Where Gaming Meets SmartTVs: In the Cloud
The next big thing in gaming is in the clouds and that is evident in this year’s E3. We’ve got Microsoft’s SmartGlass offering, then OnLive’s partnership with LG and Google TV, and of course…
Storwize with IBM Real-Time Compression Best-of-Breed [Report]
The highlight of the recent IBM Edge 2012 storage conference, writes Wikibon CTO David Floyer in his latest Wikibon Alert, was the announcement of the addition of the IBM RTC (real-time compression) appliance to…
QLogic’s Rob Crawford Talks Infrastructure and Innovation at HP Discover 2012
By Kyt Dotson
Rob Crawford, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales for QLogic, is now an alumnus of theCube so when Stu Miniman of Wikibon brought him in for interview there was a great deal to cover…
Terremark Teams up with EMC for New Cloud Portfolio
Terremark is a service provider that helps enterprises deploy new infrastructure, and keep it running. It would seem, however, that the Verizon subsidiary has plans to expand beyond its core market to the cloud…
The Strange and Wonderful Second Life of Microsoft Windows Azure
At today’s Meet Windows Azure webcast, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Scott Guthrie expanded significantly on yesterday’s major Windows Azure platform improvements, including persistent virtual machine support – and while the technical details are definitely…
IBM in the Real World and Into the Future – Watson Was Only the Beginning From IBM Research
David McQueeney, VP of Software at IBM Research, dropped in on the theCube for a discussion on Watson and other projects. McQueeney covered the range of IBM’s worldwide software research in the discussion, sharing…
Samsung Appoints New CEO as Court Battle Looms
As Samsung gets ready to square up to Apple over the latter’s attempt to have its new Galaxy S III device banned from US markets, the electronics powerhouse has appointed Kwon Oh-hyun as its…
Microsoft Makes Big Azure Changes, Can’t Keep Mum on the Cloud
Cloud computing is the talk of the town this week. Oracle made major announcements about their cloud strategy. Hewlett-Packard announced it is working on a new offering called Enterprise Cloud Services – Virtual Private…
HP Reveals New Autonomy-Powered “Meaning” Platform
Hewlett-Packard has invested over $10 billion in British analytics firm Autonomy, and soon after that its software was integrated with Vertica infrastructure. The offering is touted as a hybrid platform that covers both unstructured…
Cloud-Gaming Service Gaikai Inks Deal With Machinima
By Kyt Dotson
It looks like cloud-gaming service Gaikai is looking into being more than just a game-streaming service for gamers—but they’re looking at a foray into gaming centered TV scheduling. Earlier this week, the cloud-gaming outfit…