EMC, VMware Step it Up a Notch
There have been quite a bit of product launches going on in every segment of the cloud lately, and EMC and VMware are the latest ones to join that list. Storage giant EMC announced a lineup…
Google’s Location Services Trigger Raid on South Korean Offices
By Kyt Dotson
It looks like lawsuits and more lawsuits aren’t the only thing that smartphone service carriers like Apple and Google need to worry about—in South Korea it’s lead to a police raid of one of…
Lack of Metadata Management Complicates QlikTech Integration Efforts
Last week, QlikTech revealed better-than-expected financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2011, and the financial press was quick to notice. While we agree that QlikTech is likely to enjoy continued growth…
New Online Media Shows Promise and Profit for AOL, Beyond
The internet is evolving, and so does media as a whole. We’ve seen a couple of significant markers of that this past 24 hours, starting with AOL. The internet company had its earnings call…
Women in Tech: Anita Borg Women of Vision Awards
By Tom Foremski
The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology will celebrate its 2011 “Women of Vision” award winners at Mission City Ballroom, Santa Clara Convention Center, May 19. I attended last year and it was…
Using Removable Hard Disk Drives (RHDDs)
By Greg Schulz
Removable hard disk drives (RHDD) are a form of removable media which includes magnetic tape that address many common use cases. Usage scenarios include enabling bulk data portability for larger environments or for D2D…
Microsoft’s Outlook Gets a Gadget Store Courtesy of Xobni
Xobni is a well known plugin for Microsoft’s Outlook that looks to socialize your email inbox and provide some intelligence and relationship management capabilities. Having used Xobni back when it was still in beta,…
StorageIO Momentus Hybrid Hard Disk Drive (HHDD) Moments
By Greg Schulz
This is the third in a series of posts that I have done about Hybrid Hard Disk Drives (HHDDs) along with pieces about Hard Disk Drives (HDD) and Solid State Devices (SSDs). Granted the…
Intel Announces “3D” Transistor Technology – Moore’s Law Extended
By Tom Foremski
Intel said it will manufacture new microprocessors based on a breakthrough technology using hundreds of millions of 3D transistors. The technology was first announced nearly a decade ago in 2002. It is only now…
New Media Minute: How to Optimize Your Site for Mobile
Smartphone users are much more likely to take action, such as buying a product, after seeing a mobile ad. And that action, usually starts with mobile search. According to a new study from Google,…