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February 10, 2012

Cray Creates New Big Data Division

Cray Inc., a supercomputing company based in Seattle, Wash. , has created a new division that will be focused on the Big Data market. Called “YarcData,” the new division will expand on Cray’s Knowle... More >

February 9, 2012

Oracle Acquires Taleo for $1.9 Billion

Oracle announced today that it is buying Taleo, a talent management and recruitment software vendor, for $1.9 billion.   A piece at Businessweek says that Oracle is using its acquisitions t o... More >

February 6, 2012

EMC Unveils PCIe Flash Caching System

To close the gap between what disk drives deliver and CPUs consume , EMC today announced a new data storage product called VFCache, previously known as “Project Lightning.” Our own Arthur Cole de... More >

Preventing Data Corruption in the Event of an Extended Power Outage

This paper explains that the small effort involved in installing and configuring such software can be well worth it in the event of an extended power outage that exceeds the runtime of the UPS.

Database Consolidation onto Private Clouds

This white paper describes how to successfully consolidate your database onto a private cloud through several deployment models.

January 31, 2012

SeaMicro’s New Xeon Microserver Promises Faster Data Delivery

SeaMicro, today, announced a new offering to its line of servers. According to the press release, the SM10000-XE(TM) is the industry’s first fabric-based Intel(R) Xeon(R) microserver . The microserv... More >

January 30, 2012

Microsoft’s Office 15 Public Beta Set for Summer

The next generation of Microsoft Office, codenamed “Office 15,” is now in the Technical Preview Program and will be available for public beta this summer, according PJ Hough, CVP of development for t... More >

January 25, 2012

Cleversafe’s 10-Exabyte Storage System Tackles Big Data

Cleversafe, an object-based storage vendor, is looking to address organizations’ needs for storage at the exabyte level. It announced today that it is offering a 10-exabyte storage system to accomm... More >

Amazon Unveils AWS Storage Gateway for Easier Cloud Backup

Today Amazon announced the release of its AWS Storage Gateway , which will make it easier for businesses to upload on-premise data directly to the cloud.   According to Alyssa Henry, general ma... More >

January 24, 2012

Apple Leads in Semiconductor Purchases for 2011

A new report from Gartner shows that Apple was the largest purchaser of semiconductors during 2011. Slashgear ’s Chris Davies points out that the company’s insatiable appetite for smartphone, tab... More >

January 23, 2012

Tablet Ownership Almost Doubles over the Holidays

It looks like tablets were at the top of most people’s Christmas list last year. According to a report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, ownership of tablets and e-readers in the U.... More >

Intel Acquires QLogic’s Networking Assets for $125 Million

Looking to expand its networking portfolio, Intel has acquired QLogic’s InfiniBand assets , including a portion of its employees, for a reported $125 million. The Register ’s Timothy Prickett Morgan ... More >

January 20, 2012

Those New to Gmail Now Required to Sign Up for Google+

Yesterday, Google reported that its fourth quarter fiscal 2011 earnings missed analysts’ expectations . However, it said that it still plans to grow its social networking site Google+. It looks like... More >

Piston Releases OpenStack-based OS for the Private Cloud

Piston Cloud Computing has released an OpenStack-based cloud OS to better manage private cloud infrastructures. Called Piston Enterprise OS, the OS “utilizes the company’s Null-Tier architecture, com... More >

January 19, 2012

Twitter Acquires Social Feed Site Summify

Twitter announced today that it has acquired Summify , a social news aggregation startup that uses algorithms to pull together information from a user’s various social media streams. It then deliver... More >

January 18, 2012

Microsoft’s System Center 2012 Takes Aim at the Private Cloud

Microsoft has made its System Center 2012 available as a release candidate. The updated release combines eight former products into one to address complaints about licensing issues. It also now suppo... More >

January 17, 2012

Facebook IPO Rumored for May

Investors waiting for Facebook to go public may not have to wait too much longer. According to Kara Swisher at All Things D , multiple sources are hinting that the social network’s public offering i... More >

Database Management

Data management tips and techniques that insure ease of access, comprehensive security and absolute privacy for your invaluable company information.

Tape and Archive Storage

Oracle’s proven StorageTek tape and library solutions help you manage complexity, control costs, and deliver on service level agreements.

Human Capital Management

Tips, tools, and expert commentary to help you get the most from your company's most valuable asset - its employees.

Application Infrastructure

Learn more about this middleware layer that pools and dynamically provisions infrastruction application delivery resources to lower costs and improve efficiency.