Did Acer accidentally invent the Cloud workstation?
An intriguing report on German news site Heise. de on Monday unveiled a cheap monitor that includes built-in PC functionality. The Acer DX241H is an if not standard 1920x1080 pixel HDMI monitor, nevertheless it as well features an operating system running on top of an ARM Cortex-A8 chip -- the same processor commonly found in cell phones and tablets. More...
Scalar Floats University of Guelph on to the Cloud
Today, Scalar Decisions, the Toronto-headquartered IT solutions integrator, announced that the University of Guelph will be migrating from their on-premise email system to Scalar's cloud-based service. More...
Green concerns raise ire for NBN battery backup
The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy is preparing to consult with internet service providers on the potential impact of recycling backup batteries for equipment installed as part of the National Broadband Network. More...
Verizon to Offer Wide Tablet Choices with Motorola Xoom Release
Verizon Wireless will be making the Motorola Xoom tablet available for sale in Verizon stores and on-line on Feb. 24. The new tablets, which were announced in a Super Bowl TV commercial that harked back to Apple's famed 1984 Macintosh advertisement, as well demonstrated features that aren't available on the Xoom's direct competition, the Apple iPad. More...
Microsoft Offers Free Azure Trial
Recalling all those AOL disks promising hundreds of hours of free usage, Microsoft is offering up to 750 free hours of use on its Azure service as an enticement for developers to try cloud computing, the company announced Tuesday. More...
Stock Yards Bank & Trust Selects tw telecom
tw telecom, a leading provider of managed voice, Internet and data networking solutions for businesses in Kentucky and throughout the U. S. , today announced that Stock Yards Bank & Trust has selected it to provide advanced voice and data services to the financial services company's 34 locations in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. More...
FusionStorm Launches IT Xpress Cloud
a leading national provider of IT consulting, research solutions and cloud/managed services, announced today the general availability of IT Xpress Cloud, an enterprise-ready infrastructure-as-a-Service offering based on VMware vCloud® research. More...
7 Reasons Not to Worry This Week
OmniVision Technologies makes camera chips found in both digital cameras and the growing array of wireless handsets with shutterbug appeal. The stock took a hit last month when an analyst downgraded the stock, fearing that OmniVision's chip wouldn't remain the sole supplier for the then and there iPhone. More...
We Will Soon Live in a 100 Gbps World
Thanks to iPhones, tablets and Netflix, the demand for bandwidth is back and in other words drumming up interest in expanding and building out fiber networks. More...
Acrobits Softphone is Now Available on the Android Market
Acrobits releases the latest addition to their family of SIP Customers, Acrobits Softphone for Android, on the Android Market. . More...