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Microsoft SBS 2008 Won't Do Client Backup

Monday, May 12, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Microsoft has announced that the initial release of its Small Business Server 2008 will not incorporate the ability to back up PC clients.

Source(s): ChannelWeb

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Powerset Debuts Semantics-Based Search Engine

Monday, May 12, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Start-up Powerset is giving users a beta whirl at a new search engine that puts natural language, versus keywords, to work.

Source(s): The New York Times, TechCrunch

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AMD Launches Low-Power Opterons

Monday, May 12, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

AMD has introduced five low-power Opteron processors meant for two-, four- and eight-way rack servers and blades.

Source(s): PC Magazine

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Sun VirtualBox Adds Mac OS X Virtualization Support

Friday, May 9, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Sun Microsystems has released an update to its xVM VirtualBox program that enables Mac OS X to serve as a host operating system.

Source(s): ZDNet, The Inquirer

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SaaS Tool Cuts Through the Code

Friday, May 9, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Redwood City, Calif.-based SaaSWizard has upgraded its same-named tool that simplifies database application development by eliminating the need to write code.

Source(s): InternetNews

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AMD Maps Out Processor Plans

Thursday, May 8, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

With layoffs and a falling stock price in the background, AMD is looking ahead, at least until 2010, when it plans to release the 12-core Magny-Cours server chip.

Source(s): EETimes, PC Pro

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Sun Releases OpenOffice.org 3 Beta

Thursday, May 8, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Sun Microsystems has put into beta OpenOffice.org 3, the first version of its Microsoft Office-rivaling open source productivity suite to natively support Mac OS X.

Source(s):  The Register

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Dell Debuts Virtualization Boxes

Wednesday, May 7, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Dell has announced several new virtualization initiatives, including new servers and new services to support purchase and deployment.

Source(s): The Register

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Salesforce Launches Tool for Building Custom Interfaces

Wednesday, May 7, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Salesforce.com is making good on its platform-as-a-service promise with the introduction of a tool that lets developers build custom user interfaces for their Salesforce apps.

Source(s): CNET News, Mashable

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SAP Expands Midmarket Efforts

Tuesday, May 6, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

SAP announced that it would broaden its PartnerEdge program in order to increase its presence in the small and midsize enterprise (SME) market and that it is working with IBM on a Business All-in-One prepackaged solution.

Source(s): ChannelWeb, SearchCIOMidmarket.com

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Sun Releases OpenSolaris, Available Through Amazon's Cloud

Monday, May 5, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Sun Microsystems has released the open-source version of its Solaris operating system, called OpenSolaris. At the same time, Amazon announced that OpenSolaris will be available on Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) online computing service.

Source(s): LinuxInsider, Computerworld

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SAP To Bundle All-in-One Software With HP BladeSystem

Monday, May 5, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

At Sapphire 2008, its international customer conference, SAP announced plans to preinstall its Business All-in-One business management software on Hewlett-Packard's BladeSystem and ProLiant server technology.

Source(s): PR Newswire

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Intel Opens Small Business Marketplace, Too

Friday, May 2, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Joining IBM in making it easier for SMBs to find business solutions, Intel has opened its own Intel Business Exchange.

Source(s): SmallBusinessComputing

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IBM Aims Apps Marketplace at SMBs

Friday, May 2, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

IBM wants to make it easier for SMBs to get up and running with the software, hardware and services they need to run their businesses.

Source(s): ChannelWeb, PC World

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SugarCRM Enhances Mobile Capabilities

Thursday, May 1, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

A new version of SugarCRM's SMB-oriented, Web-based customer relationship management software, with improved support for mobile browsers, is now available for beta testing.

Source(s): Computerworld

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Safari Gains Traction on Windows

Thursday, May 1, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Use of Apple's Safari browser on Windows has tripled since mid-March, when the company pushed it out for distribution via its Software Update service.

Source(s): Apple Insider, InformationWeek

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Spiceworks Sweetens SaaS Management App

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Spiceworks wants to help SMBs better stay on top of their managed services with the third version of its free Spiceworks IT Desktop software.

Source(s): Network World

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Netgear Releases New SMB Gear

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Netgear has introduced five new networking and storage products aimed at small and midsize businesses.

Source(s): ChannelWeb

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Microsoft Releases New Messenger for Mac

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

The Macintosh Business Unit at Microsoft has released Messenger for Mac 7, adding new features including video chat for business users.

Source(s): ZDNet, Ars Technica

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Sun Offers Free Storage OS

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Sun Microsystems is making a storage-optimized version of OpenSolaris available for free download, enabling developers and customers to build low-cost storage appliances.

Source(s): ChannelWeb

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Microsoft Provides Easier Access to Office Commands

Monday, April 28, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Microsoft has made available a downloadable add-on for its Office 2007 for Windows productivity suite that enables users to find commands by typing the name of the function.

Source(s): CNET News, Lifehacker

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Apple Speeds Up iMac Line

Monday, April 28, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Apple has bumped up the speed of its iMac all-in-one computers with faster Intel Core 2 Duo chips and an optional powerful graphics processor on the high-end model.

Source(s):  The Register, InformationWeek

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AMD, Dell, HP Roll Out Business-Oriented PCs

Monday, April 28, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

AMD has announced "business class" versions of its Phenom and Athlon processors, and HP and Dell have followed up with new PC models.

Source(s): CNET News, ZDNet

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Dell to Keep Selling XP After June

Friday, April 25, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Dell has announced that customers who want to buy a PC with Windows XP preinstalled will still be able to do so after the official cutoff date in June.

Source(s): CNET News, PC Magazine

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Open-E Enhances Storage Software

Friday, April 25, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

German storage solution software vendor Open-E is adding new features to the software its partners use to build custom systems for end users.

Source(s): ChannelWeb

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Sun Introduces Program for Converting to SaaS Applications

Thursday, April 24, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Sun Microsytems is launching a program to assist software vendors who sell on-premise applications that run on Sun's Solaris 10 Unix operating system to convert them to hosted software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions.

Source(s): BusinessWire via Fox Business, ChannelWeb

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Microsoft Updates Hosted Customer Service Platform

Thursday, April 24, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Microsoft is demonstrating an updated version of its natural language search tool for automated customer service, due to be made available this summer.

Source(s): Infoworld, CNET News

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Microsoft Hints at Extended XP Availability

Thursday, April 24, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Windows XP may still be available after June 30 if enough customers want it, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

Source(s): CNET News, The Register

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Mac Sales Help Boost Apple Profits

Thursday, April 24, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Apple announced a 36 percent increase in second quarter profit over last year, spurred in large part by increased shipments of its Macintosh computers.

Source(s): Reuters via Yahoo News, CNET News

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Apple Purchases Microprocessor Manufacturer

Wednesday, April 23, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Apple has agreed to purchase PA Semi, a five-year-old manufacturer of low-power computer chips.

Source(s): Forbes, CNET News

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