Computerworld - Hoping to speed online transaction processing, Microsoft is adding in-memory features to its SQL Server relational database manager. The next version of SQL Server will allow users to host database tables, or even entire ...
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Computerworld-Intel CEO Paul Otellini is getting ready to leave the company,and analysts say this could be a good change for the world's largest chip maker. Intel announced on Monday that Otellini,62,will retire in May after nearly four ...
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IDG News Service - In a move aimed at strengthening its ability to offer converged systems, Dell has acquired infrastructure automation software provider Gale Technologies. Dell will fold the company's technologies into a newly formed ...
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IDG News Service-SharePoint's new application development model has piqued the interest of ISVs and enterprise developers who create applications for Microsoft's enterprise collaboration server. The new platform,consistent with Web ...
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Computerworld - Email is at the center of the scandal that brought down CIA Director David Petraeus, one of the country's most decorated generals. The incident, which has shined a spotlight on cyber harassment, online privacy and digital ...
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Network World-Four things are clear from Ciscos better-than-expected Q1 FY 2013 results: Ciscos resolve to become the No.1 vendor in IT Collaboration and TelePresence remain challenging product areas for the company Europe and the public ...
SAP has developed an update for its HANA in-memory database that will enable it to"power mission-critical transactional and analytical applications in one platform,"the vendor announced Wednesday during the Tech Ed and Sapphire conferences ...
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Just two weeks after revealing its plans for adopting ARM for low-power server technology,chip designer AMD has put itself up for sale–with a slew of industry companies,including Intel,Google,Samsung and Facebook–mentioned as ...
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HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) plans to consolidate its data warehousing estate in a bid to cut costs and improve its effectiveness. It will create a consolidated data warehouse to support its burgeoning range of business intelligence ...
NetApp has claimed sales of its FlexPod integrated storage,server and networking stacks grew nearly 1,000%in a year. In a presentation at the NetApp Insight partner event in Dublin,product solutions and alliances director John Rollason ...
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Microsoft today patched 19 vulnerabilities in Windows,Internet Explorer 9(IE9),Excel and the.Net development framework,including four flaws in the just-released Windows 8 and its tablet spin-off Windows RT. Of Tuesday's six security ...
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Icann, the organisation that manages internet protocol numbers and the domain name system root, is hosting its first internet root server system in Scotland in a 100-rack datacentre in Dundee from IT provider brightsolid online technology. ...
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Big Switch Networks today unveiled its first software defined networking(SDN)products. Founded in 2010 in Palo Alto,the company has been developing its systems for two and a half years,beta testing them with companies such as Goldman ...
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IDG News Service-Microsoft has started to adopt some key software development practices from Yammer,the ESN(enterprise social networking)vendor it acquired several months ago. Specifically,Microsoft sees great value in the way Yammer ...
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When customers buy Microsoft SQL Server 2008 retail products, they will receive a free tablet. Depending on order size, customers will have their choice of one of the following: iPad Mini, Microsoft Surface, Google Nexus 7, or Amazon Kindle ...
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