Surveys show that enterprises tablet use is on the rise

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	Surveys show that enterprises tablet use is on the rise One in three U.S. adults now owns a tablet computer, up from 18% last year, according to a June 2013 study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. So what about professional use? Are tablets standard-issue employee equipment? To find out, CDW surveyed professionals from midsize and large business, healthcare, higher education and state and local government to see how these devices are affecting day-to-day productivity. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Increase Efficiency and Reduce Costs with Data Deduplication This IDC Buyer Case Study explores the benefits EMC realized from the use of a range of EMC's own backup and recovery solutions that leverage deduplication technology. Learn more. In this Issue Icahn in control after Dell ups offer to take company private MediaTek to launch a 'true' 8-core chip in Q4 Barbara Krasnoff: 3 new Motorola Droids -- and a Moto X in sight Vacation locations: How to make a story map with photos, text, map Mac sales slide for third straight quarter, fall 7% The thinner, lighter Nexus 7 tablet Nvidia brings high-end graphics core technology to Tegra 5 Michael Dell ups bid for Dell to $24.7 billion First look: Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V shines on Richi Jennings: Nexus 7 mk 2 release date: Very soon. Pre-order now! WEBCAST: CDW Securing Mobile Collaboration Mobility and collaboration are quickly converging and users are demanding more capabilities. It's no longer enough to enable file sharing. This Webcast dives into the issues surrounding mobility and collaboration. View Now Icahn in control after Dell ups offer to take company private Michael Dell and Silver Lake's decision to raise the offer to take Dell private is a concession that rival Carl Icahn and affiliate parties may have an upper hand in the wrangling to take over the company, observers of the deal said. Read More MediaTek to launch a 'true' 8-core chip in Q4 Smartphone and tablet chip vendor MediaTek has unveiled an octo-core processor it says can run all eight cores simultaneously when active. Read More Barbara Krasnoff: 3 new Motorola Droids -- and a Moto X in sight With all eyes -- or, at least, all tech geek eyes -- looking ahead to Moto X, the first phone that has been manufactured under the auspices of Motorola Mobile/Google, Verizon has just introduced three new Motorola phones under relatively modest circumstances. They seem like fine phones. Read More Vacation locations: How to make a story map with photos, text, map Share photos that show just where they were taken and add a narrative with a free ArcGIS Online account. Read More Mac sales slide for third straight quarter, fall 7% Mac sales in the second quarter contracted by nearly 7%, the third consecutive quarter of decline, sliding to 3.75 million systems, the lowest number in more than two years, the company reported. Read More WHITE PAPER: BlackBerry Now it's Time to Get BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 Given that BlackBerry® 10 smartphones support Microsoft® ActiveSync™ out of the box, why should your business get started with BlackBerry® Enterprise Service 10 now? Find out, in this insightful whitepaper. Learn More The thinner, lighter Nexus 7 tablet The 2nd Generation Nexus 7 was unveiled in San Francisco, featuring Google's new OS, Jelly Bean 4.3. Read More Nvidia brings high-end graphics core technology to Tegra 5 Augmented reality, image recognition and other multimedia features could be standard in future smartphones and tablets, and Nvidia's upcoming Tegra 5 mobile chip will have features to handle such demanding graphics capabilities. Read More Michael Dell ups bid for Dell to $24.7 billion Michael Dell has raised his offer to take Dell private by 10 cents a share, to about $24.7 billion, after the company was forced to delay a vote because stockholders seemed inclined to reject the bid. Read More First look: Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V shines on Preview editions of Hyper-V 2012 R2 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 pick up where the strong initial releases left off Read More Richi Jennings: Nexus 7 mk 2 release date: Very soon. Pre-order now! Meet the new boss: Not the same as the old boss. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) will announce its new 2013 Nexus 7 mk 2 today, we hear. In fact, you can already pre-order it, so the release date must be imminent. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers tell us what they know (which is pretty much everything). Read More
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