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CIOs bemoan lock-in and the 'false flexibility' of the cloud
Despite the promise of portability from service providers, the reality of the cloud for big customers is a similar type of lock-in as they experience...
Report: Microsoft and Nokia talked acquisition
Microsoft and cellphone maker Nokia were in advanced talks about an acquisition of the Finnish company's device business, but the discussions...
Oracle, IBM to unwrap new Unix server processors at conference
Demand for mainframe and high-performance Unix servers is falling, but a new wave of SPARC and IBM Power chips for the servers will be unwrapped at...
CERN modernizes IT infrastructure with OpenStack and Puppet
CERN is making the infrastructure that handles the data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) more flexible by upgrading it with OpenStack for...
Walmart taking the Chromebook mainstream
Walmart has begun selling the Chromebook in 2,800 of its approximately 4,600 U.S. stores, expanding the reach of this still-on-the-margins platform....
AMD reboots server strategy with first ARM chips
Advanced Micro Devices is building its future server strategy around chips used in smartphones and tablets. The company said its first ARM server...
Samsung mass produces 1.4GB/s PCIe flash cards
Samsung has started mass shipments of its XP941 PCIe flash drive, a card for untra-slim notebooks that delivers a sequential read performance of...
IT morphs as tech and users change
As the consumerization of IT and self-service trends gain momentum, IT's role is changing from technology implementer to technology enabler.
IT isn't going away, says Fox CIO
The next summer blockbuster out of 20th Century Fox might be called "The Incredible Shrinking Data Center."
OpenVMS, R.I.P.: 1977-2020?
Hewlett-Packard looks to end support for OpenVMS, a system long valued for its reliability and break-through features, in 2020.
Apple's Mac move could spur PCIe flash flurry in other notebooks, desktops
With Apple's announcement that it'll bypass a SATA SSD in its Mac Pro and MacBook Air and go straight for the stratosphere of flash with a...
HP adds purpose-built all-flash array to 3Par lineup
Hewlett-Packard will extend its 3Par enterprise storage line into flash-only territory this week, promising to combine higher speed with familiar...
Apple unveils big plans for software, hardware for 2013
Apple product releases may have been few and far between so far in 2013. But if Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on Monday is...
Usability, not 'flat' design, key to Monday's iOS refresh
Apple is expected to debut a revamped iOS on Monday, featuring a "flatter" design that, if not done properly, could be a step backward in...
The key to robust apps and ops: Be your own worst enemy
Webscale pioneers like Netflix, Google, Amazon and Etsy have made a science of breaking their own applications and infrastructure so that they can...
IT departments won't exist in five years
IT departments are quickly becoming consultancies in companies increasingly driven by consumer technology, and the control they once had over tech...
Dell, Oracle form strategic partnership for integrated systems
Dell and Oracle will integrate hardware and software for customers through a strategic partnership, the companies announced on Tuesday.
Dell takes converged systems to small sites with PowerEdge VRTX
Dell has introduced a converged computing, storage and networking system for small and remote offices, the PowerEdge VRTX, saying it will let...
Intel jumps into cloud gaming with first Haswell server chip
Intel is jumping into cloud gaming with the new Xeon E3-1200v3 chips, which are the company's first server processors based on the Haswell...
Hitachi adds Amazon Web Services to cloud lineup in Japan
Hitachi said Monday it will officially support Amazon Web Services as part of its cloud solution offerings, a victory for Amazon over rival Microsoft...
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