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Article | 28/09/2011 NEC to ship OpenFlow switch for Microsoft Windows Server 8 Hyper-V
Chalk up another big partnership win for Microsoft's Hyper-V from the world of virtual, programmable switching. NEC's OpenFlow-based network fabric, P...
Article | 27/09/2011 Amazon's new tablet: What to expect
With Amazon's highly anticipated tablet set to debut on Wednesday, we've decided to round up what we know, or think we know, about the new device.
Article | 26/09/2011 Is quantum computing real?
Researchers have been working on quantum systems for more than a decade, in the hopes of developing super-tiny, super-powerful computers. And while th...
Article | 26/09/2011 vSphere5 sets the virtualization bar
VSphere 5.0, the latest iteration of VMware's "Cloud Operating System," boasts a wealth of updates, including new tools to manage fleets of VMs, and v...
Article | 21/09/2011 Cisco and Microsoft cooperate to bring network-layer management to Hyper-V
Windows Server 8 looks promising enough that Cisco it is queuing up two new products designed to extend its network controls to Hyper-V virtual enviro...
Article | 21/09/2011 Surveys find Apple most admired, most satisfying company
Apple, riding continued high demand for its Mac computers and iPad tablets, has topped rivals in two new surveys of customer satisfaction.
Article | 14/09/2011 Getting the most out of flash storage
This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the subm...
Article | 8/09/2011 IBM, 3M team to glue together high-powered silicon bricks for servers, smartphones
IBM and 3M today said they will jointly develop a new line of adhesives they hope will let them make it possible to build commercial microprocessors c...
Article | 7/09/2011 OPINION: HP (again) shows us how not to do it
HP management has not been good to the company over the last few years. One would have to do a lot of searching to find a management team that has so ...
Article | 7/09/2011 When 16GB is really 14GiB
I was asked the other day by a friend why his iPad says, on the outside, that it has 16GB of storage, while in the About tab in the Settings app the s...
Article | 3/09/2011 BlackBerry PlayBook getting the TouchPad deep discount treatment
It seems the only way to beat Apple in the tablet market these days is to knock down your prices to the point of unprofitability.
Article | 1/09/2011 OCZ releases its first hybrid drive, a 1.1TB rocket
OCZ Wednesday introduced its first hybrid drive, the RevoDrive Hybrid, which combines 100GB of NAND flash memory with a 1TB hard disk drive along with...
Article | 26/08/2011 Ladies love e-readers, are less keen on tablets
Women have increasingly become the most frequent buyers of e-readers even as their interest in tablets and smartphones has remained relatively steady,...
Article | 26/08/2011 Verizon boosts cloud services with CloudSwitch buy
Verizon Thursday said it has acquired CloudSwitch and plans to use its cloud software to help enterprise customers more easily move applications to Ve...
Article | 23/08/2011 First look: VMware vSphere 5 looms large
As we rapidly approach yet another VMworld conference and the general release of VMware vSphere 5, it's clear that VMware hasn't been resting on its l...