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The future of hypervisors
The world of hypervisors is complicated by the fact that there are proprietary and open source tools, each with different strengths and weaknesses.Saturday, 4 February, 2012Spending on chips for mobile devices outpaced computers in '11
Spending on microchips used in smartphones, tablets and related wireless devices surpassed spending on chips for computers in 2011, according to IHS, formerly iSuppli.Thursday, 2 February, 2012VMTurbo upgrade supports the three major virtualisation platforms
VMTurbo has upgraded its operations management suite to support the three major virtual environments and to improve its capacity-planning tool.Thursday, 2 February, 2012RIM says 'Be Bold' cartoon is not a new BlackBerry ad campaign
Research in Motion said its "Be Bold" cartoon superheroes unveiled in a recent blog infographic were "intended to be a bit of fun" and are not a new ad campaign.Wednesday, 1 February, 2012Nimbus puts up its new all-flash array against disk arrays
Nimbus today announced an enterprise-class version of its all-NAND flash primary storage array that sports redundant controller modules and twice the capacity of the previous model.Wednesday, 1 February, 2012Kindle Fire sales stronger than analysts expected
Amazon will announce fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday on the heels of what analysts called stronger-than-expected fourth quarter Kindle Fire tablet sales.Tuesday, 31 January, 2012 | 1 commentAre Google and Apple really 'monopolies'?
You hear the word "monopoly" thrown around a lot these days, especially about Google and Apple.Tuesday, 31 January, 2012 | 1 commentSamsung's Galaxy Note to hit AT&T stores Feb. 19 for $300
The Galaxy Note smartphone with tablet features and a stylus hits AT&T stores Feb. 19 for $299.99 and a two-year agreement, the carrier announced Monday.Tuesday, 31 January, 2012Juniper's financial challenges continue
Juniper Networks' challenges are due to timing with new product rollouts and shifts in investments from customers and channel partners.Saturday, 28 January, 2012Apple's Dramatic Rise in the Enterprise Tests CIOs
One in five information workers now uses an Apple product for work, says Forrester. Is Microsoft's dominance at an end? One thing is for certain: CIOs must deal with the Apple impact.Saturday, 28 January, 2012Apple breaks Microsoft's 'lock' on enterprise workers, argues analyst
The iPhone may have opened the door for Apple in the enterprise, but it was the one-two punch of the iPad and revamped MacBook Air in 2010 that really did the trick, an analyst said today.Friday, 27 January, 2012Say goodbye to Fast Ethernet
The Layer 2-3 Ethernet switch market is forecast to approach $28 billion in 2016, with future growth driven primarily by sales of Ethernet switches optimized for larger data center deployments.Friday, 27 January, 2012John Deere plows into agile
John Deere & Co., has moved about 800 software developers into an agile development process, and did so in just over a year.Friday, 27 January, 20122012 Japan Prize honours cancer fighters, magnet man
The 2012 Japan Prize, one of the world's most prestigious science and technology honours, has been awarded to three American medical experts who are fighting cancer as well as to a Japanese inventor whose magnet technology has implications for energy conservation.Thursday, 26 January, 2012iPad sales beat HP, Lenovo, Dell PC numbers
Apple sold more iPad tablets last quarter than any single PC maker sold personal computers.Thursday, 26 January, 2012Droid Razr Maxx goes on sale Thursday for $300 with contract
The Droid Razr Maxx from Motorola goes on sale Thursday for $299.99 with a two-year agreement, Verizon Wireless announced TuesdayWednesday, 25 January, 2012US finds flaws in ES&S DS200 voting machine
A ballot scanning device slated for use in the upcoming presidential elections misreads ballots, fails to log critical events and is prone to freezes and sudden lockups, the US Elections Assistance Commission found.Tuesday, 24 January, 2012 | 1 commentOracle move could push rivals toward big data bundles
The shipping of Oracle's Big Data Appliance earlier this month could pressure major rivals like IBM, Hewlett-Packard and SAP to come up with Hadoop offerings that tightly bundle hardware and software products, analysts say.Tuesday, 24 January, 2012Intel launches new push into mobile
Intel moved to defend its turf - and possibly its future stability - by inking deals to supply next-generation Atom chips to smartphone makers Motorola and Lenovo. (Insider, registration required.)Tuesday, 24 January, 2012Apple aims iPads at high schools
Would you fork out a few hundred dollars for an iPad so your kid can keep up with classmates? An IT director of public schools in Ohio discusses the pros and cons of making iPads available to high schoolers.Tuesday, 24 January, 2012 | 1 commentTablet and e-reader ownership doubles over holidays, Pew says
Tablet and e-reader ownership nearly doubled in the U.S. over the recent holiday period, according to three new surveys from the Pew Research Center.Tuesday, 24 January, 2012MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS
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