Kristen Nicole
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Will the Smartphone Survive the Internet of Things?
The smartphone has been around for a few years now. Long enough for Apple to go two years without releasing a new iPhone, still managing an impressive dominance over the market. But the Internet of Things has taken over. That is, the future is here. The connected world is bigger than the smartphone, having already ...
In Bold Move to Automate Data Management, NetApp Puts Storage Closer to Compute : Supports AWS Hyperscale + Virtualization
Better cloud interoperability – a not-so-lofty goal for NetApp in its audacious push to establish Data ONTAP as a common fabric for private, hybrid and public cloud environments. NetApp is introducing a new solution for migrating data between on- and off-premise infrastructure with today’s launch of a Universal Data Platform, a potential game-changer in the ...
True Cost of iPhone 5c : Real Security Concerns of iPhone 5s
This week ushered in the long-awaited next generation of iPhones, delivering not one, but two fresh devices for the masses. While the iPhone 5c is the least expensive smartphone from Apple, CEO Tim Cook and his team purport the new iPhone 5s is the most “forward-thinking” smartphone the company’s made to date, in large part ...
Huddle’s Cloud App Furthers Virtualized Work Perks with Auto File Sync
Huddle has augmented its widely-used enterprise collaboration service with a Connected Desktop function that lets users save files to the cloud directly from their desktop applications. The update is a nod to current virtualization trends currently taking over the enterprise, where consumer demand continues to grow. Huddle’s Connected Desktop feature is available for both Windows ...
iPhone 5s Miss? Fingerprint Scan Not Enough : App Makers Fill Gaps
Apple’s caught wind of the going smartphone trend – cheaper price tag, more features. Taking on Samsung and Motorola in a looming fight for consumers in a rather crowded smartphone market, Apple’s realized that accessibility is crucial to the survival of the iPhone. Not only are the new iPhones friendlier to our wallets (the ...
HP, VMware Handling their Business : A Bigger Software Picture
We’ve passed the halfway point of 2013, offering a reflective reprieve for the year’s first two quarters. Many enterprise tech companies are undergoing massive transitions in their respective fields, and at the end of summer we look back on how these companies have fared. Hewlett-Packard has tackled rough waters in 2013, with less than stellar ...
What the World Really Wants from iPhone : Biometrics (or an iWatch)
With word of Apple’s upcoming press event on September 10th, the world awaits what could very well be the next generation iPhone. Many are also hopeful of a fresh iPad design, or an entirely new Apple product all together. While pundits have conjectured for well over a year as to what the new iPhone could ...
Got Smarts? Work It! For Cheaper Analytics, Better Security
It seems everything’s getting smarter these days, from our television sets to our business practices. And that means smarter opportunities for service providers like Hewlett-Packard, Google and beyond. This week we broadcast live from HP Vertica’s first Big Data conference, hearing from HP and its partners and customers the finer details of implementing analytics-driven solutions. ...
Converged Efforts in Hadoop, BYOD and Flashy Smartphones
The world is becoming more data-intensive every day, and what’s managing it all? A whole new world of software and hardware upgrades have emerged in recent years to address the “data problem,” even fostering partnerships in the process. Long time allies Cisco and NetApp make up the most recent partnership in data management, expanding their jointly ...
Saga Goes Social : Life-Logging Goes Mainstream
Life-logging app Saga goes social, hopping on the mainstream trend that's popularizing the self-quantified revolution. The Saga update features more sharing capabilities, more privacy settings and battery-saving perks to keep your life-logging on task, 24/7.
