Seagate has long emphasized software integration, and the new lineup does the tradition well.
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Are you thinking more on the device level or just on the software integration level?
Apple must focus on the delightful user experience through great software integration.
But Motorola was not investing as it should have been in software integration systems that would allow it to retain its role as the system provider of choice.
Wind River is creating a custom Android software platform for an automotive environment and providing software integration services to ensure Clarion delivers a reliable and high quality device.
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There's yet another catch for Gemstar: TV Guide Interactive was built for a high-speed set-top box, Motorola's DCT 5000, which was promised months ago but held back because of high costs and software integration glitches.
Nimble Technology, a developer of Web software for data integration, is also a recent Madrona bet.
At least 15 others are in Internet-related software, systems integration and infrastructure.
Informatica shares are trading sharply lower Thursday morning after the data integration software company issued alarmingly weak preliminary results for the third quarter.
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Meanwhile, the construction of a new data center in North Carolina may herald an era of tighter integration between software and services at Apple.
Infosys Technologies ( INFY - news - people ) (35, INFY) delivers data processing services like software development, systems integration, product engineering and testing.
Success hinges on the tight integration of software and hardware.
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Apple recognized the integration of software and hardware early on.
Middleware is commonly used by businesses that have a variety of separate software systems to make information integration easier.
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The MotionEngine software can be licensed for integration into a customer's hardware, or it can be purchased as part of a module or remote control offered by Hillcrest.
OpenFeint seed investor Peter Relan is fed up with his former creation's lack of existence -- the open source software once powered the social integration behind many mobile games.
But they failed because they simply recreated each client's complex and unwieldy datacentre in their own basements, and never overcame the old problems of installation and integration with other software.
Fully mature Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software along with energy market integration that has a detailed model of power consumption, cooling, and the ability to manage servers, turning them on or off or putting them in a lower power state, completes the picture and enables the full benefit of a software defined data center to be realized.
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Apple's dominance stems from the popularity of its iPod media player and its integration with the iTunes software.
Today, it's announced it's working with popular music-mixing software Virtual DJ to provide tighter integration between the device and the program.
While what they sell is indeed wonderfully engineered and made, better integration of hardware and software than anyone else manages, there is still something else to Apple.
Dell understands some computing environments like healthcare, government and education require integration with specific industry software and additional levels of security will be offered with enhanced security features for industries where the ultimate in data protection is required.
Federal purchases of software and IT consulting and systems integration are likely to experience 5% to 7% decreases, as projects get cancelled or delayed and agencies shift from on-premise licensed software deployments to SaaS offerings with lower initial costs.
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Rackspace, in turn, offers services to its clients to assist in the integration and management of OpenStack software.
"The integration of the hardware, software and services necessary for system-wide security has been slow, " said Warren East, CEO, ARM.
Other conditions for early take-off include the ready availability of the right kind of software, computing platforms and systems-integration expertise.
This new mission is SnapLogic, a commercial software company that provides data and application integration tools for connecting Cloud data sources.
Hopefully this will not only lead to even tighter integration between Mac and iOS software, but an overhaul in the iOS interface.
One area Apple's own software still has an edge is its integration of Flyover which offers interactive photo-realistic views of selected cities using 3D-rendered graphics within its maps app.
That third party is telling everyone of the level playing field and the economy of scale benefits it will have, but another manufacturer is moving ever closer to full integration of the hardware and software, threatening Samsung.
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