Today’s datacenter is in the crosshairs under constant demands of modern business, meaning uninterrupted, secure 24/7 operation.  One of the biggest threats to that constant operation is the constant challenge of security.  Well publicized security breaches have in the recent past cost companies significant financial damage, as well as reputation and credibility.  As little as ...

As VMware rolls forward towards its annual ultimate event – VMworld 2012, powerful themes are starting to emerge.  VMware CTO and Senior VP of R&D Steve Herrod spoke out on his blog today on open source and the role of software in the datacenter.  Touching back on VMware’s Cloud Foundry investment, PaaS strategy, Nicira’s software defined ...

News about Nike’s reported most ever expensive athletic shoe has been spreading like wildfire.  The LeBron X shoes are expected to retail at$315 when they are released later this year.  From the moment the story emerged late yesterday, the topic has dominated Twitter and other social media venues.  This edition of the series of shoes ...

If you haven’t heard the rumors, there are rumblings that VMware is launching a public cloud IaaS service. The formal announcement may come at next week’s VMWorld conference where theCube will be broadcasting. Long known for its virtualization products, the foray into the public cloud market is anticipated to make waves throughout the industry. Reports ...

Well, the news that Facebook’s stock fell to below 19 dollars hit Silicon Valley hard last week.  The milestone marked half the value of its IPO offering price.  And as of this moment there has been an slight uptick in value from that low, but hovers around that number for the time being.    The dip ...

Have you ever wished Microsoft’s Outlook Web Access worked more like the Outlook desktop version? Mac users, Tablet users, mobile phone users certainly come to mind. Microsoft has constantly been evolving and improving their web interface for Exchange users. The upcoming release of OWA has been updated to align with the release of Exchange 2013 ...

  A five year forecast report was recently released highlighting the technologies Hadoop and MapReduce and it reinforces the projected exponential growth curve that is taking place in the Big Data market. Driven by the continued emergence of Big Data onto the enterprise scene, the projections in the preview of the report are enormous. The report ...

The National Security Agency (NSA) has made an open recruiting pitch to the hackers of the world and attendees of the annual DEFCON conference. “We want to talk to you about a career at NSA”    They have set up a webpage at http://www.nsa.gov/careers/dc20/  to reach out into the community for recruitment, following an actual appearance at ...

Anyone lost track of which version of Hotmail is still out there? Well, some relief is coming because Hotmail is being replaced by Microsoft’s new service Outlook.com.  The change is in the midst of a massive wave of new and revised products coming out from Microsoft in 2012.   The announcement came out today: Introducing ...

    The Washington Times reports that the campaign for presidential candidate Mitt Romney has released an app that will break the news on his VP pick before anywhere else.  The app is available for iPhone and Android platforms.  The app is available at www.mittromney.com/app/vp Beth Myers, Senior Adviser to Mr. Romney states: “There’s no ...