Apple iPhone OS and Android are a challenge to Nokia and RIM

RIM will reduce staff. But Nokia has to suffer most from the pressure of ever cheaper Android. In the quarter April to June, sales of smart phones including Samsung have been estimated as 18 and 21 million units, compared with 16.7 million and 20.3 million Nokia iPhone.

The proliferation of Android smart phones like the Samsung does not seem to worry Galaxy smaller suppliers such as HP or Apple, but it is certainly a threat at this time fatal to RIM and Nokia in particular, time is the market leader, with sales now derives mainly from mobile phones to medium low and affordable price outside the mature markets.

Precisely in this band is focusing on the offensive end of the new Android low cost. Nokia has turned the tables and to some extent abandoning Symbian Phone for Windows, but until you update to Windows Phone 7.5, the difficulties seem to be doubled.

Nokia has reported a net sales decline of 7 percent with a decline in operating margin of 41 percent. Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia, accompanying the results of his company wrote: “The challenges we face during our strategic transformation of the expected larger occurred in the second quarter of 2011.” According to Nokia Elop resources are even more focused on sales, marketing and potential sales channel.

In the last month Elop has shown a prototype model of smart phones like the N9, now equipped with Meego, who went on board Windows Phone. But at this point will need a few innovative smart phones too much time to change the course of the current market.

Oracle will design the new multimedia platform for AFP

The firm of Larry Ellison is given a heavy construction on behalf of the AFP: an infrastructure to support information dissemination and storage of data from its global network.

Oracle expects a big task on behalf of the AFP. The firm of Larry Ellison is responsible for designing the data infrastructure for the next unique multimedia platform giving access to all the productions of the news agency of international scope (text, photo, graphics, and video).

Delivery should occur in the course of 2012, says the release. The contract and its duration was not specified. Necessary consultation between the data disseminated in real time and archived issues of information management among different geographic locations of the AFP and the problem of duplication, the next platform multimedia news agency plays a central role in the daily activities of this large media company.

The global network of French news agency reference covers 165 countries, five major centers editorial to cover all geographical areas, 110 offices and more than 50 local correspondents). This host, centralize and harmonize all the productions of journalists and sent around the world to cover breaking news.

A key, Oracle commits to minimized load times, enhanced protection against overload servers and security increased. “After several months of study, the choice of AFP fell on Oracle solutions because of their ability to meet all the technical and business constraints imposed and the ability of the editor to accompany AFP over the long term, “says the news agency.

Intel signs agreement for the acquisition of Fulcrum Microsystems

Intel has signed an agreement to acquire Fulcrum Microsystems, a provider of solutions for data center networks based in California. The agreement is final even if the contours are not yet known. Fulcrum Microsystems is a provider called “fabless” network solutions for data centers (such as Ethernet switches or routers) as well as Internet service providers and enterprises.

The transaction amount was not specified according ITespresso. The acquisition should be completed by the end of the third quarter, it said. Founded in 2000 under the name of Asynchronous Digital Design, Fulcrum Microsystems is headquartered in Calabasas (California).

The giant of microelectronics has a catalog of products and software solutions to interconnect computer systems and storage. He developed an expertise in Ethernet switching and routing. Fulcrum Microsystems is focusing its efforts to provide services tailored to the network data center 10 Gigabit Ethernet or 40 GbE.

Intel has coupled this technology to its line of microprocessors to build its own catalog of solutions dedicated to business (Ethernet controllers with Xeon chips for example). “Intel [is] a global provider of computing solutions, storage and networking,” said Kirk Skaugen, vice president of Intel, said in the statement.

“Companies that are exposed and derive their income from the web will enjoy the benefits of products developed in partnership with Fulcrum Microsystems. Intel is expected to publish in the day its financial results for the second quarter of its fiscal year. They should be better than expected, according to TheStreet.com.

Internet browsers China welcomes the advent of Baidu

In China, the engine Baidu launches beta version of a Web browser “home”, likely to compete with Internet Explorer. Meanwhile, he joined the music majors. The beta version of Baidu Browser is now available for download.

