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AMD shows off Hadoop running on an ARM-based server
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) believes that ARM processor architecture will be the future of the data center, and says that servers running on 64-bit ARMv8 chips could be here sooner than you think. Putting its money where its mouth is, AMD’s Leendert van Doorn yesterday carried out the first public demonstration of two ARM ...
FireChat: Off-the-grid messaging app fuels Hong Kong’s protests
Sites like Twitter and Facebook hit the headlines for their role in the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, and now pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong have discovered a new kind of mobile service to help them organize their own rallies. Called FireChat, the service is a basically just a messaging app, but it’s quite different ...
Oracle’s new Sparc M7 chip delivers ‘ten times faster’ performance boost
Oracle Corp’s overarching message at this year’s Oracle OpenWorld event might be all about the cloud, but that doesn’t mean it’s keeping quiet in its hardware business. During his OpenWorld keynote on Sunday night, Oracle’s undisputed leader Larry Ellison revealed the company is still heavily invested in the Sparc processor technology it acquired along with ...
Cisco inflates hybrid ‘Intercloud’ with 30 new partners
With the cloud wars heating up, Cisco Systems has just announced a signifcant expansion of its Intercloud ecosystem, with 30 new global partners and a $1 billion injection of cash from Cisco Capital. Cisco is hoping to boost adoption of its Intercloud, an OpenStack-based technology that aims to bridge the gap between cloud service providers ...
Microsoft set to rebrand Windows OS with enterprise preview launch
Microsoft is readying for an invitation-only event on Tuesday where it’s expected to reveal a new monicker for the latest version of its Windows operating system. The event, which will only be attended by around 50 journalists and analysts, is the first of several focused on its new OS, codenamed “Threshold”. This week’s reveal should ...
Rackspace reboots servers to sidestep Xen bug
Following in the footsteps of Amazon Web Services, Rackspace has also had to reboot its servers in order to fix a major bug that was first identified in the Xen virtualization platform. Rackspace informed customers about the “maintenance work” via an email, which has since been seen by various media organizations. “Recently, an issue that ...
Oracle goes all-in on cloud with Database & Java-as-a-service
Oracle Corp’s newly-crowned Chief Technology Officer Larry Ellison kicked off the company’s annual Oracle OpenWorld event on Sunday. As expected, the company’s efforts in the cloud came under the spotlight. During his keynote, Ellison gave details of Oracle’s upgraded cloud suite which includes the ability to use its flagship database product in the cloud, as ...
Docker adds Official Repos for language stacks to the Docker Hub
Docker Inc., has said it’s going to deliver additional programming language stacks to its customers after learning from their search habits in the Docker Hub. The company wrote about its plans in a blog post this week, saying it’s already added the top 11 most searched for programming language stacks to the Docker Hub Offical ...
FBI boss Comey slams Apple & Google over new encryption methods
The FBI is getting a bit riled over Apple Inc. and Google Inc.’s decision to use tougher encryption methods in its mobile devices, because it’s making it almost impossible for spooks to snoop on suspected criminal. “There will come a day – well it comes every day in this business – when it will matter ...
Amazon provides an update on its impending EC2 instance reboot
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has provided more details on a major Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Instance reboot that’s set to take place in the coming days, and the good news is it doesn’t have anything to do with the Bash – or Shellshock – vulnerability revealed earlier this week. In fact, as was previously suggested, ...