Technology/Tech-Deals news

HP TRIM 7 – an advanced records management solution built on 24 years of experience and best practices – enables organizations to transparently manage all of their Microsoft SharePoint Server records in a single environment, regardless of the source.

AT&T Interactive and TED today announced the availability of the official TED2010 Mobile Conference app. Developed on AT&T Interactive’s Plusmo application development platform, the mobile app offers access to conference information leading up to the event on Feb. 9-13 in Long Beach, Calif.

Deutsche Telekom AG, T-Mobile GmbH and Telit Communications PLC have signed a deal sealing their strategic global collaboration. Telit is a leading provider of technologies for mobile machine communication.

Cisco TelePresence systems create immersive virtual meeting experiences that make participants feel as though they are in the same room though they may be thousands of miles apart.

Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc. today announced the world’s first 25-nanometer (nm) NAND technology, which provides a more cost-effective path for increasing storage capacity in such popular consumer gadgets as smartphones, personal music and media players (PMPs), as well as the new high-performance class of solid-state drives (SSDs).

The U.S. Army accepted two LCT deliveries at Fort Hood, Texas; one in Illesheim, Germany; and one at Fort Drum, N.Y. The Egyptian Air Force accepted the delivery of its first LCT in November, allowing aircrews to train from their home base.

As enterprises move toward a data center that is 100 percent virtualized, Cisco, NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) and VMware (NYSE: VMW) today announced that they are expanding their long-standing collaboration to deliver new design architectures that help customers evolve virtualized data centers to be more efficient, dynamic and secure.

The go-to-market plan of many providers often includes a significant investment in indirect sales channel partners to reach more customers. However, Gartner, Inc. says that many providers execute a single communications plan across all of their partners, missing out on opportunities to cultivate and maximize loyalty and the real revenue potential of their partners.

Siemens Enterprise Communications Group (SEN Group), a leading global provider of unified communications (UC) solutions, and Polycom, Inc. [Nasdaq: PLCM], a global leader in telepresence, video, and voice communications solutions, today announced a strategic alliance and global resale agreement that will enable customers to leverage the productivity and cost-saving benefits of Polycom telepresence

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced that it has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging that Research In Motion Limited (Nasdaq: RIMM) (RIM) has engaged in unfair trade practices by the importation and sale of RIM products that infringe on five of Motorola's patents.

For Nokia, removing the costs associated with navigation for drivers and pedestrians allows the company to quickly activate a massive user base to which it can offer new location features, content and services. This is part of Nokia’s strategy to lead the market in mobile maps, navigation and location-based services.

Exchange large files quickly and securely: With the new WebShare application, Deutsche Telekom is the only hosting provider to offer a platform for the free exchange of data.

Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) plan to create new opportunities for software developers to deliver and market Web applications to small-business customers through the Intuit App Center.

The two companies will initially focus on graphics and mobile memory solutions and will further review a potential collaboration on server and high-speed NAND Flash memories.

McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:MFE) today released guidance to help organizations determine if they were targeted in the same sophisticated cyberattack that hit a growing list of companies, including Google.

To support the growing interest by enterprises for mobile collaboration and social networking, Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced that it is further mobilizing IBM (NYSE: IBM) Lotus® Software on the BlackBerry® platform.

Unitel’s customers will now be able to enjoy the productivity benefits of using BlackBerry smartphones to stay connected to people and information on the go. Users will benefit from enhanced communications, with easy, wireless access to email, phone, calendar, web, multimedia and a range of other business and leisure applications.

IBM and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the availability of rich, new social networking applications for BlackBerry smartphones.

Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) announced today that it has filed lawsuits against Apple Inc. and Research In Motion Limited (RIM) alleging the infringement of Kodak digital imaging technology.

Panasonic Corporation, a market and technology leader in consumer and industrial electronics, has ushered in the cloud computing era by adopting IBM (NYSE: IBM) LotusLive’s suite of collaboration services.