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Server market slumps after seven quarters of growth

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Admin

The enterprise refresh cycle appears to be over, IDC says. The server market saw a year-on-year revenue slump of 3.6 percent in the first quarter By John Ribeiro IDG News Service | Jun 2, 2016 The worldwide server market saw a year-on-year revenue slump of 3.6 percent in the first quarter to $12.4 billion, after a winning streak of seven quarters of growth, IDC said Wednesday. The slowdown in ...
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All you need to know about tech support you learn in kindergarten

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Admin

Computer science classes don't hurt either, but many help desk calls can be solved with basic courtesy and respect for the user As a child, I was taught the importance of a positive attitude, and that lesson carried through my early high school jobs and into my IT career. It can help defuse a tense tech support situation, build trust in advance of future problems cropping up, and make a positive ...
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Intel goes “extreme” with first 10-Core processor, puts Tick-Tock tactics on hold

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Admin

Multi-tasking is for the weak: Now Intel is targeting "mega-taskers" at Taipei's Computex show, launching a line-up of desktop processors with "crazy good" performance. by Claire Reilly @reillystyley Dual-core, quad-core, octa-core -- chipset manufacturers have been boosting your processing power in leaps and bounds in recent years. But now, Intel is going one better with the next-generation ...
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Containers vs. virtual machines: How to tell which is the right choice for your enterprise

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Admin

Just because containers are extremely popular doesn't mean VMs are out of date Name a tech company, any tech company, and they're investing in containers. Google, of course. IBM, yes. Microsoft, check. But, just because containers are extremely popular, doesn't mean virtual machines are out of date. They're not. Yes, containers can enable your company to pack a lot more applications into a singl...
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Beware zero ratings, the new threat to Net neutrality

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Admin

'Zero ratings' let users stream some sites without incurring bandwidth charges, but not others. So what happened to Net neutrality? Music and video streaming services take a lot of bandwidth, and now that most people have cellular plans that charge by the amount of data they use, streaming becomes a lot less attractive. Even at home, a sizable percentage of U.S. broadband customers have data ca...
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One chip to rule them all? The Internet of Things and the next great era of hardware

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Admin

It’s been almost 10 years since Apple unveiled the iPhone. Since that day, the smartphone has been the overwhelming driver of innovation in the technology industry. Cameras, Wi-Fi, batteries, touch sensors, baseband processors and memory chips — in less than a decade, these components have made stunning advances to keep up with consumer demand to have sleeker, more powerful devices every year. ...
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IT Salaries on the Rise

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Admin

After two straight years of wages remaining nearly flat, new research shows IT professionals last year earned their largest annual salary increases since 2008. The 2012-2011 Salary Survey from Dice, an online career site for technology professionals, found that U.S. IT specialists on average garnered salary increases of more than 2 percent, boosting their average annual wage to $81,327, from $7...
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Twitter Loosens Tweet’s Leash

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Admin

Twitter Loosens Tweet's Leash Twitter on Tuesday announced a number of changes to tweets, including what will be included in a message's 140-character count. The changes, which will be rolled out in the coming months, were outlined by Twitter Senior Product Manager Todd Sherman: When replying to a tweet, tagged @names at the beginning of the reply no longer will be included in the character...
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Passwords for Android Apps May Go the Way of the Dinosaur

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Admin

Unveiled at its developer conference last year, Google's Project Abacus to "get rid of passwords" is expected to begin seeing real-world tests starting in June. Next month, several large financial institutions are set to begin testing a Trust API (application program interface) that uses machine intelligence for user authentication, Dan Kaufman, director of Google's Advanced Technology and Proj...
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Dell EMC Merger is Future Ready…

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Admin

Dell Inc. and EMC Corporation have signed a definitive agreement under which Dell, together with its owners, Michael S. Dell, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Dell, MSD Partners and Silver Lake, the global leader in technology investing, will acquire EMC Corporation, while maintaining VMware as a publicly-traded company. The transaction creates the industry-leader in the extreme...
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