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Windows 8 puts end to endless reboots

Microsoft yesterday promised that a feature it's added to Windows 8 will put a stop to endless reboots.

By Gregg Keizer | 23 May, 2012 18:48

Tags: Windows, software, PCs, operating systems, Microsoft, hardware systems, desktop pcs

EMC unveils slew of product upgrades, new VMAX array

At its annual user conference today, EMC announced upgrades across most of its major product lines, including a new high-end Symmetrix VMAX array with up to 4PB capacity and twice the performance of its predecessor.

By Lucas Mearian | 21 May, 2012 23:11

Tags: Storage Hardware, storage, EMC

Up next for the Cloud: Big data analytics?

In an effort to diversify its Cloud offerings, NaviSite - a Time Warner Cable Cloud computing and managed hosting company - announced plans to offer storage service for customers in what one analyst says could the beginning of service providers looking to offer big data analysis from the Cloud.

By Brandon Butler | 11 May, 2012 06:31

Tags: Time Warner Cable, time warner, NaviSite, internet, Intel, hardware systems, EMC, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, cloud storage, cloud computing, big data analytics

EMC buys flash-array start-up XtremIO

Advancing its roadmap toward increased use of flash storage, EMC today announced that it has purchased start-up all-flash array maker XtremIO.

By Lucas Mearian | 11 May, 2012 03:14

Tags: Storage Hardware, storage, EMC

Seagate to demo 12Gbps SAS SSD

Seagate said it will demonstrate a 12Gbps SAS solid-state drive (SSD) at the SCSI Trade Association Technology Showcase this week.

By Lucas Mearian | 08 May, 2012 06:27

Tags: storage, SSD, seagate, Drives

Government moves to the cloud, slowly

A year and a half after the U.S. Office of Management and Budget declared a "cloud first" strategy requiring government organizations to at least consider cloud-based services when launching new applications and IT services, experts say the government is only moving slowly to the cloud, and it has a long way to go.

By Brandon Butler | 26 April, 2012 07:22

Tags: cloud computing, EMC, government, government cloud, Government IT, industry verticals, internet, NASA

Hitachi announces new unified file, block storage array

Hitachi Data Systems today announced a new midrange storage line that allows access to both block and file-based data through a single management interface.

By Lucas Mearian | 24 April, 2012 20:53

Tags: bluearc, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, EMC, hardware systems, hitachi, hitachi data systems, netapp, storage, Storage Hardware

EMC gives Oracle admins backup control, deduplication

EMC today announced it has qualified its Data Domain Boost software for use with Oracle Recovery Manager, allowing data deduplication to take place on Oracle backup servers prior to crossing a storage network.

By Lucas Mearian | 24 April, 2012 20:11

Tags: data domain, EMC, oracle, storage, Storage Hardware, Storage Management, storage software

EMC reportedly in talks to buy flash maker XtremIO

EMC is in talks to acquire start-up XtremIO, a San Jose-based maker of all-flash arrays, according to a report in the Israeli business publication Globes.

By Lucas Mearian | 24 April, 2012 02:30

Tags: EMC, IT industry, network-attached storage, Networked Storage, storage

EMC sees ninth quarter of double-digit growth in Q1

EMC today announced its ninth consecutive quarter of year-over-year double-digit revenue growth with first-quarter consolidated revenue of $5.1 billion. That's an increase of 11% compared with the same quarter in 2011.

By Lucas Mearian | 20 April, 2012 04:42

Tags: EMC, IT industry, storage

Are IBM, Cisco and Oracle IT platforms really comparable?

IBM's new PureSystems integrated data center offering is drawing comparisons to Cisco's UCS and other convergence platforms from leading IT vendors.

By Jim Duffy | 13 April, 2012 22:39

Tags: Cisco, Configuration / maintenance, converged infrastructure, Data Center, dell, EMC, Gartner, hardware systems, HP, IBM, IDC, netapp, oracle, Puresystems, ucs

VMware: Cloud Foundry is like Linux for the cloud

EMC VMware is likening its Cloud Foundry PaaS (platform as a service) to Linux for the cloud, serving as an application portability layer.

By Paul Krill | 13 April, 2012 20:09

Tags: application development, applications, cloud computing, EMC, EMC VMware, internet, open source software, paas, software, VMware

IaaS making slow headway

When it comes to Infrastructure as a Service - renting on-demand compute, storage and network resources that live in a multitenant virtualized public cloud - midsized businesses are jumping in with both feet. But large enterprises with their own well-established data centers are still dipping their toes in the water.

By Christine Burns | 09 April, 2012 14:30

Tags: cloud computing, ecs, EMC, enterprise cloud services, IaaS, Infrastructure as a Service, internet

Eaton touts open-source SDK as a boon to power management

UPS supplier Eaton has released a new open-source software development kit aimed at providing better accessibility and flexibility to users of its power management products.

By Jon Gold | 06 April, 2012 04:40

Tags: eaton, EMC, open source, sdk, software, ups, VMware

Cisco, EMC, VMware unite behind big data, cloud training initiative

As the IT silos come down, tech pros need to beef up their skills to stay relevant and maximize the business benefits of cloud computing, virtualization, unified networking and big data, according to Cisco and EMC, which have teamed to offer training targeted at tech's hottest data center disciplines.

By Ann Bednarz | 04 April, 2012 02:43

Tags: Big Data, careers, Cisco, cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, EMC, hardware systems, infrastructure management, internet, it management, management, networking, Virtualization, VMware

Ex-Vertica CEO Lynch pledges to build 'high-speed railway for Big Data'

Chris Lynch wants to be Big Data's Big Daddy, with plans to back 20 young companies on the East Coast that deal with data sets characterized by "volume, velocity and variety."

By Bob Brown | 28 March, 2012 04:36

Tags: acquisitions, at&t, Big Data companies, Big Data startups, business issues, Chris Lynch, Cisco, Configuration / maintenance, corporate issues, Data Center, EMC, Google, hardware systems, HP Vertica, mergers, mergers and acquisitions, netapp, personnel

Texas sets Vblock as 'preferred' tech

The state of Texas has entered into new data center contracts, worth more than $1 billion, to run its massive consolidation project.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 17 March, 2012 06:46

Tags: acs, Capgemini, cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, EMC, Government IT, hardware systems, IBM, internet, outsourcing, services, Virtualization, VMware, xerox

Storage software sales hit all-time record highs

The sales of storage software last year produced record revenues of more than $US14 billion in 2011, according to market research firm IDC .

By Lucas Mearian | 13 March, 2012 05:39

Tags: Configuration/maintenance, datacentre, EMC, hardware systems, IBM, IDC, storage, Storage Hardware, symantec

EMC VNXe 3100: Sweet entry-level NAS and SAN

EMC is easily the largest enterprise storage player on the planet, with more worldwide storage revenue than its two closest competitors (IBM and NetApp) combined. But no matter how popular EMC's high-end Symmetrix and VNX product lines have been with large customers, EMC was rarely considered a great choice for the small-to-midsize-business sector.

By Matt Prigge | 07 March, 2012 22:15

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, EMC, hardware systems, IBM, netapp, network-attached storage, storage, Storage Area Network, Storage Server, Virtualization

Industry heavies unite to float 'The Science Cloud'

More than a dozen international IT firms have partnered to create Helix Nebula - The Science Cloud, which will be used by European researchers to provide cloud-based computing support for scientific discoveries.

By Brandon Butler | 02 March, 2012 07:48

Tags: Capgemini, CERN, cloud computing, CloudSigma, EMC, European cloud, European Space Agency, internet, sap, science cloud, VMware

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