Intel has released its own Apache Hadoop distribution as the firm looks to extend its reach in the big data market. Apache Hadoop is an open source framework that specialises in running data applications on large hardware clusters. ...
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SAP consultancy G3 Global has completed a cash-funded acquisition of former 2e2 company Diagonal Consulting. Diagonal was founded in 1986. It is a systems integrator that provides SAP implementation and consulting services for customers ...
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Southeastern Asset Management, Dell's biggest external shareholder, has written a letter to Dell's board of directors to express its "extreme disappointment" at the company's $24.4bn (£15.54bn) buyout deal, claiming that it "grossly ...
The datacentre business of bankrupt 2e2 has been acquired by Oakley Capital Private Equity in an eleventh hour deal. The acquisition will save existing users from either having to pay up to keep the datacentre going or migrating to an ...
Semi-conductor giant Intel has invested about $6.5m (£4.1m) in software-defined networking (SDN) firm Big Switch Networks, as it looks to diversify its portfolio away from PCs and servers. The investment by Intel comes in Big ...
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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has refused to "confirm or deny" whether it is investigating bankrupt systems integrator 2e2, after Computing asked the regulator whether it had been called in to investigate the defunct company. The ...
The administrators of bankrupt 2e2 have demanded upfront cash payments from 2e2 datacentre customers to keep the facilities open and operating. Users have until 5pm today to pledge funds to the administrators, who are seeking £960,000 ...
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Virgin Media Business has today signed a contract to deliver a public services network (PSN) to councils and other public-sector bodies in Yorkshire and Humberside. Essex County Council awards 81m PSN contract PSN contracts need to be ...
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VMware has bucked recent hiring trends in the tech sector by announcing 900 job losses, despite unveiling a three per cent rise in 2012 income to $746m (£475m), while revenue rose 22 per cent to $4.61bn (£2.94bn). The ...
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Dell is said to be close to being bought out for about $24bn (£15.1bn) as the crisis amid PC makers takes its toll on one of the world's largest technology firms. The company, which has switched its focus from producing PCs to ...
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Intel's sales and profits have slumped as the world's biggest computer chip manufacturer feels the impact of a decline in PC sales. The company's fourth quarter report shows year-on-year net income fell 27 per cent to $2.5bn, ...
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Data network managers are realising they need to find smarter ways to improve performance,but the addition of more hardware such as servers,switches and processor cores is unsustainable,writes Troy Bailey,director of marketing,LSI The ...
All thanks to deal with Vormetric Virtustream, a cloud software and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) provider, has added software-based 'data at rest' encryption to its cloud services portfolio through a partnership with Vormetric, a ...
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Retailers have had another rocky year with more high street closures piling up, while online spend continued to enjoy double digit growth. As consumer spending remained stagnant, companies looked to their digital channels to bolster sales. ...
Virsto Software has announced version 2.0 of its virtual machine storage traffic logging software product. The upgrade brings the ability to benefit from high availability capabilities in enterprise virtual machine storage environments so ...