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	Intel aims for 100 Thunderbolt devices by year's end About 100 peripherals based on the Thunderbolt connector technology will become available by the end of the year, a big jump from a fraction of the devices available today, if Intel meets its target, a company executive said on Monday. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Cost/Benefit Case for IBM XIV Systems: Comparing Cost New research from the International Technology Group demonstrates that the three-year operating and capital expenses for deployment and use of IBM XIV storage systems average 69 percent less than for EMC VMAX equivalents. Download now to learn more. Learn More. In this Issue Intel unveils 'Ivy Bridge' processors Asus, fifth and rising in tablet market Can Dropbox, other cloud providers survive Google Drive? Hitachi announces new unified file, block storage array EMC gives Oracle admins backup control, deduplication Intel researchers plot a smarter, personalized cloud Diskeeper 12 adds TRIM, new interface and faster boot-ups First BlackBerry 10 smartphone to launch in October, reports say The future of the $200 tablet IBM pushes new integrated, lower-cost Linux servers Macs contribute record-low 13% to Apple's revenue AMD gains x86 processor market share on Intel in Q1 Samsung reveals chip for next flagship smartphone WHITE PAPER: Amazon Web Services Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides services & tools for deploying Microsoft® SharePoint® workloads on its cloud infrastructure platform. This white paper discusses general concepts regarding how to use these services and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, and run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS. Deploy SharePoint quickly at lower total cost on AWS Cloud. Learn how Intel unveils 'Ivy Bridge' processors Intel on Monday announced its first third-generation Core processors code-named Ivy Bridge, which are faster and more power efficient than Core processors now used in laptops and desktops. Read More Asus, fifth and rising in tablet market Asus in 2011 became one of the top five tablet makers, and though it still lags somewhat behind the market leaders, analysts say its influence on the market is clearly on the rise. Read More Can Dropbox, other cloud providers survive Google Drive? The 800-pound gorilla has landed and is leveraging its existing relationship with hundreds of millions of users to port them to their cloud storage and file sharing service Google Drive. Can smaller cloud storage players survive this assault? Read More Hitachi announces new unified file, block storage array HDS's new midrange Hitachi Unified Storage system, which is similar to EMC's VNX array and NetApp's Fabric Attached Storage, can serve up both file- and block-based data through a single management framework. Read More EMC gives Oracle admins backup control, deduplication EMC has announced a new Data Domain Boost integration with Oracle Recovery Manager, offering data deduplication on database servers and for Oracle administrators to have direct control of Oracle backup and disaster recovery operations. Read More Intel researchers plot a smarter, personalized cloud Intel researchers hope the cloud will provide a new model to deliver accurate information about the quality of air and weather within meters of where a user is standing, which could ultimately help improve the quality of life. Read More WHITE PAPER: Compuware Boost Business Agility for IBM WebSphere By reducing problem hotspots within WebSphere before they occur in the development process or by diagnosing and repairing them when they occur in test and production can improve the time-to-value and ROI for a WebSphere implementation by as much as 50% or more. Learn More. Learn More. Diskeeper 12 adds TRIM, new interface and faster boot-ups Condusiv today announced a new version of its disk defragmentation software, Diskeeper, which now includes TRIM commands to reclaim SSD space marked for deletion, as well as new monitoring tools and fast system boot-up features. Read More First BlackBerry 10 smartphone to launch in October, reports say Reports indicate that the first BlackBerry 10 smartphone will be announced by mid-August and will be launched in October, somewhat earlier than expected. Read More The future of the $200 tablet The low-end, under-$200 tablet market is on the brink of a transformation -- and that means you'll soon be able to get a lot more value for a lot less money. Read More IBM pushes new integrated, lower-cost Linux servers IBM announced new "affordable" Linux servers on Wednesday as the company tries to push its new category of preconfigured servers for virtualization and big data to midmarket and enterprise customers. Read More Macs contribute record-low 13% to Apple's revenue The Mac's contribution to Apple's bottom line fell to an all-time low last quarter, according to data from the company. Read More AMD gains x86 processor market share on Intel in Q1 Advanced Micro Devices gained market share on Intel in worldwide x86 processor shipments during the first quarter on the strength of mobile and desktop shipment growth, Mercury Research said Wednesday. Read More Samsung reveals chip for next flagship smartphone Samsung Electronics has introduced the 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad processor, which will power the next Galaxy smartphone, the company said on Thursday. Read More
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