Data Center

Oracle ups memory, storage of Exalytics analytics appliance

Version X3-4 doubles the RAM, adds flash and boosts disk capacity

Dual-OS hybrid tablets create challenges for IT

20,000 robots are on the job in Foxconn factories

HP plans to close the book on OpenVMS in 2020

Some data center operators take their chances with floods

Climate change is causing some IT leaders to consider relocating, or at least hardening, their facilities.

Pixar, Lucasfilm said to settle employee no-poaching lawsuit

The two companies are said to have arrived at a settlement with a proposed technical class of employees

Microsoft chops Surface RT price to $349

One Microsoft bull urges consumers to take a pass, even at that price

Unix: Chopping up CSV files

CSV (comma-separated values) files represent a common standard for transmitting data between applications. Like the more generic "flat files", each line in a CSV file represents a record. Exporting or importing data from and to applications such as

AT&T to acquire prepaid mobile carrier Leap Wireless

The company's Cricket service has 5 million subscribers

‘Superman’ crystals could store 360TB of data forever

Data can be kept in crystals that can resist temperatures of 1,000°C