At the Optical Fiber Communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC 2013) in Anaheim (19-21 March), optical solution provider Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd (SEI) introduced its next generation of active optical cables ...
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Intel is taking the first steps to implement thin fiber optics that will use lasers and light as a faster way to move data inside computers, replacing the older and slower electrical wiring technology found in most computers today. ...
Call Center Software automatically monitors and manages regulatory compliance while maximizing efficiency Voicent's Call Center solutions have achieved a new level of sophistication with the addition of a Call Center Rules Engine that ...
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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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New solutions provide complete protection against all kinds of threats with minimum impact on PC performance thanks to their cloud technologies The new Scan Manager scans up to 70 percent faster BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND, September 09, 2012 ...
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Less than 5% of the top 40 antivirus systems are able to detect previously non-cataloged viruses initially, a study has revealed. A test by security firm Imperva, which used more than 80 previously non-catalogued viruses, showed that many ...
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The general availability of Windows Server 2012 today will see Microsoft’s strongest push yet to target VMware users. Microsoft describes the new operating system (OS) – an update to the three-year-old Windows Server 2008 OS ...
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As we've seen in recent years, natural disasters can lead to long-term downtime for organizations. Because earthquakes, hurricanes, snow storms or other events can put data centers and other corporate facilities out of commission for a ...
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Cambridge University is turning to technology developed for computer gaming to help it solve some of the fundamental problems of science. Cambridge University is using chips normally found in computer game consoles to drive cutting-edge ...
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IDG News Service - IBM has teamed with AT&T to offer secure shared cloud services to customers over private networks rather than the public Internet, the companies said Tuesday. The service to be delivered from early next year is targeted ...
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IBM has struck up a partnership with AT&T to offer secure shared cloud services to customers over private networks rather than the public Internet, the companies announced. The service to be delivered from early next year is targeted at ...
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A novel technique based on MapReduce could let hackers hijack computing resources used by cloud-based mobile browsers and use them anonymously, according to security researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of ...
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European IT firm Bull SAS tailor-makes private cloud with security assured The research labs at Bull SAS – the European IT company that helps public sector organisations to optimise their IT architecture – handle development ...
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The University of Cambridge and Imperial College are pooling their resources to create a high-performance computing (HPC) service that will offer some of the UK’s fastest computer resources to industry through the cloud. The ...
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When economic times are hard there is always pressure on budgets in every area of business operations. Indeed justifying any spend at all has become subject to ever more intense scrutiny and in IT this has been reflected by vendors ...
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