As the most influential Web company gets closer to throwing its hat into the social networking ring, there has to …
Top Microsoft execs outline 2010 challenges
Microsoft's server and tools business in the coming year will focus on gaining ground in the high-end database and server …
Dell agrees to buy Perot Systems for $3.9
Dell has agreed to buy Perot Systems for around $3.9 billion in cash and intends to make the company its …
10G Ethernet shakes net design to the core
The emergence of 10 Gigabit Ethernet, virtualization and unified switching fabrics is ushering in a major shift in data center …
Google Chrome 3.0 gains zip, style
Google launched Version 3 of its Chrome Web browser, which keeps the pressure on competing tools by boosting JavaScript performance …
Can mainframe use really grow?
Some industry observers still like to kick dents in the mainframe saying it’s not the corporate platform of the future …
Google helps users jump ship to rival Web services
In a move that flouts common business logic, Google is making it as easy as possible for people to migrate …
Juniper invests in data center switch vendor Blade
The amount Juniper invested in Blade's $10 million B round of funding was not disclosed. Privately held Blade has accumulated …
The high cost of wide area networking
Given the combination of the economic malaise and the sensationalism that surrounds topics such as cloud computing and server virtualization, …
The Linux Foundation's grand new ambitions for Linux
Like a fervent preacher appearing before his flock, Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin emphasized benefits and potential for the …
Red Hat releases first KVM support with RHEL 5.4
Red Hat for the first time included KVM hypervisor technology in a release of its Enterprise Linux operating system, kicking …
Cisco UCS, Nexus 1000 virtual switches power VMworld labs but suffer glitches
A year after introducing the Nexus 1000 virtual switch, Cisco is using that switch and its unified computing system servers …
EMC to resell VMware management software
EMC will resell virtualization management software from VMware alongside its own Ionix management platform in an expanded partnership aimed at …
The new face of virtualization
From its genesis in x86-based servers, virtualization technology has spread rapidly into storage and the network. Today, it's at your …
A pioneering spirit
MEEZA, a Qatar Foundation joint venture, was founded as recently as in 2008 in Qatar but is rapidly building up …
VC industry hasn't hit bottom yet, says longtime VC
It may seem like the worst of times for tech companies trying to secure investments from venture capital firms, but …
High-end clustering tool is reworked for the enterprise
A company that develops workload management tools for high-performance clusters is bringing its products to the commercial data center, where …
Apple-Google dustup: winners and losers
When Apple announced today that Google CEO Eric Schmidt is resigning from Apple's board, the blogosphere let out a collective …
Unified communications and the need for visibility
It is been quite ofetn discussed that how Software as a Service (SaaS) and cloud computing are driving the need …
Google defends Google Apps security
Google Inc. this week came swinging at critics who have cited privacy and security concerns in calling on the city …