Cuts in fiber-optic lines early Thursday at two locations near Silicon Valley shut down two IBM facilities and affected an …
Analysis: Where did Sun go wrong?
Just before the crash of the dot-com boom that spawned the meteoric rise of Sun Microsystems Inc., then-CEO Scott McNealy …
What’s on tap from EMC, VMware?
EMC is promising a look at the “virtual data center of the future” in an announcement scheduled for Tuesday. EMC …
Raising the bar
In 2001, when 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches were introduced, the average per-port cost was $39,000, according to IDC. Today, a …
Google plans fifth birthday present for Gmail users
Google will announce the next step in Gmail's evolution, a new product with “a European multilingual angle,” on Monday. At …
Top 10 technology skills
Amid the worst job market in 25 years, IT is holding steady. Most CIOs are maintaining their current staffing levels; …
Sun chief forges ahead as IBM rumors swirl
In a speech on Wednesday, the CEO of Sun Microsystems Inc. ignored the rumors that the company may be sold …
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 …
Microsoft won’t let companies run Azure on their own systems
Microsoft Corp. said this week that it has no plans — at least for now — to let businesses run …
Force10 fortifies data centers with new switch
Force10 Networks this week unveiled a new line of switch/routers designed to improve the performance, management and cost effectiveness of …
Could IBM be Sun’s savior?
The high-tech rumor mill churned at high speed Wednesday as industry watchers debated the good, the bad and the ugly …
Microsoft to highlight Silverlight 3 technology
Microsoft will tout at the Mix09 conference in Las Vegas this week its planned Silverlight 3 rich Internet application technology …
HP, Microsoft deals aimed at stretching IT Dollars
Looking to make its outsourcing and IT services more affordable in a down economy, Hewlett-Packard Co. last week said it …
Best security questions to ask about SaaS
Security issues have to be clearly examined before diving into software as a service (SaaS), warns Burton Group analyst Eric …
Microsoft: Enterprises will be able to self-host Windows Azure
Future versions of Windows Server will enable companies to efficiently manage and provide virtualized applications through the Web just like …
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 …
Intel introduces Atom chips for new devices
A sluggish economy is a perfect time for slugging it out in the datacenter. That seemed to be Juniper Networks' …
Dell records 48 percent drop in net income
Dell's net income dropped 48 percent for the fourth quarter, the company said Thursday, as it also announced it is …
Network management vendors land hefty venture funding
Venture capital investors continued confidence in management software makers was displayed Wednesday as Apparent Networks and Aveksa separately reported they …
Juniper’s answer to Cisco in the data center: Stratus Project
Juniper said it is partnering with server, storage and software companies to develop a converged data center fabric under a …