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The Army goes Android

December 28th, 2011 · Comments Off

The U.S. military stands to be stuck in its way when it comes to technologies. For ages the only smartphone you could use in Department of Defense (DOD) operations was a Blackberry. Now, as first reported by Stars and Stripes, you can use your Android phone and tablet on DOD business and with DOD networks. [...]

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Tags: Business · Dell · Google · Infrastructure · Linux · Operating System · SmartPhone · Tablet

Apple without Jobs: Winners and losers

August 25th, 2011 · Comments Off

Some people are still in denial. They think that Steve Jobs retiring as Apple’s CEO won’t change Apple much. I beg to differ. I think it changes everything. Further, I think it changes far, far more than just Apple’s role in the world. You don’t replace a Steve Jobs easily. Actually, you can’t replace him [...]

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Tags: Apple · Business · Dell · Google · HP · Management · Microsoft

Canonical & Dell bring private Ubuntu Clouds to Servers

February 2nd, 2011 · Comments Off

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux has partnered with Dell to bring its Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) to business users on Dell’s PowerEdge C2100 and C6100 rack servers. UEC is made up of Ubuntu server instances running on the open-source Eucalyptus cloud platform. This Ubuntu cloud system is designed to work as a private cloud, [...]

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Tags: Business · Canonical · Cloud Computing · Dell · Infrastructure · Linux · Operating System

The good and bad news about Dell and Ubuntu

November 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment

A friend of mine recently got a surprise. She was setting up her brand spankin’ new Dell Inspiron m101z with its dual-core AMD Athlon processor and 4GBs RAM) with Windows 7 Home Premium. She wasn’t happy because it was already moving slower than her ancient XP Pentium M machine. When, out of the blue she [...]

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Tags: Business · Canonical · Dell · Desktop · Infrastructure · Laptop · Linux · Operating System · Windows

Novell may be sold soon, but to whom?

September 15th, 2010 · Comments Off

The New York Post is not exactly where I look for business or Linux news, but it seems they’re on to something. In a September 15th story, the Post reported that “Novell Inc. has reached a deal in principle to sell itself in two parts, and is three to four weeks away from signing a [...]

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