Gartner: Android extends smartphone OS dominance in Q2

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	Gartner: Android extends smartphone OS dominance in Q2 Android continued to increase its dominance of the smartphone market during the second quarter, powered by Samsung's success. Competitor Apple, in contrast, struggled somewhat as consumers held out for the next iteration of the iPhone, Gartner said on Tuesday. Smartphone sales to end-users grew year-on-year by 42.7 percent in the second quarter to 153.7 million units, and accounted for 36.7 percent of total sales. Read More WHITE PAPER: VCE Converging the Datacenter Infrastructure: Why, How, So What? To reap the benefits of highly virtualized datacenters, companies should consider deploying converged infrastructure systems that are managed as unified IT assets. Organizations the have implemented Vblock Systems have dramatically reduced data center costs, deployment times, and downtime. Download this IDC white paper to find out more. Learn more. In this Issue HP aims three-part effort at network virtualization Security game changes when bad guys are backed by foreign governments RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: FileMaker, Inc Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper > HP aims three-part effort at network virtualization Hewlett-Packard is readying three new software capabilities that are designed to help enterprises pool their computing and storage resources across a network. The advances should make it easier for IT departments to link data centers spread around the world, shield multiple tenants' virtual machines from each other, and control storage from virtualized appliances. Read More Security game changes when bad guys are backed by foreign governments Fidelis Security Systems has an interesting perspective on the world of security, working, as it does, with the U.S. government to keep other countries from prying into some of our nation's most critical networks. Now that many of those same countries are after intellectual property housed by enterprise shops, commercial customers are knocking at Fidelis' door looking for help. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix talked to Fidelis CEO Peter George about the shifting threat landscape and what companies are doing to cope. Read More
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