Deduplication is seen as an important strategy for data recovery, with the idea being if data is reduced, not only …
Nvidia, AMD release graphics processors for supercomputing
Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices yesterday announced high-performance graphics chips for supercomputers. Nvidia announced GPUs (graphics processing units) called K20 …
EMC acquires Silver Tail Systems
EMC has today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Silver Tail Systems, which provides real-time web session intelligence …
Lenovo’s new enterprise division introduces its first server
Looking beyond PCs and tablets, Lenovo yesterday announced the first server from the newly formed Enterprise Product Group, which deals …
VMware: Leaked source code dates to 2004, customers should patch
VMware warned on Sunday that more of its source code for its ESX hypervisor technology could become public after another …
Big data with Philip Roy, Director of Greenplum MEA, EMC
1) One of the current IT buzz words is big data, which presents an opportunity for companies to invest in …
ARM releases 64-bit processors for phones, tablets and servers
ARM on Tuesday introduced its first 64-bit Cortex-A50 series processor designs as the company tries to preserve its dominance in …
13-inch Retina MacBook Pro
In addition to the standard configurations of its Macs, Apple offers a number of build-to-order (BTO) upgrade options that include …
Seasons of change
A fundamental change in server architecture could be on tap as companies look to cut data centre costs and power consumption. …
Red Hat launches JBoss integration capabilities with SAP
Red Hat has announced new integration capabilities for SAP solutions as part of The JBoss Way, a development approach aimed …
Dell’s $499 XPS 10 matches price of Microsoft’s Surface tablet
Dell on Tuesday said its XPS 10 tablet with Windows RT will start at US$499, matching the price of Microsoft’s …
Huawei customers announce security concerns after congressional report
Three service providers that use equipment from Huawei have said they will take strong precautions to ensure the security of …
Dell supercomputer design spawns new line of servers
Dell has developed a line of servers based on designs the company is using in an upcoming 10-petaflop supercomputer called …
Calxeda receives $55m to push ARM chips into data centre
Chip maker Calxeda has received an investment to the tune of US$55 million to develop low-power server chips with ARM …
Lenovo’s ThinkPad Tablet 2 starting at $629
Lenovo’s highly anticipated ThinkPad Tablet 2 with Windows 8 will be priced starting at US$629, the company said. The tablet …
Ehsan Hashemi
Ehsan Hashemi, COO, Golden Systems Electronics
HP’s unveils ElitePad 900 with easy disassembly, self-support
HP on Monday announced the new ElitePad 900 tablet, with Windows 8, which the company says can be easily disassembled …
SAP NetWeaver Cloud PaaS close to general release?
SAP could be close to announcing the general availability of its foray into the PaaS (platform-as-a-service) market, NetWeaver Cloud, which …
Cisco acquires Wi-Fi-based location company
Cisco this week said it acquired ThinkSmart Technologies of Cork, Ireland, a software company that delivers location data analysis based on Wi-Fi networks. …
SAP bundles analytic apps with IQ database
SAP has announced a new family of products that marry its Business Objects BI (business intelligence) software with the Sybase …