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IBM’s hopes of pulling off another fire-sale of one of its businesses look to have been dashed, with reports suggesting that GlobalFoundries, Inc. has pulled out of a deal to buy IBM’s loss-making semiconductor division. Bloomberg says that GlobalFoundries refused to budge …
Rackspace powers up bare-metal cloud servers
Rackspace, Inc. has just revealed pricing for its new OnMetal servers, which are now generally available following a limited trial phase. The dedicated, single-tenant bare-metal machines are designed for applications that can run without hypervisors. They be spun up in less than …
US consular database crash: Not a good time to renew your passport
Thousands of travellers awaiting US passports and visas have been left on tenterhooks following an unspecified glitch in a database used by the Bureau of Consular Affairs, according to officials from the State Department. “The Bureau of Consular Affairs has been experiencing …
StorPool splashes its flash into Virtual SAN
Bulgarian startup StorPool is hoping to expand its reach with the launch of a new private beta test of its virtual SAN technology. StorPool builds a virtual SAN using aggregated storage in a Linux KVM server’s disk and SSD storage, combining this …
Oracle’s in-memory tech switched on by default in latest patch
Oracle database users will be interested to know that the company has just pushed out “the most comprehensive patch set” it’s ever released, and it comes with some eye-wateringly expensive add-ons. Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 is available to download now, for the first …
Big, bad data: What’s the big deal over data quality?
Big Data is rapidly expanding, and the nature of this data is more complex and varied than ever before. The concept brings with it a new world of insights and possibilities for organizations, but it also poses many challenges, most especially when …
Doubling down on data governance | #MITIQ
Data is valuable. As the challenge of protecting customer data mounts, more and more businesses are embracing data-governance strategies to manage the information that serves as the lifeblood of the company. Without a doubt, data has become the raw material of the …
Study: People are “more honest” when chatting to a robot
A study has shown that chat-bots might be a better alternative to filling in questionnaires when it comes to screening applicants for security clearance. The research was carried out at National Center for Credibility Assessment along with military IT contractor ManTech International, …
Can ‘laser air waveguides’ replace fiber-optics?
The Internet is delivered to your home, place of work or favorite coffee shop by fiber-optic cables. Lying just underneath our feet, these cables carry data that travels as fast as the speed of light. But those fiber-optic cables can be a …
Octoblu emerges from stealth to ‘translate’ the Internet of Things
While all the big companies seem to be going about the Internet of Things in their own way, little ol’ Octoblu is bidding to become the translator between the various protocols that connect all of those smart little ‘things’. Octoblu emerged from …