Microsoft has signed deal with six major producers of computer hardware and IT services, namely Dell, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and NEC in order to create platforms for private IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service)-styled clouds. The program is named Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track and it consists of a software allowing ‘multiple operating systems to run on a single ...

Juniper Networks is moving forward, full steam ahead.  The cloud solutions provider registered a 52-week high in shares last week, landing at $34.57. Over that time span, the lowest trading point was $22.25. Although the news are optimistic for the 2,727,202 shares traded, technical indicators warn that Juniper Network’s trend is neutral – similar to ...

HP recently introduced their HP Z 800 workstations designed for filmmaking and creating special effects. HP sponsored the 20 workstations the filmmakers will use to participate at the 24th edition of AFI Fest. AFI Conservatory hosted the HP Lab, which enabled the masters of Fine Arts program to shoot and edit their stories. The novelty ...

At the Momentum conference held in Lisbon, Portugal, EMC chief strategy officer Mark Lewis enforced the idea that the future development in information technology will be overlooked by business apps. Lewis admitted that as apps become popular across mobile devices for Android and iOS platforms, it will be shameful not to pay more attention to this trend. Applications ...

Locations Labs released  Sparkle today, an ultimate mobile location, control and security platform. Also, Sprint made public their intention for using the platform on the future smartphones. The platform features revolutionary services such as location, security, management of the voice, and apps. From the developers’ point of view, Sparkle Platform provides the driving speed and ...

Starting with the 2nd of February 2011, Xserve, the server created for large businesses use, will be withdrawn by Apple. The last update undergone by Apple was in April 2009 thus this change was becoming inevitable, judging by Apple keeping its hardware on a 9-month to a year update cycle, reports ZDNet. The new product, ...

Android, the mobile operating system based on a Linux version, has been and still is an important and attractive mobile platform for browser development. The develop community is has a special interest in it thus focusing all drives on the growth of Chrome Mobile web browser for Android devices. This also speaks to the international ...

Dell  announced a “getting rid of BlackBerry” program starting next week. The company’s reasons are straight admitted by Brain Gladden, the computer marker chief financial officer “Clearly in this decision we are competing with RIM, because we’re kicking them out”. By switching BlackBerry to Windows Phone 7, Dell will cut costs of almost 25% of ...

Samsung  and LG Display Co. got their approvals for moving the production plants in China, where the costs are definitively lower. China is expected to become the largest manufacturer of large TV screen, reports the Wall Street Journal. Although in the past China raised concerned about the quality control, now that the demand for LCD ...

A few weeks ago Isilon contracted Frank Quattrone’s Qatalyst Partners to advise the acquisition of a data storage device producer and it turned up that EMC was the most interesting solution. For the moment, the latter one seems to step back, reports WSJ. Although the acquisition would have been favorable for both sides, the negotiations ...