Patrick Hoffman

IBM announced May 15 that its new virtual IBM business center is now available online, allowing IBM and its clients to interact, conduct business and form business relationships. The new virtual business center, developed with New Media Consortium (NMC) Virtual Worlds, features six areas including: Reception; Sales Center; Technical Support Library; Innovation Center; Client Briefing […]

IBM on May 11 introduced its energy-efficiency deployment strategy, where the company will invest $1 billion per year to help businesses increase their level of energy efficiency in their IT departments while also allowing businesses to save money. IBM expects the strategy, “Project Big Green,” to help businesses save as much as 42 percent in […]

Sentillion vBusiness announced May 10 that it has released its Secure Local Printing print driver software, a free add-on to its virtual desktop platform that helps business users print securely from inside the virtual desktop either at the office or at home. In most businesses, an administrator manages the print driver software. Sentillions SLP, however, […]

Lexmark International rolled out May 9 its Mustang industrial ink-jet printer, which provides OEMs with a printing platform for mail addressing, product coding, packaging, tickets, bar-code labels, and bills and statements. Using Lexmarks thermal ink-jet technology, the Mustang printer enables OEMs to print at speeds of up to 760 feet per minute with a print […]

Nokia on May 10 announced new phones designed to help users save energy by notifying them when their phone has been charged. The phones feature an alert that encourages people to unplug the charger once the battery is full, helping to reduce the amount of electricity used. Nokia officials said the company hopes to include […]

Sonic Solutions announced May 7 that it has formed a licensing agreement with Research in Motion, developer of BlackBerry devices, to provide users with Roxio Media Manager software for BlackBerry, enabling users to manage and transfer their photos, videos, music and other media files between their computer and smartphone. Roxio Media Manager, which will be […]

QuickLabel Systems announced May 7 the release of its Zeo ink-jet label printer, which enables small and midsize businesses to print custom and personalized labels in-house, in quantities between one to 1,000 labels a day. The ink-jet label printer allows SMBs to print photos, text and bar codes onto finished die-cut label shapes while also […]

Roxio, a division of Sonic Solutions, announced May 8 that it has released its Roxio Crunch, a software application that converts computer-based video file formats and DVDs into files that can be viewed on an Apple TV, iPod and the soon-to-be-released iPhone. Roxios video converter, currently designed for Mac users, is able to covert QuickTime […]

Cabinet NG announced May 7 that it has released its CNG-SAFE (Shared Access Filing Environment) document management platform designed for Sage Softwares Peachtree account management software. The platform enables small enterprises to organize important business documents such as e-mails, forms, memos, faxes, audio files, database reports and office suite documents. The new document management platform […]

Adobe Systems announced May 3 that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Scene7, an on-demand media software company that provides businesses with on-demand platforms for imaging, cataloging and messaging. The acquisition, expected to close by the end of May, will enable Adobe to offer its users Scene 7s publishing services, which include dynamic […]