Have you recently visited a website and received a cookie notice? Did it frighten you? The actual notice should have been information you already know, that most websites use some form of tracking to remember users, provide personalized services, or even to collect marketing data. Even if you do already know this, the European Union ...

For years IT outsourcing was the best option for many companies and the only affordable option for some. Outsourcers swooped in, planted new technology, and pretty much stayed out of the way of the actual business process. In contrast to in-house IT departments, many executives viewed outsourcers the way a theater director might view stage ...

People from at least one generation still alive today have known personal computers all of their lives. From the glory days of the Commodore 64 to heated battles between Microsoft and Apple, the PC has defined the technological age. Now, in the second decade of the 21st century, some would argue that the PC’s supremacy ...

As 2012 comes to a close, now is a time to reflect on the previous year and also plan for the upcoming one. To say that the data center has undergone some changes may be an understatement. Data is now increasing at a rapid pace for businesses and even the general public at a rate ...

With any commercial vendor’s convention, you will hear a lot of self promotion and hear a lot of promises about the upcoming year. To truly figure out what is going on, you need people with insight who can dissect what they hear at these events and give you an unbiased analysis. That is exactly what ...

10 Gb Ethernet technology has been around for quite a while, but adoption has been rather slow. The Cube’s Stu Miniman of Wikibon.org went to Dell World 2012 and got a chance to talk with Brian Payne, Executive Director of Server Platform Marketing in Dell’s Server Division, and Greg Scherer, Vice President of Server and ...

Last week’s Dell World 2012 represented a significant shift in Dell’s strategy for enterprise and for the way it does business in general. Part of that shift involved the hiring of Marius Haas, the company’s new President of Enterprise Solutions. The Cube co-hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante had the opportunity to sit down with ...

Wikibon Analyst and host of The Cube Dave Vellante said that CIOs know that the secret to success is “people, process, and technology.” With major changes affecting technology industries, many CIOs must now transform the way they make certain employees are able to meet new skills challenges. Vellante interviewed Susan Underhill, VP of HP ExpertOne ...

HP’s acquisition of 3PAR had ramifications that go far and beyond the confines of HP’s business structure. Every partner and associate of 3PAR became partner and associate to HP. That includes VMware, which has a long-standing relationship with 3PAR in the the storage virtualization business. At HP Discover 2012, theCube host and Wikibon chief analyst ...

One of HP’s major announcements this week in Frankfurt at HP Discover 2012 was the fortification of its converged cloud service. The Cube hosts John Furrier, from SiliconAngle.com, and Dave Vellante, from Wikibon.org, sat down with Zorawar ‘Biri’ Singh, SVP and GM at HP Converged Cloud, to talk about these innovations and where HP is ...