The company says SmartDataCenter is currently utilized by many customers on Joyent’s public cloud, JoyentCloud.com, and in Dell Data Center Solutions. – Cloud system software maker Joyent Jan. 19 introduced a new version of what
it calls its cloud operating system, SmartDataCenter 6, an integrated suite of
software and services for enterprises and service providers to launch and
maintain public, private and hybrid clouds.
The company said Smar…
AMD is rolling out its G-Series APUs aimed at the highly competitive embedded market. The new APUs, which offer CPU and graphics on the same die, are similar to ones launched at CES for notebooks. – Advanced Micro Devices is taking the wrapping off its first Fusion accelerate processing units for the embedded market.
AMD launched the G-Series Jan. 19, just weeks
after unveiling its first Fusion processors for consumer PCs at the
2011 Consumer Electronics Show. Like those processors, the G-Se…
MegaPath expanded its managed security services to give customers the choice of having cloud-based security or to host their own equipment. – MegaPath announced on Jan. 10 a new managed security as a
service offering, which can be entirely cloud-based, on-premise, or a mix of
both.
Customers can decide whether to have the complete managed
solution delivered from the cloud, have the equipment on-premises, or have a
hybrid of cloud and…
Oracle and SAP might have battled it out in court over intellectual property, but Oracle still sees value in releasing an analytics application for businesses SAP data. – Oracle and SAP may have fought each other bitterly in court
during 2010s final months, but that hasnt stopped Oracle from introducing Oracle
Financial Analytics for SAP.
A module of the Oracle BI (Business Intelligence) Applications family, the platform allows executives and other financially-min…
The TS-419U+ supports iSCSI target service with thin provisioning, dual Gigabit LAN ports and load-balancing. – Server, video surveillance and network-based media player
manufacturer QNAP Systems announced the expansion of its Turbo NAS
lineup with the addition of the TS-419U+ rack-mounted NAS server
targeted specifically at the small to medium-size business and
workgroup market segments. The TS-419U+ f…
Cisco’s new Catalyst 3560-C and 2960-C switches are designed to make it easier for enterprises and SMBs to take their switches out of the wiring closet. – Cisco Systems is rolling out new members to its Catalyst Ethernet switch
family designed for situations where space, wiring or power is a concern.
The
Catalyst 3560-C and 2960-C Compact Series are intended to bring
high-performance networking capabilities out of the wiring closet and closer to
…
National Retail Federation Convention, New York, Jan. 10, 2011– Intel Corporation today unveiled its Connected Store concept, a two-story, 2,400 square-foot futuristic retail storefront equipped with the latest technology for the retail and digital signage market segments.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday dedicated the second Power Reactor Reprocessing Plant at Tarapur here, calling it “a significant milestone in India’s three-stage indigenous nuclear programme”. “I am delighted to be present at the historic occasion of the commissioning,” Manmohan Singh said at a function in Tarapur, around 100 km north of Mumbai. Recalling the [...]
Updates in the products include Intel’s Atom D510 dual-core processors, USB 3.0 connectivity, and several new business-class features. –
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and direct-attached storage maker Buffalo Technology Jan. 6 released a new line
of relatively low-cost, terabyte-capacity des…
Among Acers newest notebooks are its highest-performing Aspire ever, with an Intel Core i7 processor and a 20 percent performance gain. – Acer, the worlds second-largest PC maker, introduced four
mobile PCs at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), covering a
range of consumer tastes. At the highest end is the Aspire AS8950G-9839
which may better stick in the memory as the highest performing
model in Acers flagship Aspire n…
The 310 Series drives are about one-eighth the size of a standard Intel X25 NAND flash SSD, yet they can hold up to 80GB of data. – Intel on Dec. 29 launched a new set of mini-sized solid-state drives
for dual-drive notebooks, tablet PCs and enbedded applications that the
company claims provide performance as high as its larger SSDs.
The 310 Series drives are sized at a mere 51mm-by-30mm and 5mm thick,
about one-eighth the…
Microsoft has started a beta program for its Dryad technology, its answer to Google MapReduce. – Microsoft has launched a beta program for its Dryad
Project, a set of technologies aimed at answering enterprise needs
around large data sets.
The company recently unveiled Community Technology Previews (CTPs)
of Dryad, DSC and DryadLINQ, technologies meant to support
data-intensive applica…
Seagate’s Constellation.2, a 1TB hard disk drive for storage arrays and enterprise data centers, will be shipped in Dell systems at the end of the month. – Seagate introduced on Dec. 13 the Constellation.2, a 1TB
hard disk drive designed for enterprise server storage applications.
The 2.5-inch hard disk drives are intended for a variety
of storage environments, including direct attached storage, network attached
storage and storage area network s…
New features in Version 7 include automated cost optimization and cost-modeling capabilities. – Software-as-a-service IT financial management specialist Digital Fuel
unveiled Version 7 of its IT financial management platform, enabling teams to
collaborate in budgeting, planning and cost optimization. The platform is a set
of SAAS business applications that automate processes for IT business…
Salesforce.com unveiled Database.com, a standalone cloud database for IT pros creating applications, increasing its competition with Oracle and Microsoft. – Salesforce.com is using its annual Dreamforce conference to
unveil Database.com, its new standalone cloud database for IT pros creating
applications. The company claims that developers for nearly any device and
platform will be able to leverage Database.coms features, even for
applications using…
Motorola introduced the MC55A0, a rugged mobile computer for vertical markets such as health care and government. It supports data and voice over WiFi, plus PTT. – Motorola Solutions is introducing the MC55A0, a WiFi-enabled enterprise handheld that the company is calling the industrys most rugged. Designed for customer-facing applications, outfitted with government-grade security features and able to withstand 1,000 tumbles in a rotating tumble drum, the devi…
The ZXP Series 3, offers a printing platform for the secure issuance of ID cards, gift cards and financial cards. – Zebra Technologies Corp., a provider of specialty printing and automatic identification solutions, announced the ZXP Series 3 card printer, which the company said would be available in the first quarter of 2011. The ZXP Series 3 extends Zebras Card printer product line with a model that is designed …
