IDG News Service-BBVA Compass,the U.S.subsidiary of the Madrid-based Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria banking group,is modernizing its core IT banking infrastructure,making it one of the first banks in the U.S.to offer real-time processing ...
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Businesses that want to trade in their old systems for new IT should consider moving to open source first before thinking about a proprietary system, according to a report commissioned by transaction processing services provider Amadeus IT ...
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IDG News Service - Oracle is updating its widely used open source MySQL database, and a range of associated products, in order to meet the increasing demands of Web users. In the past decade, "The Web has transitioned from just serving ...
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To break its slump in the server market, Advanced Micro Devices is embarking on an aggressive strategy that calls for ARM and x86 chips by 2014 and continued improvements to its Opteron line in the meantime. The company on Tuesday ...
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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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Making good on the flash strategy it announced in August, Hitachi Data Systems has unveiled its first flash module, a 1.6TB SAS-interface flash card. Three months ago, HDS lifted the covers on its flash strategy saying that like EMC, it ...
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In a move to speed online transaction processing (OLTP), Microsoft is adding in-memory capabilities into its SQL Server relational database management system. The next version of SQL Server will feature the ability to host database tables ...
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Oracle on Monday gave attendees of the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco a deeper look at its new 12c database and Exadata X3 machine, which were initially announced Sunday by CEO Larry Ellison . The key feature of 12c, which is set ...
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Hewlett-Packard's new four-socket blade and rack servers for virtualized environments will provide more processing cores and memory in a tighter space so that virtual machines can be deployed more quickly, the company said on Tuesday. The ...
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Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has announced the availability of the Hitachi Accelerated Flash storage module for its enterprise SAN Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) systems. Hitachi Accelerated Flash storage module is the first hardware ...
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Dell has announced an upgrade to its Dell Compellent Storage Center SAN operating system (OS) that nudges the array into enterprise SAN territory. The company also said changes to the Storage Center OS laid the ground for all-flash arrays ...
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In a move to speed online transaction processing (OLTP), Microsoft is adding in-memory capabilities into its SQL Server relational database management system. The next version of SQL Server will feature the ability to host database tables ...
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Meta Byte today announced a partnership with Fusion-io, the world’s fastest server and application acceleration solution provider to increase the speed of the enterprises in the Middle East region. Meta Byte Technologies ...
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IBM has expanded its PureSystems line of pre-integrated systems to include new models to handle business analysis and online transaction processing. The PureData systems have been assembled to excel at three common tasks within enterprise ...
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An official document containing policies and pledges for customers of Oracle's cloud services reveals that many aspects fall in line with industry standards, while others may prompt cause for worry among customers, according to analysts. ...
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