Oracle’s net income for the second quarter ended Nov. 30 rose 17% to $2.2 billion, with software sales rising but …
Technology for a new year
Gartner has revealed its top predictions for IT organisations and users for 2012 and beyond, and they herald changes in …
DEWA chooses GBM to augment server infrastructure
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has selected Gulf Business Machines (GBM) to augment the utility company’s server infrastructure. As …
Alcatel-Lucent unveils key piece of data centre fabric
Alcatel-Lucent this week rolled out 40G Ethernet modules for its top-of-rack data centre switches to help further its data centre …
Google Apps has more in the pipeline: VP
Google plans to announce in the coming month or so several customer wins for Google Apps that exceed 100,000 users, …
Avaya beefs up switch architecture
Avaya has rolled out extensions to its 4000 series switches and said its year-old virtualised networking architecture is taking hold in campuses and …
Big battles in 2012: IDC
Researchers at IDC, say some big battles will be brewing in 2012 in the cloud, mobile and Big Data arenas. …
Storage growth slowing to normal: IDC
Growth in sales of enterprise disk storage slowed in the third quarter as the industry returned to normal patterns after …
RISC, Itanium lose out to x86 in Q3 server market: Gartner
The worldwide server market grew by unit shipments and revenue in the third quarter this year, but the downward spiral …
HP to put Xeon chips in high-end Integrity servers
HP has updated the road map for its high-end Integrity servers to include systems that can accommodate both Xeon- and …
Server makers adopt AMD’s new 16-core chips
Server vendors on Monday came out in support of Advanced Micro Devices’ latest Opteron 6200 server chips, which advance chip …
SAP pumps up its in-memory, mobile and cloud strategies
SAP is expected to make a slew of announcements related to in-memory computing, mobile applications and cloud-based services today during …
A solutions company
Michael Dell, CEO of Dell outlines the company’s aggressive plans to grow its portfolio of solutions by acquiring more intellectual …
Brocade once again for sale?
Two years after attempting to find a suitable buyer, storage switch and router maker Brocade Communications may again be looking …
AMD records profit in Q3 despite manufacturing issues
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on Thursday reported revenue and profit growth for the third fiscal quarter of 2011, despite issues …
Brocade on sale again?
Two years after attempting to find a suitable buyer, storage switch and router maker Brocade Communications may again be looking …
Oracle buys RightNow for $1.5bn
Oracle is buying RightNow Technologies for about US$1.5 billion in order to boost its recently announced Public Cloud with customer-service …
Information management software industry to reach revenues of $37 billion: Ovum
The global information management software market will reach revenues of $37.4 billion in 2015, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) …
Salesforce.com to ‘unlock’ SAP’s core software for ‘social enterprises’
Salesforce.com is rolling out a set of consulting and integration services aimed at SAP customers who want to build a …
Security remains a top concern for cloud app builders
Security, cited as an issue with cloud computing when the concept began to take hold several years ago, remains a …