Huawei peels back the covers in pursuit of partner love

Huawei intends to hop into bed with nearly 50 per cent more partners this year in order to boost its sluggish enterprise sales in Europe.”Last year we had over 700 partners (Of all types) in Western Europe — the target for 2015 is to increase that number to 1,000,” said Leon He, head of the enterprise biz in Western Europe.”This year we have made fast progress on the number and quality of partners,” he told The Register at Huawei’s Networking Conference 2015.

Read on, source: Huawei peels back the covers in pursuit of partner love • The Register

Newegg Rolls Out New Line of Business Class PCs Starting at $649

Newegg carries all kinds of pre-built systems from third-party vendors, but in case you didn’t know, the popular online vendor also builds PCs through NeweggBusiness, a wholly-owned subsidiary. As such, NeweggBusiness today announced its new ABS N Series of desktop PCs . Starting at $649, the ABS N Series is aimed at small and medium business (SMB) and education customers.

Read on, source: Newegg Rolls Out New Line of Business Class PCs Starting at $649 – Maximum PC

YouTube eyes Twitch user base, adds 60 FPS live streams with HTML5 playback

Google may have lost Twitch.tv to Amazon, but it still wants in on the live-streaming gaming market. The company has announced that YouTube live streaming now supports 60 FPS 1080p and 720p video streams. This brings YouTube streaming up to parity with Twitch, but YouTube one-ups Amazon’s streaming service with HTML5 playback—Twitch still uses Flash.

Read on, source: YouTube eyes Twitch user base, adds 60 FPS live streams with HTML5 playback | Ars Technica

Google developing “Brillo” Internet of Things OS based on Android

The Information is back with more Google news before I/O. The outlet claims that Google is developing another operating system, this time for low-power “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices. The OS is codenamed “Brillo,” and the publication claims Google “is likely to release the software under the Android brand, as the group developing the software is linked to the company’s Android unit.” We’re going to take that to mean “it’s based on Android.”The report says Brillo will be aimed at ultra low-power devices with as little as 64 or 32MB of RAM. With the abundance of smart home technology like connected light bulbs, door locks, sensors, and whatever other crazy connected objects the IoT crowd dreams up on Kickstarter, Google clearly sees an opportunity.

Read on, source: Google developing “Brillo” Internet of Things OS based on Android | Ars Technica