One of the more prosaic parts of data warehousing is getting information into a warehouse in the first place. Vendors …
Cisco reveals aggressive pricing for blade server system
As promised, Cisco this week divulged more details on its Unified Computing System for data centers, including pricing and performance …
Google’s CEO predicts strong year for Android
Google CEO Eric Schmidt predicted good times ahead for Android, the company's mobile phone OS and software. “Overall, it looks …
Pan Emirates to upgrade IT infratsructure
To keep pace with its ambitious expansion plans, Pan Emirates has commissioned EMW, The Smart Convergence Experts and leading supplier …
Sun exec: Users focused on products, not acquisition rumors
The head of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s hardware business acknowledged the acquisition rumors swirling around his company yesterday but insisted that …
A faster, sleeker way to do MySQL?
The archetypal MySQL database chugs along in the server room of a Web 2.0 start-up, powering a small but promising …
Oracle not budging on maintenance fees
It has become a regular ritual during Oracle Corp.'s quarterly earnings conference calls: Company executives point to the vendor's lucrative …
EMC introduces x86-based Symmetrix array for cloud storage
EMC Corp. today unveiled a high-end Symmetrix storage array that is based on Intel Corp.'s x86 quad-core processors and integrates …
Sun fires back at Cisco with blade network switch
Sun Microsystems introduced its Nehalem-based server line-up on Tuesday, along with a new networking product that takes aim at an …
Sun boosts new servers with flash memory
Sun Microsystems Inc. will test whether it can sell new servers at the same it is trying to sell the …
Netbook computers spark corporate interest
One possible future of mobile computing is on display in classrooms in Fresno, Calif., where the public school district has …
Sun’s next step unclear after breakdown of talks with IBM
After the apparent collapse of acquisition talks between IBM and Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun faces a choice: continue looking for …
MIT develops method to draw finer features on chips
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they have made a breakthrough with light technology that could eventually help …
New processor technology promises big boost to consumer-grade SSDs
SandForce Inc. announced today a new family of solid-state disk (SSD) processors that the company claims will allow lower-cost, commodity …
Netbook computers spark corporate interest
One possible future of mobile computing is on display in classrooms in Fresno, Calif., where the public school district has …
As expected, Facebook halts The Pirate Bay links
Facebook has ended its brief e-relationship with The Pirate Bay, the controversial BitTorrent search engine. The Pirate Bay added a …
Analysis: Where did Sun go wrong?
Just before the crash of the dot-com boom that spawned the meteoric rise of Sun Microsystems Inc., then-CEO Scott McNealy …
What’s on tap from EMC, VMware?
EMC is promising a look at the “virtual data center of the future” in an announcement scheduled for Tuesday. EMC …
Nortel expands its NAC offerings
Nortel today is announcing a second offering in its family of NAC products, a software platform that runs only on …
HP throws in towel over key Wi-Fi lawsuit
In a move that could have far reaching implications for the Wi-Fi industry, HP has reached a confidential settlement with …