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	U.S. ranks as least risky place to open data center | HP profit falls 32 percent as PC and server sales plunge
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	Top 10 cloud tools Cloud vendors are delivering boatloads of new tools to help enterprise IT build, buy, manage, monitor, tweak and track cloud services. These tools are designed to help IT execs free up their budgets and their staff so both can be used towards more strategic, line of business projects. Read More WEBCAST: ServiceNow Service-Oriented Cloud Automation During this webinar, you will discover how ServiceNow is enabling organizations to increase their competitive agility, user satisfaction and productivity, all while enhancing IT's value to the business. View Now! In this Issue U.S. ranks as least risky place to open data center HP profit falls 32 percent as PC and server sales plunge AMD willing to embrace Android 3D-printed pizza may be delivered soon, thanks to NASA HP $399 touchscreen laptop breaks price barrier WHITE PAPER: Falconstor Software RecoverTrac™: Automated Service-oriented Disaster Recovery Protecting data means nothing if you can't recover it. FalconStor® RecoverTrac™ automates complex disaster recovery tasks, bringing service-oriented recovery to physical and virtual server infrastructures. Read this technical white paper to learn how RecoverTrac technology addresses DR challenges. Learn More U.S. ranks as least risky place to open data center Last year the U.S. was the least riskiest place in the world to open a data center, according to a study released this week. The U.S. was followed by the U.K., Sweden, and Germany, while Indonesia, India, and Brazil were at the bottom of the list. The rankings, which were released by Cushman & Wakefield, Hurleypalmerflatt and Source8, were made after measuring risks related to physical, economic, and social issues in the countries. Read More HP profit falls 32 percent as PC and server sales plunge Hewlett-Packard reported a 32 percent drop in profit for its second fiscal quarter, due partly to slower sales of PCs and servers. HP's revenue for the quarter, ended April 30, was $27.6 billion, down 10 percent from the same period last year, the company announced. Revenue from HP's massive PC division fell 20 percent in the quarter, led by a steep drop in laptop sales. Its printer division held more or less steady, with sales down 1 percent, HP said. Read More AMD willing to embrace Android Advanced Micro Devices has opened the door to embrace Google's Android operating system, but said it would continue to focus on Windows with its upcoming tablet and laptop chips. AMD on multiple occasions has said it had no interest in putting its chips in Android tablets and would focus exclusively on Windows 8. A change of heart could open up a wider market for tablets for the company. Read More 3D-printed pizza may be delivered soon, thanks to NASA NASA recently approved a $125,000 grant for a six-month project to develop 3D-printed food, and the first edible prototype may be pizza, Quartz reports. The grant was issued to Systems & Materials Research Corporation (SMRC), which plans to take on the larger task of making 3D-printed food easier to produce, especially for developing regions with limited access or resources. Read More HP $399 touchscreen laptop breaks price barrier Hewlett-Packard has introduced a new wave of Envy and Pavilion thin and light laptops, including an 11.6-inch touchscreen model priced aggressively at $399. The lineup includes three TouchSmart laptops with touchscreens and two non-touch laptops. The less expensive touch models, the $399 Pavilion TouchSmart with an 11.6-inch screen and the $529 Envy TouchSmart 15 with a 15.6-inch screen, have Advanced Micro Devices' latest chips. New AMD chips code-named Kabini, Temash and Richland were announced on Thursday. Read More
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