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China’s Tsinghua Unigroup weighs up $23B takeover of Micron
Chinese government-backed Tsinghua Unigroup is said to be interested in acquiring U.S.-owned semiconductor firm Micron Technology Inc. in a $23 billion deal that would boost China’s efforts to become less dependent on foreign technology. The Wall Street Journal, which first grabbed wind of the rumors, says Tsinghua Unigroup is mulling a $21 per-share offer for ...
Rackspace gets fanatical about Microsoft Azure
Rackspace Inc. has jumped into bed with Microsoft in a new relationship that’ll see it provide managed support for Azure and also resell its cloud services. Announced at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Orlando, the arrangement means Azure customers will be able to draw on Rackspace’s “fanatical support”, a portfolio of managed services to control ...
It’s D-Day for Windows Server 2003 as Microsoft ends support
As of today, Microsoft is finally pulling the plug on support for Windows Server 2003, which means those businesses still running it must choose between upgrading their systems now or exposing themselves to the risks of running an unsupported OS. It’s a similar scenario to the end of support for Windows XP last year. It’s ...
HP and Intel bid to push HPC into the enterprise
Hewlett-Packard Co. has teamed up with Intel Corp. to launch an assault on the high-performance computing (HPC) niche, the companies said in an announcement at the International Supercomputing Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, yesterday. The two firms are hoping to capture a sizeable share of the growing market for HPC in the enterprise, IDG News Service ...
Windows 10 users may have to pay for updates after 2-4 years
Microsoft might be happy to give free copies of Windows 10 away to anyone who asks, but it’s unlikely the operating system will be free to use forever. And although the company hasn’t admitted it’s planning to introduce some kind of subscription model for Windows, it’s looking more likely than ever that it will do ...
This startup wants to sell you a real-life, physical Docker container
The Docker container software doesn’t actually exist in physical form, even though media hacks are all too quick to liken it to shipping containers as a way of illustrating how apps can be packaged and shipped anywhere. But soon we could all have a physical, miniaturized container server sitting on desks, if a new Kickstarter ...
Microsoft not giving up on Windows Phone, pushes new Build
Although Microsoft has effectively written off its enormously expensive acquisition of Nokia Corp.’s handset business, but it’s by no means done as far as mobile is concerned. Evidence of that comes by way of Microsoft’s release of a new build of Windows 10 Mobile, its new smartphone OS that sports the same build number as ...
Vendors won’t let up in cloud price wars yet, analysts say
Microsoft raised a few eyebrows earlier this week when it said it was planning to buck the usual trend and actually increase the cost of its cloud services in Australia and Europe, as opposed to slashing prices once again. Microsoft blamed “currency movements” for the move, and as if to emphasize this, has since said ...
Dell and SGI partner to scale out SAP HANA
Silicon Graphics International Corp. (SGI) has forged a new alliance with Dell Inc. that could have big ramifications for the server market. The deal will see Dell resell SGI’s high-end servers to customers adopting SAP HANA in-memory computing applications. Essentially, that means Dell is really going to sell is HANA appliances, which should make it ...
Accenture launches cloud-based insights platform
Accenture Plc yesterday unveiled its new Accenture Insights Platform, a cloud-based analytics tool that aims to simplify the process of delivering real-time actionable insights to businesses and help them gain a competitive advantage. Accenture describes its Insights Platform as a flexible Analytics-as-a-Service solution that’s designed to appeal to CXOs, data scientists and business users alike. ...