What’s Flash Mean for the Everyday IT Guy?
Today at FlashCUBE, David Floyer shares his thoughts on client’s perspective about flash, as well as flash-related issues that an IT person deals with on a daily basis.
Not Just Lipstick on a Pig. IBM’s Billion-Dollar Flash Initiative Puts Innovation Back on Track
As an introduction to Steve Mills’ interview at FlashCUBE, John Furrier shared his thoughts on IBM’s move on investing a billion dollars in flash. This is the third time the company invested an amount…
HP Launches New Enterprise-Ready TippingPoint IPS Security Appliances
Today’s real world security challenges call for the highest capability solutions. In the enterprise, its as critical as anything else on your plate. The demands of the modern infrastructure cover the data center, remote…
Hacked Twitter Account Shakes-Up the Stock Market, Alerts the FBI
“Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured,” the Associated Press tweeted yesterday. If you were one of the many who read the tweet, I’m pretty sure you were alarmed…
Amazon is Stirring the Cloud Pot, but Rivals Still In the Mix
Jason Mendenhall, executive vice president for cloud at Switch Communications, the collocation provider that operates the “ginormous” SuperNap data center in Las Vegas, says that Amazon Web Services is not growing at the expense…
Open-Source Flash is Powering Hyperscale, Starts with Consumers, says Fusion-io’s Gary Orenstein
Gary Orenstein, senior vice president of products for Fusion-io, took some time off this week to chat with SiliconAngle founding CEO John Furrier and Wikibon’s Dave Vellante. The trio discussed flash, Big Data, and software-led…
Samsung’s Rugged S4 & Apple’s Rugged Q2 – SiliconANGLE News Roundup
In today’s NewsDesk roundup: There’s a new, rugged Samsung Galaxy S4 in the works; Nokia’s Asha 210 attempts to dethrone BlackBerry in the QWERTY category; Huawei dropping out of the US mobile market; NYT…
Dell Stock Buyback Struggles As PC Business Goes Into Free Fall
Michael Dell’s quest to buyback his company continues with recent developments regarding private equity firms and their unwillingness to participate in a process called “go-shopping.” Go-shopping is a period after a deal is announced…
CIOs Should Embrace the Cloud but Apply Strong Management Techniques
As the initial CIO skepticism about cloud services fades and ITOs start looking for the advantages of cloud, writes Scott Lowe in his latest Wikibon Alert, “The CIO and the Cloud: Embrace, Extend, Innovate”,…
VMware Losing Momentum? Wall Street Overreacts to Poor Q2
VMware posted its first-quarter earnings, which showed a 9.3 percent decline despite realignment charges. Though its services revenue and core earnings improved, shares fell 6.8 percent to $70.80 after hours, as the company lowered…