The post-PC era is not yet upon us, executives from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices insisted, when questioned about the …
Sony Grappling with 55 U.S. Lawsuits After PSN Hack
It looks like Sony may be going to court, and we’re not talking once, or thrice, but 55 times over. …
SAP pushes mobile applications with partners
Thousands of SAP partners who sell the Business All-in-One ERP (enterprise resource planning) suite and Business Objects analytics software can …
IBM speeds storage retrieval with flash drives
With an eye toward helping tomorrow’s data-deluged organisations, IBM researchers have created a super-fast storage system capable of scanning in …
RIM buys video-editing vendor JayCut
Research In Motion (RIM) has acquired JayCut, a Web-based video-editing software company, to bolster the multimedia capabilities of its PlayBook …
Google acquires facial recognition comany PittPatt
Google has acquired Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition, known as PittPatt, a company that develops technology for recognising faces in images and …
Oracle asked to lower damages claim against Google
Oracle has been ordered to lower its multibillion-dollar claim for damages in its patent infringement lawsuit against Google and its …
Acer to acquire iGware to launch cloud platform
Acer said today it plans to acquire iGware, a cloud technology company in the U.S., for US$320 million, as part …
CIOs believe desktop virtualisation remains risky: Ovum
Research firm Ovum has released a new report into the perception CIOs have of desktop virtualisation and an immature market …
Cisco says layoffs, cost-cutting won’t derail SecureX
Despite cutting 6,500 jobs and reducing operating expenses by about $1 billion, Cisco has affirmed that it has no intention …
Dell to acquire switch maker Force10
Dell this week said it will acquire switch maker Force10 Networks for an undisclosed sum. Dell said Force10’s data centre …
Oracle makes Fusion Applications ‘available’
Oracle has quietly made its Fusion Applications generally available, albeit with a caveat, but it seems that any serious fanfare …
SUSE virtual appliances to include mainframes
In its first SUSE-related product offering since it acquired Novell earlier last year, Attachmate has expanded the reach of SUSE …
Cloud computing brings record results for EMC
Increasing customer demand for big data technologies and cloud computing brought record financial results at EMC in the second quarter, …