Microsoft plans to use this week's Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) to outline its move into the next phase of …
Managing Macs
Macs as desktops and servers are increasing their penetration in business, even in enterprises. Power users like Mac OS X's …
Dell sees IBM-Sun rumor as an opportunity
Michael Dell sees a potential acquisition of Sun Microsystems by IBM as an opportunity for his company to secure more …
Lenovo offers workstations with Intel’s Nehalem chips
Lenovo became the second major PC maker to announce workstations based on Intel's upcoming quad-core Nehalem chips, which are due …
SaaS surprises: Broader appeal, customization and more
Think you know SaaS? There are a few things about the fast-evolving, on-demand software model that might surprise you. For …
Extreme extends connectivity, management to LAN edge
Extreme Networks this week unveiled products designed to simplify management beyond the wiring closet to the LAN's outer edge. Extreme's …
Sun challenges Amazon for cloud dominance
Moveover, Amazon. The leading provider of cloud services is about to get some serious competition from Sun Microsystems, which made …
Riverbed WAN optimization solution qualified by EMC E-LAB
SRDF is EMC’s business continuity solution that provides a host-independent, mirrored data storage solution for duplicating production site data to …
Economic blues could slow datacenter construction
Datacenter construction requires a massive investment in time and cash before a facility is completed. It's no wonder, then, that …
New blade server is key to Cisco data center plan
Cisco Systems Inc. has unveiled its first blade server, which will serve as the centerpiece of a system the company …
Browsers: Good, fast or secure
When it comes to browsers, it seems that the main vendors are locked in the old design adage, but with …
Visa pilots new payment card security initiatives
Acknowledging the need for controls that go beyond those offered by the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard, a …
Oracle offers scaled-down version of Database Machine
Citing customer demand, Oracle Corp. has unveiled a half-size version of the HP Oracle Database Machine, its competitor to high-end …
Spring founder downplays rumored IBM-Sun merger
The founder of the popular Spring Framework for Java, Rod Johnson, said Thursday he does not anticipate much impact if …
IBM said to be poring over Sun’s contracts
Lawyers for IBM are examining Sun Microsystems' contracts and other documents in a due diligence process that could precede an …
New system balances virtualisation workload
British virtualisation reseller Nebulas Solutions has developed a system that allows enterprises to automatically provision virtual services in an attempt …
500M bps soon in a copper line near you, Ericsson says
Next-generation DSL systems will enable bandwidths of more than 500Mbps by bonding many copper lines and using advanced noise cancellation, …
What Cisco’s UCS means to management vendors?
Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) launch earlier this week impacted several vendors across the management software market. Not only did …
Microsoft launches IE8 final code today
Microsoft Corp. will release Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) at 9 a.m. PT today, beating its biggest rival, Mozilla Corp., in …
Could IBM be Sun’s savior?
The high-tech rumor mill churned at high speed Wednesday as industry watchers debated the good, the bad and the ugly …