each Other

11/15/2009 5:30:57 AM

This week, PC World editors Steve Fox, Robert Strohmeyer, and Tim Moynihan are joined by Macworld's Jason Snell for to explore all the hubbub over allegations that Microsoft has copied Apple in the design of Windows 7.

Can gadgets be too small, cheap and feature rich?

Can gadgets be too small, cheap and feature rich?

11/15/2009 5:30:57 AM

Everybody knows mobile gadgets get smaller, cheaper and more feature-rich over time. But at what point are they too small, cheap or functional?

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MicroStrategy breidt salesteam uit

Bedrijfssoftwareleverancier MicroStrategy heeft het salesteam uitgebreid met twee nieuwe medewerkers. Sharon Waizman (foto) is aangesteld als Account Executive Sales. Kim Maatman is aan de slag gegaan als Accountmanager.

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Regouin Head of Digital Marketing Samsung

Samsung Electronics Benelux heeft Floris Regouin aangesteld als Head of Digital Marketing bij Samsung Electronics Benelux. Regouin gaat zich richten op het consolideren en uitbouwen van het leiderschap van Samsung op het gebied van digitale en sociale media.

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Mayer nieuwe MD Lenovo Benelux

Computerfabrikant Lenovo heeft als uitvloeisel van een structuurwijziging van haar EMEA-operatie, waarbij de volledige P&L- verantwoordelijkheid is neergelegd bij de verschillende landenorganisaties, Andreas Mayer (foto) benoemd tot Managing Director voor de Benelux. Egbert Putmans is aangetrokken als Channel Manager Benelux als opvolger van Mike Walker.

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Deze maand in ChannelConnect

Thema | Virtualisatie
Interview met | Jeffrey Raskeyn, Director Indirect Sales Enterprise Group HP Nederland
Thema artikel | Software-defined networking
Reseller aan het woord | Cam IT Solutions
Op de koffie bij | Jeroen Hagen, channel director Dell Nederland


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