Data Center

Read this before you buy another hard drive

Backblaze's unvarnished look at hard drives will likely be refreshed quarterly

Consumer Watchdog files Google+ complaint with FTC

A planned merger of Google+ and Gmail contact lists will allow unsolicited email, the group says

Watch Jimmy Fallon try and shield Bill Gates from his MacBook Pro

On the Jimmy Fallon show last night, viewers were treated to a solid interview with Microsoft founder Bill Gates along with a comical MacBook Pro sleight of hand

China blames Internet outage on hacking attack

Two-thirds of the websites in China were briefly inaccessible on Tuesday

$15B market for “live” SDN by 2018

$30B total potential market for service provider deployments, says ACG

Judge partially dismisses Oracle lawsuit against Solaris support providers

But several other Oracle claims, including for copyright infringement and unfair competition, remain in play

VMware acquires AirWatch to boost mobile device, application management

The company accelerates its client computing push with the addition of AirWatch's tools

Why VMware spent $1.5B on AirWatch

Mobile is big and VMware needs to get out of just virtualization and cloud markets

Gates talks Microsoft CEO search: Nothing to see, move along

Acknowledges urgency in picking Ballmer's replacement

4G Data Service in Cars Offers Amazing Potential, Familiar Challenges