Computers-Plus

EMC is developing technology to track and verify the location of virtual machines in cloud networks, potentially solving one of the key sticking points preventing customers from using the cloud.

Because of FISMA, the Federal Information Security Management Act, customers who put sensitive data in cloud services need guarantees that VMs stay within the country, says Chad Sakac, vice president of the VMware technology alliance at EMC. This is a problem for a cloud provider like Terremark, an EMC partner, which operates data centers in multiple continents and uses live migration technology to move virtual machines, potentially from one country to another, he says.

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If you thought the Dell Streak was too large to be used as a phone at 5-inches, get a load of ViewSonic’s ViewPad 7, a 7-inch Android tablet that also doubles up as a phone.

Running Android 2.2 (Froyo), we first heard about this model last week when the company announced it was also working on a dual-booting Android/Windows tablet.

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NEWS

Research In Motion, maker of the popular BlackBerry smartphone, has averted yet another ban of its email and messaging service, according to news reports Monday.

The Indian government said it will not shut down the service for at least another 60 days as it evaluates proposals RIM has offered that would allow the government to monitor wireless subscribers’ communications.

Indian officials said earlier this month that the company had until the end of August to come up with a solution that would allow them to monitor emails and other electronic messages from BlackBerry users in the country.

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