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High notebook shipment offset by low desktop PC revenue, says NPD

High notebook shipment contrasted by low desktop PC revenue, and the semiconductor shortage will last for at least another six months.

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High notebook shipment offset by low desktop PC revenue, says NPD

High notebook shipment contrasted by low desktop PC revenue, and the semiconductor shortage will last for at least another six months.

Cisco launches Cisco Plus as-a-service portfolio

Cisco Canada president on strategy and company’s new Office of the CTO

Cisco Canada’s new president, Shannon Leininger, took advantage of her first media and analyst roundtable to run through Cisco’s overall strategy and to introduce the new Office of the CTO.

Synnex to combine with Tech Data to create $57B distribution giant

Distributor giants Synnex and Tech Data have joined forces to create an even bigger beast valued at roughly $57 billion.

Backups by default with no extra cost could be the standard, says OVHcloud founder

After an unexplained fire destroyed one of its data centres in Strasbourg, France last week, hosting provider OVHcloud’s founder says it’s time to shake up how backup services are delivered.

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Belkin’s new WeMo smart switches and Phyn Plus Smart Water Assistant – All Hands on Tech at CES 2019

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Cisco positions IP networks as the platform for video

The networking vendor has unveiled new products and a

Will Microsoft release a Zune phone next year?

Plus, PC industry consolidation and Apple iPhone rumours

Symantec sends risk profiles into the cloud

The VOS phase of evaluation is completely automatic

Microsoft issues mammoth security update

Software giant has had to patch several protocol handler vulnerabilities in the last 13 months

On-demand services delivering a new kind of software

Enterprise technology now comes out of a modem, DSL or fibre optic cable

Acer tops Asus in fast-growing netbook market

Dominant PC brands continue to gain share in the mini-note PC market

Adobe, Belkin back out of Macworld

Elgato and FastMac are taking advantage of the late pullout

Ineffective law enforcement, bad economy fueling cybercrime

The vast majority of professional malware iscoming out of Russia

North American Gen Y workers seen as potential IT security threats

Intel says channel partners can utilize vPro and other solutions to minimize security risks

SAP eyes big time distribution deals

Synnex and Tech Data are considered potential partners as SAP looks for more Business One channel capacity

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1: Dawn of the mini-DSLR

The reduced size of the Lumix G1 comes with some trade-offs

Microsoft releases open-source content management app

Open-source content management platform can be used to build sophisticated blogs or large Web sites

Dell, EMC extend storage partnership to 2013

As part of the extended partnership, Dell will sell EMC’s Celera NX4 storage systems

Sony to axe 8,000 jobs, close factories

Five or six of Sony’s manufacturing plants will be closed

Clark & Mayfield Metro Express Laptop Tote bag

It’s a casual bag meant for carrying your computer short distances

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