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Server sales rising: HP leads the way
It’s anything but doom and gloom for the server industry, despite claims to the contrary. As IDC’s latest Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker reveals, sales are actually on the rise, and it all points to a half-decent outlook in the mid-to-long term. IDC says that “factory revenue in the worldwide server market increased 2.5% year over ...
Meet Dr. Watson: IBM’s cancer-busting supercomputer
IBM Corp’s Watson supercomputer is set to tackle scientific research head-on after being re-programmed to analyse Big Data in the cloud. It’s just launched a new system called Watson Discovery Advisor for analyzing scientific and medical research. Big Blue claims that the system understands the nuances of natural language so well it’s able to comb ...
Hot containers: Microsoft cuddles up to Google’s Kubernetes
Microsoft Corp., has just added support for managing Docker containers in its Azure cloud, with the help of the open-source Kubernetes tool that was designed and built by rival Google Inc. For two companies that are so often at odds with each other, it’s a move that might raise a few eyebrows. The coolest aspect ...
VMware’s hybrid cloud shift: A decoder ring of products | #VMworld
As expected, VMworld 2014 has underlined VMware’s ambitions to move away from its hypervisor roots and embed its ecosystem deeper into the enterprise. That much was evident in a string of new product announcements and rebranding efforts on days one and two of the event. VMware has generated a lot of hype about its new ...
Microsoft patches a patch that crippled Windows PCs
Microsoft Corp., has fixed a faulty update that was pulled two weeks ago after its support discussion forum was flooded with reports of crippled computers. The August patch was yanked after reports of it causing Windows 8.1 systems to be locked into using specific fonts. There were also more serious reports that it caused some ...
Scality delivers ‘Amazon EBS-like’ VM storage with RING 5.0 | #vmworld
Object storage software startup Scality introduced version 5.0 of its RING software for software-defined storage at VMworld yesterday. The software has been given a number of enhancements, with Scality claiming its 95 percent faster at file operations and random IO. However, the big news is that RING now supports VM storage capabilities. For those unfamiliar ...
Was Google Images hacked yesterday?
If you happened to search for anything on Google’s Image Search yesterday, you might have noticed things were a little off. That’s because the site was apparently hacked, with the mischeivous attackers ensuring that every search resulted in repeated pictures of a fatal car crash possibly in Ukraine or Moscow. The bug apparently affected searchers ...
HP recalls 6 million defective laptop cords over burn risk
Hewlett-Packard Co. has issued a voluntary recall of more than six million AC power cords sold with HP and Compaq laptops and docking stations between September 2010 and June 2012 because of a potential fire hazard. The company issued a statement yesterday saying that “certain power cords shipped with notebook PC products and AC adapter ...
Google, NVDIA + VMware bring graphic-rich apps to the Chromebook
Google Inc., just won’t give up on its ambitions to unseat Windows from the desktop, no matter how hopeless it’s Chromebooks might look to business power users. It’s latest plan? It’s teaming up with VMware Inc., and Nvidia Corp., to bring some of the most demanding desktop apps to its low-cost, browser-based laptops. VMware already ...
All aboard the Hadoop horse: Can vendors make a difference?
Newly formed partnerships between large technology firms and Hadoop startups have refocused attention on the open-source data analysis software. But can such high-profile alliances give one framework the edge over the rest? The most recent of these partnerships went down last month, when Hewlett-Packard Co. announced a massive $50 million investment in Hortonworks Inc., At ...