U.S. Mac shipments shrink 56X more than industry average

Infosys' revenue rises, but margins are under pressure China's Alibaba backs Amazon rival ShopRunner IT News Daily October 11, 2013 Share this email U.S. Mac shipments shrink 56X more than industry average Mac shipments in the U.S. during the third quarter fell at a dramatically steeper rate than that of sales of other PCs, including those powered by Microsoft's Windows, IDC said Wednesday. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Infosys' revenue rises, but margins are under pressure 2. China's Alibaba backs Amazon rival ShopRunner 3. Hadoop, Web 2.0 get a path to tape for cheap long-term storage 4. Soon, everyone will be searchable on Facebook 5. Report: Microsoft cookies would share data between desktop, mobile, Xbox 6. Why Managers Need to Stop Worrying and Love Millennials WHITE PAPER: Citrix Empowering Information Security with Desktop Virtualization IT faces an uphill battle to manage and protect enterprise applications. To control risk across the diverse computing landscape, organizations must centralize control of enterprise Windows applications, ensuring that only authorized users have access. This paper describes how desktop virtualization offers IT a powerful solution. View Now Infosys' revenue rises, but margins are under pressure Indian outsourcer Infosys saw profit decline even as revenue grew in the third quarter, as a result of an increase in salaries and a provision for a visa investigation in the U.S. READ MORE China's Alibaba backs Amazon rival ShopRunner Alibaba Group is targeting the U.S. market with a US$200 million investment in ShopRunner, an online retailer that competes with Amazon.com, a source familiar with the deal said Friday. READ MORE Hadoop, Web 2.0 get a path to tape for cheap long-term storage An appliance designed for Web 2.0 companies may take them back to the future with tape storage. READ MORE WEBCAST: HP HP Webcast: Mobile Application Development More than 50% of custom mobile apps have been deployed by business units without IT oversight. The results of this Mobile App Development Survey highlight the responses of 208 IT leaders surveyed by IDC. Hear how your peers are grappling with app testing processes, cross-platform development approaches, performance and security concerns. View Now Soon, everyone will be searchable on Facebook In a matter of weeks, everyone on Facebook will be searchable by name. But you'll still have ways to control who sees your content, as long as you can navigate Facebook's web of privacy controls. READ MORE Report: Microsoft cookies would share data between desktop, mobile, Xbox Microsoft is baking a replacement cookie technology that would share content between mobile and desktop PC browsers, and even the Xbox, in an effort to take the growing market for mobile ads and target them even more effectively at the end user. READ MORE Why Managers Need to Stop Worrying and Love Millennials Millennials will challenge traditional managerial methods and question your every move. However, they will also bring energy, tech savvy and innovative ideas. Focus on hiring and retaining them as if your job depends on it -- because it will. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Exablox ESG Report: Exablox Re-Imagines File Storage Exablox emerged from stealth mode with a new platform (OneBlox) designed for midsized enterprises with content-intensive applications. Its scale-out system leverages commodity hardware, and has some interesting data protection features. Read now! Follow IT News Share this email You are currently subscribed to itnews_daily as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com To contact IT News, please send an e-mail to online@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2013 IT News, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@itworld.com. **