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Big News, Big Data and Smart Storage: IBM Edge Recap
IBM kicked off the inaugural year IBM Edge on Monday in Orlando, FL. It’s been a busy two days at the new conference that Wikibon co-founder Dave Vellante has dubbed IBM storage’s coming out party. The conference is a strong signal that IBM is committed to transforming its storage business and possibly challenge market leader ...
The Outlook for HTC Continues to Decline
It may be summer in the US, but things are not looking so sunny for HTC. The mobile maker has amended its second quarter sales projections due to lower than expected demand for its devices within the US and Europe. The company has been working to regain market share, but a ban on US imports ...
The Future of the Converged Infrastructure and HP
The Cube is live from Las Vegas at this year’s HP Discover 2012. Dave Vellante sat down with Dave Donatelli, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Group, Hewlett-Packard (full video below). HP created the new group about a month ago when it combined Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking (ESSN) with Global Accounts Sales. According ...
A View of IT Infrastructure Delivery from Inside IBM #IBMEdge
IBM has kicked off its very first Edge conference, focused on its storage technology, in Orlando, FL. Of course the Cube is there providing live coverage and insightful commentary. Dave Vellante and John McArthur sat down with Mike Sylvia, a Distinguished Engineer, CIO Office, IBM. Sylvia is an IBM employee, but his role is within ...
Here’s the Trial Breakdown for Oracle vs. HP Over Itanium
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Oracle have finally begun what will likely be a long court battle about Oracle’s support refusal to support HP’s Itanium-based servers. HP and Oracle were once so close the companies informally discussed merging, but that all changed last year in March. However, things began to erode even earlier in 2010 after Oracle ...
Evolution of Cloud Adoption through 2015 [Infographic]
Sure, cloud computing may be a marketing construct that allows companies to avoid the certain disaster that would result if sales teams were forced to explain virtualization and dynamic capacity allocation to every potential customer. Yes, Larry Ellison, deep down we agree with your hatred of the term, “cloud computing”. However, even if you have ...
Juniper Adds Long List of Enhancements to Web Security Software Mykonos
Juniper Networks has unveiled a long list of enhancements to its web security software, Mykonos. Juniper acquired the company back in February for $80 million. The new release includes over 30 new features and enhancements, protects against a wider range of attack techniques, has simpler configuration and can handle heavier traffic volumes. Networking providers like ...
The New Larry Ellison Loves the Cloud
Larry Ellison has been the CEO of Oracle since 1977. That’s longer than most technology leaders in Silicon Valley (and I) have been alive. He’s kind of like that crazy uncle everyone is afraid will show up at family events – except, he’s rich and runs an enormous technology company and everything he says creates ...
Fusion-IO Continues Its Path to Dominance in Storage Market
Apple is expanding its use of Fusion-IO. Apple’s increasing use of the Fusion-IO storage platform may move the company ahead of Facebook as Fusion-IO’s biggest customer. If you aren’t familiar with Fusion-IO, you might be soon. Some analysts are saying the company’s technology may soon become “the” defacto standard for storage in the same way ...
The Current Status of BYOD: Not Working as Planned at Cisco, IBM and Beyond
Cisco has announced that it is ending its investment in its Android-based Cius tablet. The company points to consumerization as the reason for the tablet’s demise. OJ Winge, SVP of TelePresence atCisco, said that employees are increasingly bringing their own tablets to work, which has limited the demand for the business-focused Cius. As Cisco phases ...