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iPad’s business use soars as HP backpedals on Slate’s fit
“But although Hewlett-Packard has marketed its Slate 500 on its website as “the ideal PC for professionals who don’t usually work at a traditional desk, yet need to stay productive in a secure, familiar Windows environment,” HP spokesman Roman Skuratovskiy says the Slate’s intended use is far narrower: “The HP Slate 500 is designed to run custom applications created by enterprise customers, unlike HP’s business laptops, desktops, etc.” (HP declined further comment when asked to clarify that statement.)”
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“Black Duck Software, a provider of products and services for managing the use of open-source software, has acquired the assets of SpikeSource, a provider of software tools and services to automate application component identification and assess security vulnerability. Among the technologies acquired was SpikeInsight, a cloud-based offering for automated application component identification and security vulnerability assessment; SpikeForge, a forge comprising 17 open-source projects; the Developer Community Forum, a group of forums associated with SpikeSource OSS projects, virtualization management technology and a number of other software assets.”
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