The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the 2013 recipients of the Institute Honor Awards, the profession’s highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interior architecture and urban ...
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Computerworld-NetApp and Cisco this week revealed ExpressPod,a new converged infrastructure for small and medium-sized businesses(SMBs)based on its predecessor,FlexPod. ExpressPod follows two previous iterations of the pre-configured ...
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It's arguable that two key things have driven developments in storage this year; server/desktop virtualisation and the relentless expansion of data. The first of these has led to real changes, namely the growth of flash in the datacentre. ...
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New collaboration brings greater social data coverage to research, education, and commercial users. Texifter, a text analytics start-up, is launching access to two new major blog data streams as part of its collaboration with Columbia ...
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While SQL Server 2008 was little more than a service-pack level upgrade, the 2012 version of Microsoft's database has a boatload of new features and delivers solid performance improvements. Microsoft's 10 biggest buys Microsoft System ...
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Clustered NAS capability is a major event theme for NetApp at its Insight partner event in Dublin this week, but very few customers have switched to the true clustering capability that debuted in version 8.1.1 of its Data ONTAP operating ...
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IBM and Oracle shared more details this week about new RISC chips they're building for server customers, the Power7+ in the case of IBM and the T5 for Oracle. The Unix server market continues to contract as x86-based systems gain more ...
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IBM and Oracle revealed more details this week about new RISC chips they’re building for server customers, the Power7+ in the case of IBM and the T5 for Oracle. The Unix server market continues to contract as x86-based systems gain ...
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Start-up Nimble Storage announced new, scalable flash storage arrays with a range of performance and storage shelves. The new products are designed to offer easy-to-deploy storage clustering and are being marketed for use in ...
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LED manufacturers invested heavily in production equipment in 2010–2011, driven primarily by demand for backlighting for flat panel displays in TVs and computers. Although this driver has moderated and there is currently an oversupply ...
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Eyeing greater use of the open source Postgres database in the cloud,hosting provider Open Hosting has launched a service that allows users to run an automated cluster of PostGres databases on the company's own servers. The company has ...
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The researchers studied clusters of solar installations throughout California from January 2001 to December 2011 and found that residents of a particular zip code are more likely to install solar panels if they already exist in that zip ...
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IBM and Orace reveal their new RISC chips IBM and Oracle unveiled their respective Power7+ and T5 RISC chips for servers at Hot Chips 2012 symposium in the US. Expected to be released by the end of 2012, IBM's new, eight-core Power7+, ...
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Speech by the Commander of XPCC Established in 1954, undertaking responsibilities of guarding the frontier and cultivating the frontier areas entrusted by the state, XPCC is a special social organization implementing direct planning by ...
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An unusual new LED downlight fitting from Flos combines desirable beam characteristics with flexible aesthetic detailing through the use of acrylic 'pipes'. Peter Stuart sees BDP's Mark Ridler put it through a bench test ...