July 18, 2011
Breaking Android: Who is worse, Google or the OEMs?
ZDNet
Scott Raymond looks at who’s to blame for problems with Android.
“What really bothers me about this is that while it is important for OEMs to make sure the software functions properly with the hardware, Samsung is changing code they should not be touching at all. What made their developers think they know better than Google what goes on with their backend services? Samsung can’t even get their own OTA update services for their devices working properly; they shouldn’t be messing with the core communication software that connects to a service they have no access to whatsoever.”
Dell KACE launches SMB asset management solution
The VAR Guy
Dave Courbanou reports on the offering.
“The new KACE appliances are designed to be deployed with little configuration needed to start reporting back on a customer’s network in short time. This helps IT admins mitigate a swath of manual inventory management and gives IT admins a better at-a-glance view of what a company assets are.”
Bloomberg launches Microsoft Office 365 archiving
Talkin’ Cloud
Matthew Weinberger reports on the cloud compliance solution.
“It’s not a new idea by any stretch — several Microsoft partners announced similar value-added offerings for Microsoft Office 365 at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2011 if they hadn’t already. But can Bloomberg’s sheer name recognition give it a boost in the marketplace?”