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Article | 1/04/2009 Corsair releases one-touch backup USB flash drive adapter

Corsair Memory Inc. Tuesday introduced a USB flash drive adapter that it said creates a push-button file backup for computers when any flash drive is ...

Article | 1/04/2009 Fedora 11 beta posted with new security, developer features

The Fedora Project released a beta of the next version of its free Linux OS with new security, desktop and developer features that provide a glimpse o...

Article | 30/03/2009 Fujitsu hopes to almost double server sales in two years

Fujitsu is aiming to almost double sales of servers in the next two years as it absorbs Fujitsu Siemens Computers and reorganizes many aspects of its ...

Article | 31/03/2009 Once-secret 'cloud manifesto' sees light of day

The much-discussed "Open Cloud Manifesto," signed by dozens of vendors in support of cloud-computing interoperability, was officially released on Mond...

Article | 31/03/2009 Sun confirms 1,500 job cuts this week

Sun Microsystems is laying off about 1,500 employees this week in a follow-up to a restructuring plan announced a few months ago, the company confirme...

Article | 31/03/2009 IBM, HP, Dell aim to cut costs with new Xeon servers

The world's top server vendors on Monday updated their product lines, launching new servers to coincide with the release of Intel's next-generation Xe...

Article | 30/03/2009 IP issues could be slowing IBM-Sun talks, experts say

If IBM is in the due diligence phase of acquisition talks with Sun Microsystems, as news reports suggest, then it has an awful lot to be diligent abou...

Article | 29/05/2008 Seagate plans SSD, 2T-byte hard drive for next year

Seagate will introduce its first SSD (solid-state drive) storage and 2T-byte hard drive next year, company CEO Bill Watkins said.

Article | 27/03/2009 Solid-state flash products hit market en masse

Solid-state drives based on flash memory are turning up in products from seemingly every hardware vendor these days, signaling that the technology may...

Article | 27/03/2009 Gartner: Cloud spending to skyrocket in 2009

IT shops are turning to the cloud even faster than expected, at least according to Gartner, and other firms had already predicted hearty adoption thro...

Article | 26/03/2009 Dell upgrades enterprise servers, storage

Dell has released fourteen new products in a significant refresh of its enterprise server, workstation and storage systems portfolio.

Article | 26/03/2009 High demand for virtualization in China, VMware says

VMware will expand in China as it moves to meet rising demand for desktop and data center virtualization in the country, a company executive said in a...

Article | 26/03/2009 New security threats, data integration, affecting cloud adoption

Questions around security, vendor openness and cost continue to hold back cloud computing adoption in Australia, according to analyst firm IDC.

Article | 26/03/2009 Dell adds SSDs in updated EqualLogic line

Dell is set to update on Wednesday the virtualized storage line it acquired in its purchase of EqualLogic last year, now aiming at the needs of larger...

Article | 25/03/2009 Dell sees IBM rumor as chance to steal share from Sun

Michael Dell sees a potential acquisition of Sun Microsystems by IBM as an opportunity for his company to secure more customers and a greater share of...

Article | 25/03/2009 Microsoft won't let companies host Azure on premise

Microsoft has no plans to let businesses license and host its Windows Azure cloud-computing infrastructure on their own premises, the company said thi...

Article | 25/03/2009 The Planet bundles hosted NAS, cloud storage

Hosting company The Planet has teamed up with Nirvanix to bundle widely available cloud storage with high-speed hosted capacity.

Article | 25/03/2009 Flash memory vendors slashing production, raising prices

NAND flash memory vendors responded to the slowing economy and weak consumer confidence by phasing out production of 200mm wafer manufacturing and cut...

Article | 24/03/2009 Backup provider Carbonite loses data, sues vendor

Online backup service provider Carbonite is suing storage vendor Promise Technology, saying repeated failures of Promise gear have caused "significant...

Article | 23/03/2009 Startup launches social Web video analytics

Sydney-based video technology company Vquence has launched a social video metrics product dubbed VQmetrics aimed at making sense of social video marke...