This browser feature concentrates derived from Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. With over one billion three hundred thousand inhabitants, the Middle Kingdom represents a market opportunity with little share currently dominated by Internet Explorer.

Indeed, 85% of Chinese Internet users signed plebiscite product Microsoft. However, Baidu is trying his luck. Known for its search engine of choice for 73% of Chinese online (21% for Google), the Beijing-based company had already fueled rumors last March.

She was then clearly the tone of alignment with the strategy of Google, providing a browser and operating system both Open Source. According Silicon.fr, at first, Baidu is modeled on Chrome OS, in its classic version as mobile format.

Its limited compatibility with versions of Windows, this browser may still overshadow the giant Internet Explorer. Among the arguments deployed by this free software, a system that makes each tab a differentiated process. All should gain speed, thanks to a memory management even more optimized.

If one pays more spontaneously Baidu features in common with Chrome, a thorough investigation into the depths of the application, however, reveals an engine similar to that of Internet Explorer.

Panasonic aims for SIP telephony

In September comes the UT Series Panasonic phone based on SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). Panasonic aims to develop systems for UC’s based on SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). In September, enter the Italian market a new range of terminals that make up the line KX UT. The phones have LCD HD audio and full duplex speakerphone with Wide Band.

Panasonic provides a configuration “Plug and Play” automatic. In fact, the phones are equipped with service provisioning simple and intuitive. The UT series is certified for use with systems based on Asterisk, the open source world’s most popular, and Broad soft Broad Works system, which provides SIP SIP soft switch. With a connection to Broad soft Hosted Service and with the use of Go Mondago Connect, Panasonic KX UT phones can be connected to a wide range of CRM systems.

All terminals support Power over Ethernet technology for energy saving. For September, the range will consist of two phones and two Standard Desk Desk Office will then be completed with the Smart Desktop Model UT670 UT248 with touch screen and Executive Desk with integrated Bluetooth.

Panasonic will add the series TGP 500 which combines the benefits of VoIP calls, high-performance HD via the Internet, the functionality of office phones and web-based management. Messages on voice mail or missed calls, for which you can be alerted by text message can be displayed directly on the phone. In addition, the series supports up to 8 SIP numbers.

Cisco improves performance and security of cloud computing

At Cisco Lives new systems for the UCS, application optimization and email security.  At Cisco Live, the annual conference on IT and communications company, Cisco has announced a new technology to increase efficiency and security of cloud-based networks. Cisco’s vision with respect to cloud computing unifies a world made ​​up of more cloud-private, public, hybrid, and community-Borderless Network with solutions that provide access to the cloud from all mobile devices and personal computers. The new touch Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) and switches Nexu s data center and cloud, Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) for optimizing application performance, and ‘email security.

As said Lew Tucker, chief technology officer of Cisco cloud computing, “Developments in technology that Cisco has created represent the last step in the company’s current strategy to help customers build and use the cloud too efficiently and safe.”

Expands Cisco’s networking with new Cisco Unified Computing System Interconnect Fabric, a new Virtual Interface Card, and a new module I / O chassis The Cisco Unified Computing System combines the computing resources, network, storage access, and virtualization resources in a single system. In less than two years, more than 5,400 customers in all sectors and all types of workloads they have adopted the Cisco Unified Computing System.

Cisco has launched new innovations with respect to its line of products that improve the performance of the WAAS traditional applications and those delivered in software-as-a-Service (SaaS) in the cloud, the virtual desktop and high quality video.

Journey into the cloud computing Dell

Evolve or revolutionize their infrastructure? Both are valid ways to get to the cloud, depending on the point of departure. Michael Dell’s strategy is to combine speed and quality, the time is now.

You know, ours is a different case. We are a particular client. “This is what they are told the sellers, when companies offer cloud computing solutions. And the phrase has some truth, because it is true that every case is a story in itself, but it is also true that, ultimately, on the basis of all the case histories of common traits are found to draw on successful models to leverage the Cloud computing and become more competitive.

