Chip designer ARM has unveiled a new series of 64-bit microprocessors intended to drive the company into the server market. The launch comes a day after Intel's rival in desktop and server computing microprocessors, AMD, revealed its plans ...
Tags: Arm Unveils, microprocessors, ARM-based
Computerworld-Intel researchers are working on a 48-core processor for smartphones and tablets,but it could be five to 10 years before it hits the market. "If we're going to have this technology in five to 10 years,we could finally do ...
Tags: Intel, Chip, Smartphones, Tablets
German office supplies manufacturer Sigel GmbH used storage virtualisation to improve the performance of its VMware-based virtual servers and its Oracle database systems. Sigel also cut costs with its storage hypervisor technology. ...
Tags: Sigel GmbH, office supplies, virtual servers, Oracle database systems
The new version of the Splunk machine data search engine comes with a distributed indexing technology that could save storage costs for those customers running the software as a high-availability service. "The data that is being collected ...
Tags: Splunk, search engine, third-party applications, data
Fujitsu has announced a partnership with Violin Memory to incorporate the Silicon Valley firm's solid state drives (SSDs) into its storage arrays. The Violin 6000 system will be stocked solely with flash storage, offering a high ...
Tags: Fujitsu, Violin Memory, solid state drives, storage arrays, flash storage
Cheshire Constabulary has adopted software from SolarWinds to monitor and track the performance of its IT systems across the county. The police force has headquarters in Winsford, between Manchester and Liverpool, and serves almost one ...
Tags: software, SolarWinds, IT systems, monitoring and management system
IDG News Service-The U.S.Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory on Monday completed the deployment of a 20-petaflop supercomputer called Titan,which the lab hopes will give the U.S.an edge over China and Japan in the race to ...
Tags: U.S.supercomputing, 20-petaflop Titan, U.S.DOE, ORNL
IDG News Service-In a bid to help large businesses create and manage snapshots of application data across sprawling enterprise environments,CommVault is releasing the snapshot component of its Simpana suite as a standalone product. The ...
Tags: IntelliSnap software, CommVault, Simpana IntelliSnap Recovery Manager
Cost pressures and the rise of cloud computing have led many businesses to turn to lower-cost virtual environments on premise and in the cloud, but a lack of expertise and experience may be exposing these organisations to unnecessary ...
Tags: cloud computing, virtual server, physical server, physical networks
The growing use of virtualisation has really helped many organisations. Not only have the average utilisation rates of servers and storage improved, but the use of applications and other software packaged ready for installation – ...
Tags: servers, storage, applications, software, virtual machines, virtual images
UK-S+H Technical's new 12 mm lightweight LED screen made its touring debut on the recent Kim Wilde European tour,specified by lighting and visual designer Ian Holmes. The Devon,UK based drapes,starcloth,LED and visual effects specialist ...
Tags: UK, LED screen, HD media, S+H Technical
Computerworld-The financial services sector in New York City and New Jersey are dusting off disaster recovery plans and bracing for a storm that could bring 80 m.p.h.-plus winds and major flooding. Hurricane Sandy could not have been ...
Tags: financial services sector, Hurricane Sandy, tracking services
Computerworld-In the biggest data compromise of the year,Social Security Numbers(SSN)belonging to about 3.6 million residents in South Carolina have been exposed in an intrusion into a computer at the state's Department of Revenue. ...
Tags: credit card, debit card, SSNs
Express mail and logistics provider Crossflight sees cloud storage as positive for well-defined services like CRM and email,but less so for more complex,bespoke applications. The firm expressed the view following a deal with EMC to drive ...
Tags: Crossflight, public cloud, bespoke applications, cloud storage
Computerworld-There will be a sea change in the non-volatile memory(NVM)market over the next five years,with more dense and reliable technologies challenging dominant NAND flash memory now used in solid-state drives(SSD)and embedded in ...
Tags: Non-Volatile Memory, software, flash memory, SSD