DDN Invests $100M in Tomorrow’s Supercomputers
DataDirect Networks is convinced that current technology will not be able to keep up with Moore’s law in the coming years, so it set out to develop its own. The company is putting aside…
Google Maps Readies to Reclaim iPhone 5 Users, Bump Off Nokia HERE
By Isha Suri
Just after Apple replaced Google’s mobile map tool with a half-baked application of its own, the search giant began prepping its own Maps app for the iPhone and iPad. According to an insider, Google…
Easing the Big Data Transition,Capgemini Bets On HP Vertica
Capgemini and HP Vertica have entered into an alliance to help enterprises modernize their data infrastructure through a combination of services and software. The two firms promise to reduce analytical process from “hours to…
PwC Bolsters IT Services Business with Ray Group Buy
PwC’s U.S. division snatched up Ray Group International, a consultancy that specializes in providing technology services to the public sector. Terms of the deal, announced here, were not disclosed. Ray Group International’s new homepage…
SAP Hail Storm Unveils 5-Pillar Strategy for Windows 8, Analytics and More
SAP is organizing its BI strategy around the five trends that are shaping IT today: mobile, cloud, analytics, social media, and self-service technologies. The company addressed four of these five subjects with a hail…
Dell’s Fresh Focus on Services, Not PCs, Is Paying Off
Dell is making $8 billion in services every year, according to its founder and CEO. In an interview this week Michael Dell credited company’s one percent share of the global enterprise services market, as…
Codero Delivers Hybrid Cloud to New Customers
Out of the ways to adopt cloud computing, stories about the success of hybrid cloud solutions are among the most compelling as they meet the requirements of real-world business environments. Codero Hosting has announced…
HP’s New Server Crunches Data Like No Other
Hewlett-Packard just unveiled the HP ProLiant SL4500 Gen8 server, a new box architected for big data. The SL4500 delivers 240 terabytes in a single 4.3u chassis, which amounts to 2.16 petabytes of storage in…
Breaking Analysis: False Alarm on Fire Sale of Facebook’s Inside Shares
Yesterday the lock-up expiration of shares held by Facebook insiders put 777 million shares up for free trading. Expectations were high as everyone looked for signals as to Facebook’s future from inside stockholders, but…
As Big Switch Networks Joins SDN Market CIOs Should Plan Infrastructure for Next Generation Technology
While Nicira has received the majority of the media attention lately thanks to its acquisition by VMware just before VMworld earlier this autumn, it is not the only software-defined network (SDN) vendor in the…