Archive for August, 2008

Mint.com Launches Web Site Redesign

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Mint.com launched a redesign of its Webby public website. The new design reflects the many new and enhanced features added to the free product this year, and adds educational “how to” guides on managing critical money management issues including: reducing credit card debt; saving for retirement; and paying off student loans.

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Cloud Computing Expo - Dell Rejigs its Commercial Laptops

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

While everybody is really waiting for Dell to push into the small and cheap market and go mano a mano with the Asus Eee, Dell unveiled the strategic redesign of its Latitude and Precision business laptops, a move that has to prove Dell’s back in the game or its heralded turnaround will fizzle – corporate sales being Dell’s biggest money maker and the shift from desktops to laptops pushing inexorably on.

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SYS-CON.TV Presents “Virtualization Power Panel” Live From Times Square

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Red Hat CTO Brian Stevens, Citrix CTO Simon Crosby, Egenera CTO Pete Manca, Allen Stewart, Group Manager, Windows Virtualization at Microsoft, and Brian Duckering, Sr. Director of Products and Alliances at Symantec were the top industry executives who joined Jeremy Geelan in the 4th Floor Reuters Studio overlooking Times Square for a special SYS-CON.TV ‘Virtualization Power Panel’ recorded during SYS-CON’s 3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo, in New York City.

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“Virtualization Power Panel” Live From SYS-CON.TV’s Times Square Studios

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Red Hat CTO Brian Stevens, Citrix CTO Simon Crosby, Egenera CTO Pete Manca, Allen Stewart, Group Manager, Windows Virtualization at Microsoft, and Brian Duckering, Sr. Director of Products and Alliances at Symantec were the top industry executives who joined Jeremy Geelan in the 4th Floor Reuters Studio overlooking Times Square for a special SYS-CON.TV “Virtualization Power Panel” recorded on June 22, 2008, the day before the opening of SYS-CON’s 3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo - which was held 23-24 June 2008 in New York City.

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The Evolution of Traditional Anti-Virus to Security as a Service

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Over the past five years, the anti-virus market has experienced tremendous growth as many new technologies have emerged in response to current threat conditions. What was once a market consisting of very few players is now a multi-billion dollar enterprise consisting of numerous companies with multiple anti-virus products that vary in focus and quality.

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eBay vs Amazon.com: eBay Price-Structure Overhaul Coming Today

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Lorrie Norrington, president of eBay’s global marketplaces business, has been telling BusinessWeek about a sea change in eBay’s pricing structure. Calling it “the biggest, most fundamental change we have made,” Norrington has told BW that eBay will today announce plans to reduce the upfront fees it charges to list sale items - source of up to 60% of its revenues till now - while increasing its final sales commission to make up for the reductions, which in some cases will be by as much as 75%.

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Xythos Updates Web 2.0 Services and Applications

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Xythos Software announced upgrades to its Xythos on Demand online service and its Enterprise Document Management and Digital Locker software suites. The new software and service upgrades are currently available for evaluation and purchase.

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