More than a year after first announcing the technology, 6TB helium-filled hard drives from Western Digital subsidiary HGST started shipping on Monday.
Taking the cloud public
No technology has bulldozed its way onto the global scene and promised to revolutionise enterprise IT as much as cloud computing.
Kaspersky investigation shows malware is on the rise
Kaspersky Lab has revealed research results that show an increase in malware in the Middle East.
BlackBerry taps former Sybase chief as interim CEO; analysts like the move
BlackBerry’s appointment Monday of former Sybase CEO John Chen as its next executive board chair and interim CEO could be the best news in months for the struggling smartphone company.
In wake of BlackBerry’s demise, CIOs look to Samsung, Apple and Microsoft
BlackBerry’s dramatic fall in the enterprise has left CIOs scrambling to pick a new mobile platform provider. Will it be Apple? Samsung? Or Microsoft? Or it will be all of the above.
New supercomputer uses SSDs as alternative to DRAM, hard drives
A new supercomputer being deployed this month in the U.S. is using solid-state drive storage as an alternative to DRAM and hard drives, which could help speed up internal data transfers.
Hadoop brings far-flung people together across time and space
With its powerful data mining capabilities, Hadoop is bringing together people across different places and even across different generations.
HP porting venerable Nonstop server platform to x86
Hewlett-Packard has announced a multi-year effort to port its Nonstop server systems, used by banks, telcos and other businesses that need maximum reliability, from Intel’s Itanium architecture to x86.
Cyber security gains importance
With increasing awareness, organisations are keen to protect its information and data, says Access Data’s Paul Wright
Twitter increases top-end share price to $25 as IBM alleges copyright violations
Twitter on Monday increased the price of shares in its initial public offering to a range of US$23 to $25 per share and also revealed that IBM has claimed the company has infringed on several patents.
US intelligence officials: NSA reform bill is ‘flawed’
Proposals in Congress to end the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of U.S. telephone records would compromise the agency’s ability to find and track terrorists, representatives of the intelligence community said Monday.
Watchguard launches cloud-ready network security visibility
WatchGuard Technologies has announced a zero-install, public and private cloud-ready network security visibility solution.
Huawei unveils SDN-ready switch
The Agile Switch S12700 uses a fully-programmable switching architecture, and automatic network deployment and management applications.
Bing, Twitter continue their search party
Microsoft bills its Bing search engine as a social one, and to keep it that way it’s renewing a partnership with Twitter to keep tweets appearing in Bing search results, the companies said Friday.
Windows 8 uptake slows, ditch-XP movement decelerates
Windows 8’s user share in October climbed past the 10% milestone for the first time since the launch of the …
SNIA Chairman highlights cloud security vigilance
Storage association SNIA have used the tenth anniversary of Frankfurt trade show Powering The Cloud to voice concerns cloud computing uptake.
Powering The Cloud an ‘educator’ says event chief
Powering The Cloud organiser Bill Dunlop, CEO, Angel Business Communications, told CNME the value he places on ensuring the Frankfurt trade show remains industry impartial.
Cyberoam introduces Cyberoam’s on-Cloud Management Service (CCMS)
The service reduces support cost, improves bottomline for channel partners supporting customers.
Comguard held roadshow on information security in KSA
Cyber Security@Crossroads roadshow enabled enterprises to address their security challenges.
EMT introduces Secunia PSI version 3.0 in Arabic
It is aimed at allowing private users to secure their PCs adequately in the region.