They talk about free-wheeling Antonio Apollonius Services Sales Executive, and Fabrizio Garrone, PLE Solution Manager, Dell. Begin with the thought of CEO Michael Dell is natural for them. Dell has a few words about the cloud, only two: “Yes, now “. It can be done and soon. Just keep in mind that cloud computing is not just about technology but includes values ​​and functions. At the same time does not solve everything, hides unlimited opportunities but also pitfalls. The continued security and availability factors over time are critical.

Dell aligns standards, starting from the definition of the cloud: “A style of computing where resources are provided as scalable and virtualized services.”

EMC to support the suite of 5 vSphere cloud infrastructure VMware

The integration between the technologies and the new EMC VMware vSphere 5. EMC has announced an extensive technology support and new services for the new suite of cloud infrastructure of VMware, which will include 5 vSphere, vCenter Site Recovery Manager vCloud Director 5 and 1.5.

Companies that want to virtualize their mission-critical applications typically must address two issues related to performance and cost. As a supplier of storage in VMware environments, EMC has announced the immediate support of vSphere 5 on its leading storage platforms – VNX, VMAX, and Isilon – who are able to scale with the suite of VMware’s cloud infrastructure, to support thousands of virtual machines (VM).

With support for four new Storage Array for vSphere API Integration, EMC further increase its integration with VMware, coming to offer 75-point integration with storage products, backup and security. Also available are new free plug-ins for VMware for all EMC storage platforms, so that administrators can manage their VMware vSphere clusters, virtual machines and storage, all from the management console vCenter.

Support end-to-end VMware Site Recovery Manager 5, by the entire portfolio of EMC replication solutions, allows for a simplified disaster recovery, combined with the ability to display information about the replication of virtual machines. EMC also offers enhanced backup and recovery capabilities for cloud infrastructures with the support of Avamar and NetWorker vSphere to 5, and introduces new support for vCloud Director 1.5, from Avamar.

Turner (Microsoft) a good word for everyone

Microsoft COO Kevin Turner shows what he thinks are the strengths of Microsoft over the competition.

Sparing none Kevin Turner, chief operating officer at Microsoft, on stage at the Worldwide Partner Conference outlines what are the advantages of competition against Microsoft, to motivate partners to focus on cloud solutions from Microsoft, which have already achieved significant milestones: in Azure speaking area of 40,000 customers within the CRM Dynamics than two million licenses, within the Office 365 of nearly 3 million licenses worldwide.

All business customers who choose Microsoft and non-competition, Turner states, for several factors: the lack of Google’s collaboration with hidden costs, Oracle Fusion because it has not enthralled customers, salesforce.com because it has significantly lower margins compared to Dynamics CRM, because VMware has significant management costs of each virtual machine, because Apple will never make a single operating system that can unify the entire ecosystem.

“The future of Windows, however, passes from the ‘unification of the ecosystem – Precise – creating a single environment that integrates hardware and software, starting from servers to mobile devices. ” The four technology pillars second Turner continue to be anchored to Windows (8 and Phone, with Mango), security and infrastructure management (Intune and System Center), productivity, within the Unified Development Application.

The punch line of Turner and encouragement for customers and partners: “We absolutely love XP, but it is dead.” The message for Microsoft’s fiscal year just begun, it is abundantly clear.

Zucchetti acquires Micro area

Micro area continue to operate its brand and the company’s CEO, Henry Itri, will join the board of directors of Zucchetti Spa, maintaining the current position. Goals: an integrated offering for SMEs

Zucchetti takes Micro area and start at the same time the integration of services and solutions for ERP Micro area (Mago.net) with their own solutions, business intelligence, CRM and security control and access.

Itri Henry, CEO of Micro area Zucchetti enters the board of directors and the board, but also maintains its position at Micro area that does not disappear as a brand, but that within Zucchetti continues to be present with your brand recognized.

That Zucchetti Micro area is now a reality and able to fuse complementary solutions, and to enter the market more aggressively, especially in offering for SMEs. There are over 250 million Euros in total turnover and more than 90,000 clients including professional firms and companies.

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