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Article | 15/02/2011 Google adds set-up wizard for Apps

Google, which has been sharply focused on strengthening its Apps suite for large enterprises, has introduced a set-up wizard that seems aimed primaril...

Article | 15/02/2011 AMD on track to ship Bulldozer server chips in Q3

Advanced Micro Devices' upcoming Opteron server processors based on the new Bulldozer architecture will become available during the third quarter, the...

Article | 15/02/2011 Dell introduces server with 96 CPU cores

Dell on Monday introduced a server that can accommodate up to 96 CPU cores -- a big boost in the computational power provided by its hardware.

Article | 13/02/2011 Ultimate hoarding: Study finds mankind could store 295 exabytes of data

University of Southern California researchers have put a number on how much information humans can store, communicate and compute: 295 exabytes, give ...

Article | 11/02/2011 Competitors battle Oracle for MySQL support dollars

Oracle is facing a series of challenges for MySQL support revenues from third-party providers who say they can provide equal or better service for the...

Article | 10/02/2011 Microsoft names new server and tools president

Microsoft has appointed its online services veteran, Satya Nadella, to head its US$15 billion server and tools business, the company announced Wednesd...

Article | 8/02/2011 SSD array vendor Violin gets $35M in funding

In a sign of the times for solid-state drive (SSD) popularity, Violin Memory today announced that it has received $35 million in series B investment f...

Article | 5/02/2011 Microsoft fixes cookie security bug in Windows Azure

Microsoft has refreshed the Windows Azure software development kit to fix a bug that can expose cookie information to clients who have built applicati...

Article | 5/02/2011 ARM CEO: No rush to design a 64-bit server chip

ARM is considering 64-bit extensions for its CPU designs, but their absence today doesn't harm its chances in the server market, ARM CEO Warren East s...

Article | 5/02/2011 Microsoft previews Windows Small Business Server 2011

Microsoft has released a preview of the next version of its integrated package for small organizations, Windows Small Business Server 2011.

Article | 2/02/2011 Servers preloaded with Amazon-friendly cloud software

Ubuntu and Dell have come up with a scheme to make it easier for Amazon EC2 customers to shift workloads to and from the cloud -- by shipping Dell ser...

Article | 2/02/2011 Windows Azure turns 1 in 'anemic' market

One year after Microsoft introduced Windows Azure, the platform-as-a-service market is only about 1/20 the size of the rival infrastructure-as-a-servi...

Article | 2/02/2011 Early adopter spells out Microsoft Azure's strengths and shortcomings

With Microsoft celebrating the first birthday of Windows Azure, few people are as well equipped to discuss the cloud platform's strengths and limitati...

Article | 3/02/2011 VMware taps ex-Microsoft execs to battle Microsoft

VMware's Paul Maritz has given up his title of president to four senior executives who will serve as co-presidents of the EMC-owned company as it incr...

Article | 3/02/2011 Cloud storage ahead: Proceed at your own risk

The IT mantra for the past few years has been all about the cloud, and the myriad benefits of cloud-based servers and storage. While there are some ad...

Article | 2/02/2011 Dell releases Ubuntu-powered cloud servers

Dell has released two servers for the U.S. market that have been customized to run Ubuntu-based cloud services, the company announced Wednesday.

Article | 1/02/2011 Western Digital launches multimedia-friendly NAS

Western Digital has launched a new network-attached storage (NAS) device for home users. The WD MyBook Live is designed for streaming media to DLNA-co...

Article | 1/02/2011 Firefox 'Do Not Track' ready for download now

Adventuresome Firefox users who can't wait to try out the "do not track" feature can do so now by grabbing a "nightly build" of the browser. Nightly b...

Article | 1/02/2011 Oracle boosts speed, capacity of tape drives

Oracle is taking aim at the fast-growing storage demands of large enterprises with the latest version of its high-end tape drive, which will be able t...

Article | 1/02/2011 IBM to offer cloud office suite

Joining Microsoft, Oracle, Google and others, IBM plans to offer a cloud-based office suite, the company announced on Monday.