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Microsoft to release Windows 10 on July 29
Just hours after the launch date for Windows 10 was supposedly ‘leaked’, Microsoft has gone and confirmed that Windows 10 will be available globally on July 29. Users of Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 will all be able to download the new OS on that date for free, for a period of one year. The ...
Server market rebounds with strongest growth since 2010, Gartner says
Things are suddenly looking up for server makers, with sales in the category growing faster in the last quarter than at any time since 2010. Gartner Inc.’s preliminary estimates show the worldwide server market expanded by 18 percent in the first quarter to $13.39 billion, while unit shipments rose by 13 percent to 2.66 million. ...
Salesforce rides its Wave into Big Data analytics
Just days after snubbing Microsoft’s $55 billion takeover offer, Salesforce.com, Inc. has unveiled Salesforce Wave for Big Data, a new tool designed to help business users make sense of their information stores using the Salesforce Analytics Cloud. Salesforce first showed off Wave, a tool designed to pull data into Salesforce’s cloud and generate business-friendly analytics, ...
Avago gobbles up Broadcom in $37B merger, sets sights on surpassing Intel
Confirming rumors from earlier this week, chip manufacturer Avago Technologies Ltd. has said it’s entered into a definitive agreement to buy rival firm Broadcom Corp. in a cash-plus-stock deal worth $37 billion. Once the deal is done, the newly combined businesses will become “Broadcom Ltd.”, marking a continuation of the consolidation being seen in the ...
Cisco forecasts wild M2M growth in latest Visual Networking Index
Experts have been talking about the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) for what seems like years already, but now Cisco Systems Ltd. is illustrating this in graphic form with its latest Visual Networking Index (VNI) report. Assuming Cisco has its numbers right, the IoT will account for the vast majority of new connections ...
Sony buys Optical Archive, touts Blu-ray for cost-effective cold storage
Sony Corp. has made a rather odd-looking purchase with the acquisition of Optical Archive Inc. – startup spun out of Facebook that’s marketing an innovative way to use Blu-ray technology. The startup was founded by ex-Facebook employee Frank Frankovsky, who led the social media giant’s hardware design and supply-chain operations for about five years before ...
Chip maker Avago planning swoop on Broadcom
Avago Technologies is said to be in advanced talks over the possible acquisition of Broadcom Corporation in a deal that would further accelerate consolidation in the global semiconductor industry, says The Wall Street Journal. It’s not clear how much Avago would be willing to pay for Broadcom, and the WSJ warns the deal could still ...
How Virtustream fits into EMC’s Federated Hybrid Cloud
EMC’s cloud strategy is rapidly coming into focus as it continues a string of acquisitions aimed at building out its newly formed cloud managed services business. The latest of these – its $1.2 billion takeover of Virtustream Inc. – is a further indication that legacy vendors aren’t going to be shy about using their cash hordes to ...
HP boosts NFV armory with ConteXtream acquisition
Hewlett-Packard Co. has just acquired ConteXtream in a move that should give a significant boost to its network virtualization capabilities, the company said. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ConteXtream offers a carrier-grade software-defined networking fabric for network-functions virtualization environments. But rather than going after enterprises, ConteXtream has followed a strategy of targeting service ...
Microsoft partners with LG & Sony to pre-load Office & Skype apps
Microsoft is teaming up with LG Electronics Inc., Sony Corporation and 18 other companies to ensure its Office and Skype apps come preloaded onto their Android-powered tablet devices. The deal will see that Microsoft’s Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, OneDrive and Skype apps are pre-loaded on all new tablets sold by the companies, which include 18 ...