Irish multinational drug maker United Drug has implemented Silver Peak WAN optimisation devices that have improved application performance, upgraded disaster recovery provision and saved on bandwidth costs to the tune of €30,000 per ...
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Java's recent security woes are not scaring off developers, who don't see Java as any more vulnerable than any other platform. "There's nothing fundamentally wrong with Java," says Gonzalo Diethelm, in charge of architecture and development ...
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The iPhone 5 smartphone has the A6 CPU, which industry experts say is the first in a line of many upcoming Apple custom processors that will better balance performance with battery life in iPhones and iPads. The custom-designed A6 core is ...
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This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach. Software-defined networking (SDN) is emerging as an alternative to ...
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While several of the largest storage vendors, such as EMC, Hewlett-Packard and NetApp, have entered into agreements with server, software and networking vendors to offer bundled products, purpose-built products are just beginning to emerge. ...
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IBM and its partner, Hands-on Systems have deployed the Flex System for retailer, Harris Farm Markets. The system will help the retailer reduce IT costs and complexity as well as support its business growth. The IBM Flex System ...
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Enterprises that use Internet services in Asia for branch office connectivity continue to report latency issues. We outline what enterprises must do to minimize Internet latency and optimize application performance. Common mistakes ...
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Alcatel-Lucent’s enterprise division this week jumped into the SDN market with a strategy to fortify products to enhance network programmability and virtualisation. The company is augmenting its Application Fluent Network strategy ...
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StorIT has announced a strategic new distributor partnership agreement with Mellanox Technologies, a supplier of high-performance, end-to-end interconnect solutions for data centre servers and storage systems. The new alliance positions ...
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Oracle is planning to broaden the footprint of its cloud software portfolio with seven new services covering developer team services, analytics, collaboration and other areas, Executive Vice President of Product Development Thomas Kurian ...
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Aruba Networks today announced a new wireless LAN platform built to tackle to influx of mobile applications. According to ABI Research, over 9 billion Wi-Fi enabled devices have been shipped since 2009, and Gartner predicts mobile ...
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Brocade has announced a its new switching platform, the Brocade VDX 8770 Switch, along with VCS Fabric technology enhancements in the hope of taking data centre network simplicity, efficiency and resiliency to a new scale. The Brocade VDX ...
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Brocade today announced support for Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Server 2012 server operating system across all product lines, including the company’s Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) and Ethernet fabric solutions. ...
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The final specification of DDR4 DRAM, which will help PCs run faster through more power-efficient data transfers, was published Tuesday. DDR4 memory shuffles data faster than DDR3 memory, which is in most new computers available today. ...
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SAP has turned heads in recent years with a number of high-profile acquisitions, scooping up SuccessFactors, Sybase and Ariba for more than US$13 billion collectively. But company executives also maintain they intend to increase revenues ...
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