Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said today that it's designing a server processor with up to 16 cores, which would quadruple …
VMware to embed RSA security into vSphere 4
VMware and RSA announced a strategic plan to embed RSA’s data-loss prevention (DLP) and encryption technologies into VMware’s new vSphere …
New Intel chips prompt rise in demand for DDR3 memory
A new series of Intel microprocessors aimed at the computer server market has caused a spike in demand for DDR3 …
EMC, Symantec kick-off security barrage
With the RSA Conference cranking up, EMC’s security division RSA and Symantec rolled out security product releases. Symantec also said …
Cloud computing a ‘security nightmare,’ says Cisco CEO
If anyone has the right to be excited about cloud computing, it's John Chambers. But, Cisco Systems' Chairman and CEO …
Wireless sensor system measures, analyzes energy use
Arch Rock has created a special version of its wireless sensor networking product line to monitor enterprise energy use and …
Sun adding open source app server to Amazon cloud
Sun Microsystems will make its open-source GlassFish application server available on the Amazon Web Services cloud platform on Wednesday. Sun …
Oracle’s Sun buy: Ellison praises Solaris, snubs IBM
Oracle Corp. may have decided to buy Sun Microsystems Inc. because it was worth far more to the database market …
Mozilla patches 12 Firefox bugs, a third of them critical
Mozilla Corp. patched 12 security vulnerabilities in Firefox 3, just days before it hopes to roll out the newest beta …
VMware’s version of flexibility doesn’t include Microsoft Hyper-V
VMware promises new levels of flexibility in the data center with vSphere, its cloud operating system, but is still promoting …
Users: Oracle has lots of questions to answer about Sun deal
Oracle Corp.'s planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. is raising questions among users on, well, just about every aspect of …
802.11n complications are imminent
As you likely know, the current fair-haired wireless LAN version, 802.11n, is multidimensional, making product comparisons challenging. Those comparisons are …
Oracle, entering hardware arena, agrees to buy Sun for $7.4B
Oracle has signed a deal to purchase Sun for $7.4 billion, plunging the enterprise software vendor into the hardware market …
Oracle likely to leave mobile Java alone
Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems probably won't immediately affect the world of mobile Java, some industry observers said, though …
How much is Atom hurting Intel’s bottom line?
With netbooks' surprise success, Intel Corp.'s Atom processor has become an unexpected money-maker during a down period, bringing in a …
One winner in the Oracle-Sun deal: Microsoft?
Microsoft Corp. has had few critics more vocal than Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Sun Chairman Scott McNealy. With their …
BladeSystem Matrix takes aim at Cisco
HP has rolled out BladeSystem Matrix, a converged software, server, storage and network platform designed to compete against Cisco's Unified …
Oracle may merge pieces of OpenSolaris with Linux, analysts say
Oracle Corp. may end up merging the best features of OpenSolaris with Linux once it takes control of Sun Microsystems …
Oracle-Sun union means tough decisions on ID management
Oracle will have to make some significant product decisions and integration plans to address the overlap it has with Sun …
Mobile’s future is in links, ex-Nokia CTO says
The standard architecture that will realize the promise of mobile phones won't be hardware or software but a cloud-based platform …