Whatever the case, one of the most endearing features of the enterprise is that Mr Gates gives the impression that a combination of his money, his brain-power and the brain-power of the people that his money can buy could actually solve some of the problems of global health.
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The theory is that by adding Skype's audio, video, conferencing and telepresence features to the mix Microsoft will offer an unbeatable combination of features that every enterprise will want.
McCann, meanwhile, sees opportunity in helping CIOs compare the features and prices of different enterprise cloud services, as well as mashup geolocation capabilities with your contacts.
Input from many of Honeywell's customers guided the Dolphin 70e Black's development and led to many of the features to improve enterprise productivity, security and durability.
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The combination of the two enabled HP, Dell, and Lenovo to introduce tablets that provided the consumer-friendly features of the iPad while allowing enterprise IT to use the same security, provisioning, deployment, management, service, and repair processes and tools as their Windows 7 PCs.
Out of the box, the SAFE-branded Galaxy S III supports a full suite of enterprise-ready features and capabilities with support for 338 IT Policies.
The soon-to-be released Office Edition comes with a wide range of robust features to support mobile printing throughout the enterprise.
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Enterprise features: Apple announced a collection of new tools to help companies encrypt their communications, wirelessly set up handsets for employees, and wipe out data on their phones remotely, among other features.
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The wide-spread use of these TPMs in Windows 8 will make sure that the next generation of Windows enterprise products include many innovative storage features.
These represented the grand total of what could charitably be labeled as new enterprise features in the iPad 2.
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The iPad has had the strongest adoption into the enterprise of any product, because it has features that are compelling to its users.
This is a full implementation of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise, with the familiar McAfee user interface and product features.
In the case of enterprise Apps this meant building out Gmail to handle lots of people and features, blurring distinctions between home and office by having everything on the Internet (something that was already valuable in corporate search, where a query might first look through company files, then the Internet, to find a range of answers).
Lenovo managed to maintain the strength of the ThinkPad brand through the post-merger period and introduces enterprise-friendly features on a regular basis.
What's left is an official-as-you'll-get-right-now transcript of Google Drive's features, but contrary to the hype, it all feels way more enterprise-centric than consumers may have wanted.
The Microsoft Windows 8 operating system will bring the Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs, the basis of storage device-based encryption security as well as additional security features) to wider use for enterprise applications.
The 2013 predictions include a particular focus on cloud federation, an accelerated adoption of cloud stacks, and greater control over cloud resources through what they describe as enterprise-class features.
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However, Forbes suggested the introduction of KNOX allows Samsung to go head to head with Apple in the enterprise, and point to its features that are not available on the iPhone.
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"We've taken the tablet to the next level by incorporating the most-requested user features into a powerful device that's ideal for retail and enterprise customers, " said Dan Gittleman, CEO of OpenPeak.
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