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Article | 28/10/2008 Lenovo servers debut with Windows, Linux support
A recent decision by Lenovo to cut back sales of pre-installed Linux PCs has not altered the company’s commitment to offer operating system choice for...
Article | 22/10/2008 Samsung withdraws offer to acquire SanDisk
Samsung Electronics has withdrawn its offer to acquire rival flash memory-maker SanDisk citing a lack of progress after six months of discussions betw...
Article | 20/10/2008 Microsoft narrows gap with VMware
VMware is holding onto its market-share lead in the x86 virtualization market but Microsoft is making a strong push with Hyper-V, IDC statistics show.
Article | 16/10/2008 Intel launches SSD for enterprise market
Intel today launched a high-performance Solid-State Drive [SSD] aimed at server, workstation and storage systems.
Article | 2/10/2008 Companies own up to virtual security blind spot
The vast majority of companies have little or no security in place for their virtual systems. That is a scary statistic revealed in a survey of attend...
Article | 1/10/2008 Cloud computing pondered at eBay event
Officials from companies such as HP and Joyent debated the merits and even the definition of cloud computing Monday during an event at eBay headquarte...
Article | 1/10/2008 Toshiba to ship 256GB solid-state drives in October
Toshiba will ship a 256G-byte solid-state drive for laptops next month, likely beating rival Samsung Electronics to market in their race to offer high...
Article | 29/09/2008 IBM offers glimpse at virtualization security products
IBM last week offered a sneak peek at what it says will address security issues in the virtualization world by early next year.
Article | 25/09/2008 IBM launches four new cloud computing centers
IBM opened up cloud computing centers in four countries on Wednesday to let enterprises, universities and governments test Web-based services and appl...
Article | 24/09/2008 Businesses weigh benefits of solid state storage
As solid state storage drive technologies mature and claw their way into enterprise IT systems, businesses will face cost-vs.-benefit decisions over w...
Article | 23/09/2008 Samsung bid for SanDisk fails to stem NAND chip decline
When Samsung Electronics offered to buy SanDisk for US$5.85 billion early last week, some people in the industry hoped news of the possible takeover m...
Article | 23/09/2008 SanDisk and record companies launch flash memory with music
Record companies are scrambling to find new ways to distribute music in the face of declining music sales. The latest is slotMusic, a microSD card con...
Article | 23/09/2008 SNIA to push enterprise use of solid-state storage
As faster and less expensive solid-state storage systems are developed and built, the data storage industry needs to educate enterprise IT about the t...
Article | 19/09/2008 INTEROP: Focus on virtualization as financial world shakes
Users need to warily embrace virtualization was the message put forth by speakers at Interop New York, where attendees tried to sort out how to procee...
Article | 18/09/2008 VMware partners demonstrate VMsafe security prototypes
A major VMware security initiative announced more than six months ago has still not resulted in any new products, but VMware and partners this week ar...
Article | 18/09/2008 Security challenges cloud virtualization payoff
Virtualization and cloud computing will help companies accomplish more by breaking the physical bonds of an IT infrastructure and its users, executive...
Article | 17/09/2008 SanDisk says no to Samsung takeover bid
SanDisk has rejected an unsolicited takeover bid from hardware maker Samsung Electronics, saying that it undervalues the maker of flash storage cards.
Article | 17/09/2008 VMware, Parallels preparing new virtualization software
VMware and upstart Parallels are both preparing to release upgrades to their popular software that enable Windows applications to run virtually on Mac...
Article | 17/09/2008 VMware upgrades Mac virtual machine software
VMware Tuesday shipped Fusion 2.0, a major update for its virtualization software that lets Intel-based Macs run Windows, Linux and other operating sy...
Article | 16/09/2008 McAfee targets VMware server virtualization security
In a bid to make it attractive to deploy its security software in virtual machine environments, McAfee Monday disclosed a cut-rate pricing strategy fo...

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