Dell updates PowerConnect switches but keeps earlier line
The PowerConnect 7000 series offers lower power consumption and advanced features
Aircell unveils in-flight smartphone, voice service
The Android-based handset will work with an optional voice service on business aircraft onlyrnrn
Cisco cuts costs of Umi home videoconferencing
The service price is now $99 per year and a new 720p unit costs $399rnrn
Cisco’s consumer business chief resigns
Jonathan Kaplan is resigning two years after joining as part of the Flip camera acquisition
RIM pushing WebWorks for phone, PlayBook development
The platform lets developers use familiar Web tools to write apps that look native on BlackBerry devicesrnrn
Telecom company to buy cloud services provider
The $1.4 billion buyout would bolster Verizon’s cloud services to businesses
Facebook brings mobile app to feature phones
The app, coming in 14 markets, is designed to serve users who don’t have smartphones
Microsoft fights Apple trademark on ‘App Store’
The name is generic and competitors should be able to use it, Microsoft saysrnrn
Salesforce rewards workers for using Chatter
Chatterlytics, a measurement tool for the enterprise social platform, identifies strong contributorsrnrn
Intel, Altera make a programmable Atom
The Atom E600C series embedded chips will have integrated Altera FPGAs
Oracle is anti-competitive, services group tells DOJ
The SIA, a group of maintenance firms, wants Oracle’s policies on Sun hardware stoppedrnrn
Cisco revenue, profit rose in fiscal Q1
The company’s revenue jumped 19 per cent despite economic challenges, Cisco reportedrnrn
HP to offer unlocked Palm Pre 2 thru SMB channel
The unlocked UMTS phone will be sold mainly to developers but also in HP’s small-business channel
Skype hires Cisco’s Bates as CEO
Bates brings long experience running enterprise and service-provider units at Ciscornrn
Dell names former Cisco exec to lead networking
Dario Zamarian will be Dell’s first VP for networking, possibly signaling an increased focus on the arearnrn