The open-source Postgres database continues to be refined for enterprises: The latest version, released Monday, contains a number of new features and performance enhancements designed to ease professional large-scale usage. "Postgres has ...
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Autonomy founder and former CEO Mike Lynch has written an open letter to HP calling for immediate and specific explanations to the allegations HP has made about the software company. HP bought UK software company Autonomy for $11.7bn in ...
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Box plans to announce a new application for the Windows Phone OS and a partnership with Qualcomm, moves that it hopes will boost adoption of its cloud storage and file-sharing service on mobile devices. The application for Windows Phone ...
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Apple sold more PCs worldwide last quarter -- 21 million -- than any rival, retaking the lead it lost the quarter before, U.K.-based Canalys said yesterday. And because Microsoft lacks a tablet operating system, sales of Windows-powered ...
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Outsourcing services giant Accenture has launched an apprenticeship programme in Newcastle, offering 40 places on the three-year programme over the next 12 months. The first 20 apprentices will start in February 2013, with another 20 ...
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Alexander Zeier, co-designer of SAP's HANA appliance, speaks to Computer Weekly about the evolution of in-memory analytics. Zeier joined Accenture eight weeks ago, having spent the last few years at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of ...
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Dublin Airport Authority will virtualise and automate its CCTV data storage by 2013 for easy retrieval and simplified data management. Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) owns and operates Ireland’s three largest airports in Dublin, Cork ...
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HP is continuing to suffer as a result of Oracle dropping Itanium support while Dell's enterprise strategy gains momentum, according to the latest market data from Gartner. The company posted worldwide server supplier revenue of $3.7bn, ...
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Data protection and encryption firm Credant joins Dell's expanding security portfolio Dell has made yet another security acquisition, snapping up data protection form Credant Technologies for an undisclosed sum. Dell says Credant ...
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HP CEO Meg Whitman has reiterated the company’s commitment to its hardware business in a bid to reassure shareholders over the company’s future. During her keynote speech at HP’s annual Discover conference in Las Vegas ...
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HP has launched a new programme enabling businesses to hire network infrastructure from the company on a pay per use basis. The FlexNetwork Utility Advantage programme will use communications service providers as partners to be the ...
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High-power bursts of light from femtosecond system are being honed for new compact particle accelerators. An ultrafast laser system under development at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL) in California has delivered ...
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For second-quarter 2012, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $136.5m, down 2% on $139.9m last quarter and 48% on $264.8m a year ago. Fiscal ...
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IDG News Service - Chip maker Calxeda has received an investment to the tune of US$55 million to develop low-power server chips with ARM processors, the company is expected to announce on Tuesday. Calxeda makes a chip called EnergyCore ...
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IDG News Service - Advanced Micro Devices renewed its attempt to make an impact in the tablet market, this time with its new dual-core Z-60 chip which the company introduced on Tuesday. Beyond tablets, the new dual-core chip, code-named ...
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