Microsoft, Yahoo and several other top vendors are making it easier for small and mid-size companies to hire specialized IT …
Lotus goes after Microsoft's 'ridiculous and fabricated' figures
Lotus Software GM Bob Picciano has grown tired of the “hot wind” blowing out of Redmond carrying claims that Exchange …
NEC upgrades HYDRAstor grid storage system
NEC Corp unveiled several upgrades to its flagship HYDRAstor grid-storage system, adding write-once, read-many (WORM) capabilities and the ability to …
Can mainframe use really grow?
Some industry observers still like to kick dents in the mainframe saying it’s not the corporate platform of the future …
Oracle, Sun to launch new product despite merger hurdles
Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems is being closely scrutinized by European Union regulatory authorities, but that isn't stopping the companies …
Oracle breaks silence on Sun plans in ad
Oracle Corp. ended its silence on its post-merger plans for Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Unix systems in an advertisement aimed at …
Novel way to cool data centers passes first test
A team of engineers led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has successfully tested a novel system that they say could …
Encryption made easier with new key management tools
In response to dramatic and widely publicized losses of data over the last few years, IT execs are moving to …
Springboard: IM the top collaboration tool among Asian firms
Instant messaging (IM) is the second most popular and widely used collaboration and communication tool in business enterprises across Asia …
Microsoft rivals to purchase 22 patents to defend Linux
A group of Linux proponents will purchase patents formerly held by Microsoft in an effort to defend distributors of the …
Juniper invests in data center switch vendor Blade
The amount Juniper invested in Blade's $10 million B round of funding was not disclosed. Privately held Blade has accumulated …
Venafi key management software works smoothly with supported apps
Venafi Encryption Director was the easiest of the three products to deploy. There was no fiddling with server applications to …
Sun server sales crashing as Oracle deal stumbles
Continued delays in the completion of Oracle Corp.'s pending $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. have put the latter …
Gmail outages could turn off enterprises
The latest widespread outage of Google Inc.'s popular Gmail application could dissuade some IT managers from letting workers use the …
Report: Cisco, EMC creating new joint venture arm
Cisco Systems Inc. and EMC Corp. are in talks to develop a joint venture company that would provide technology services …
European Commission to investigate Oracle-Sun deal
The European Commission opened an in-depth investigation into Oracle's planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems, citing “serious concerns” about …
Sun leads way as server sales
Oracle Corp.'s pending acquisition has put Sun Microsystems Inc. into a limbo that appears to be devouring its server business. …
EMC to resell VMware management software
EMC will resell virtualization management software from VMware alongside its own Ionix management platform in an expanded partnership aimed at …
WAN optimization specialist NetEx targets VMware environments
As the industry prepares for next week’s big VMworld show, one WAN optimization player is highlighting its ability to accelerate …
Fujitsu aims for 10-petaflop supercomputer
Fujitsu aims to deliver by early 2011 a 10-petaflop supercomputer, which would be almost 10 times more powerful than today's …