The intense competition among companies launching their own tablets has led to rapid development in tablet capabilities and accelerated the adoption among consumers.

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In addition to undergirding economic growth and generating employment, such investments also stimulate the development of engineering capabilities, which in turn foster entrepreneurship.

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While cloud computing was the most hyped subject at RSA 2010 I saw the most development in authentication and extensions of protective capabilities in UTM solutions.

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Both of these acquisitions came quickly on the heels of Lenovo's announcement of a global partnership with EMC, forming a server technology development program to help drive innovation and extend Lenovo's capabilities in x86 industry-standard servers.

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The combination would accelerate Seagate's growth strategy in the expanding consumer storage market, particularly in Europe and Japan, and add strong engineering and software development capabilities, as well as relationships with several key retailers.

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Also, 20% of 3D printing output is already producing final product with that percentage expected to increase as capabilities improve, reducing the money and time spent in product development as well.

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With mobile payment such an area of growth and development, it makes sense that heavy hitters such as Google and Apple have invested in identification security with cloud capabilities.

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