Announcements from four vendors this week highlight a growing trend in data center networking: the rapid uptake of 10 Gigabit …
VMware vows to overhaul data center with “cloud operating system”
VMware has unveiled vSphere, the long awaited overhaul of its core virtualization platform which is designed to aggregate the virtual …
Rising data-loading speeds may be leaving most BI users behind
One of the more prosaic parts of data warehousing is getting information into a warehouse in the first place. Vendors …
New processor technology promises big boost to consumer-grade SSDs
SandForce Inc. announced today a new family of solid-state disk (SSD) processors that the company claims will allow lower-cost, commodity …
MySQL could enable IBM to take over the database market
IBM's proposal to acquire Sun Microsystems Inc. may, for now, be off the table. But several experts say IBM should …
Conficker on April 1st: Eve of destruction or big joke?
Security experts say Conficker.C (also called Downadup) presents a serious threat. Infected machines — said to number from 3 million …
Latest cloud storage hiccups prompts data security questions
The pitch from providers of hosted storage services sounds enticing. Instead of what these providers call the inherent risks in …
Slacker databases break all the old rules
So you've got some data to store. In the past, the answer was simple: Hook up an official database, pour …
Oracle offers scaled-down version of Database Machine
Citing customer demand, Oracle Corp. has unveiled a half-size version of the HP Oracle Database Machine, its competitor to high-end …
Measuring data center efficiency easier said than done
Containing the cost of powering the data center is one of the chief priorities for many IT and facilities professionals. …
Cisco’s data-center push holds promise, perils
Cisco Systems' move into the heart of data centers, expected to be laid out at an event next Monday, holds …
Data storage only technology to see increased spending this year: Survey
The results of a survey of about 450 technology professionals released today found that of 26 technology categories, data storage …
Visa: New payment-processor data breach not so new after all
Days after Visa Inc. seemingly confirmed that a data breach had taken place at a third payment processor, following on …
Microsoft has big growth plans even as economy limps
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts Monday that the weak economy and declining PC sales would continue to challenge …
Seagate sees datacenter power, SSDs as future priorities
While short on specific details, CEO Stephen Luczo said the company believes it has a competitive advantage with the issue. …
Sun says its new data center will save $1 million a year
Sun Microsystems Inc. has unveiled a new data center in Broomfield, Colo., the result of the largest — and greenest …
Scientists claim big leap in nanoscale storage
Nanotechnology researchers say they have achieved a breakthrough that could fit the contents of 250 DVDs on a coin-sized surface …
NAS devices offer big storage on small networks
We are collecting and keeping more information today than ever before. Whether it's video, pictures, music, or just plain old …
IBM leads IT out of the data center
IBM plans to help customers broaden IT's reach beyond the data center and into managing physical environments, cloud services and …
Cisco: Mobile data traffic to grow 66-fold by 2013
Cisco predicts that the biggest driver for the traffic increase will come from video traffic, which will account for roughly …