[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Matthew Furman is joining Best Buyas senior vice president, Communications and Public Affairs. Mr. Furman will report to company CEO (interim) Mike Mikan, effective June 22, 2012. In this role, Furman, age 41, will oversee Best Buy’s employee communications,…
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Monthly Archives: May 2012
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May 24, 2012
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World Wide Technology Awarded U.S. Navy SPAWAR Contracts
May 24, 2012
[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Systems integrator World Wide Technology has been awarded two Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic contracts by the U.S. Navy to provide commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment to the U.S. government. The Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Multiple…
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Wired Announces National GeekDad Day
May 24, 2012
[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Wired has announced National GeekDad Day, an initiative to encourage parents and their children to strengthen family ties and ignite children’s passions for science, technology, engineering, and math. Wired proposes to take over Father’s Day, June 17th., with…
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Intel To Invest $40M In Network Of University Research Centers
May 24, 2012
[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Intel will invest more than $40 million over the next five years in a worldwide network of university research communities called the Intel Collaborative Research Institutes (ICRI). The ICRI program is based on the U.S.-based Intel Science and…
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Red Hat Appoints Arun Oberoi Global Sales And Services Head
May 24, 2012
[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Red Hat has appointed Arun Oberoi as executive vice president of global sales and services. Oberoi brings strong go-to-market executive experience – including global leadership roles with HP and IBM – to Red Hat, where he will further…
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NVIDIA Icera Modem Chipset Validated On AT&T LTE Network
May 24, 2012
[Techtaffy Newsdesk] The NVIDIA Icera 410 LTE multimode data modem chipset for tablets and clamshell devices has been tested and validated for operation on the AT&T 4G LTE network. The NVIDIA Icera 410 LTE modem delivers fast Web browsing, video streaming and multiplayer gaming…
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FIRST Tech Challenge Announces Sponsorship From Alcoa
May 24, 2012
[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Alcoa Foundation awarded FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) a $250,000 grant to promote national and international team growth over a three-year period. FTC is one of four robotics competitions in the FIRST K-12 family of programs. As part of the competition, FTC teams of…
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OASIS Standards For Open Data Protocol Gets Industry Support
May 24, 2012
[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Citrix Systems, IBM, Microsoft, Progress Software, SAP and WSO2 are proposing an Open Data Protocol (OData) Technical Committee (TC) in the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS), an international open standards consortium. Citrix, EastBanc Technologies and…
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Quiterian Signs Global Alliance Agreement With Wipro
May 24, 2012
[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Quiterian, a developer of advanced and predictive analytics software for business and non-technical users, is partnering with Wipro Technologies, to offer advanced customer analytics solutions to clients across the globe. The Partnership Agreement is focused on providing vertical advanced customer…
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