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Mercedes-Benz to Invest $1.3bn to Boost SUV Production in Alabama Plant
Sep 23, 2015Mercedes-Benz said that it would be investing $1.3bn in its Tuscaloosa plant in Alabama to increase production of its next generation SUVs. The investment is expected to allow the company to be more flexible and efficient in the ...
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IBM Is Investing $3bn Over The Next 5 Years to Push The Limits of Chip Technology
Aug 20, 2014IBM is investing $3bn over the next 5 years in two broad research and early-stage development programs to push the limits of chip technology needed to meet the emerging demands of cloud computing and ‘big data’ systems. The ...
Tags: IBM, Big-Data Systems
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Intel Is Now Tuning Chips for Workloads in Big Data
Aug 19, 2013Intel, increasingly customising server chips for customers, is now tuning chips for workloads in big data. Software is becoming an important building block in chip design, and customization will help applications gather, manage and ...
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Cisco Today Unveiled Its Vision for The Next-Generation Data Centre
Jun 27, 2013Cisco today unveiled its vision for the next-generation data centre, which it calls application-centric infrastructure. The networking firm said its architecture aims to transform data centres to better address the demands of new and ...
Tags: Cisco, software, Computer Products
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VMware Collaborated to Make It Easier for Enterprises to Virtualize Big Data Applications
Jun 21, 2013MapR Technologies and VMware have collaborated to make it easier for enterprises to virtualize big data applications and get better support at the same time. The companies have collaborated to certify for VMware's vSphere platform the ...
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Though Red Hat Reported Oracle Revenue Flatlined and Tibco's Sales and Profit Declined
Jun 21, 2013Against a backdrop of market tumult, enterprise software companies this week reported mixed quarterly results. Though Red Hat reported a robust quarter, Oracle revenue flatlined and Tibco's sales and profit declined year over year. ...
Tags: Wall Street, Red Hat, Oracle, Software Vendors
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Google Has Added a New Notification to Its Cloud Storage Service
May 13, 2013Google has added a new notification to its Cloud Storage service, allowing applications to automatically take action when new content is uploaded by users. Normally, applications would have to poll for changes, which can be a resource ...
Tags: Google, Computer Products
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Microsoft Has Released a Number of Enhancements to Windows Azure
Mar 21, 2013Microsoft has released a number of enhancements to Windows Azure that will make it easier to deploy and manage Hadoop clusters and integrate more mobile apps with the cloud platform. To simplify the roll out of big data applications, ...
Tags: Computer Products, Microsoft
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Skytap Is Now Offering Pre-Configured Cloudera Hadoop Templates
Jan 18, 2013To simplify the roll-out of clusters for big data applications, Skytap is now offering pre-configured Cloudera Hadoop templates that can run in the company's public cloud. There is a growing interest in big data using Hadoop, but to even ...
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Paul Maritz Steps Down as CEO of Vmware to Take The Job of Chief Strategist at EMC
Dec 27, 2012Paul Maritz is stepping down as CEO of VMware to take the job of chief strategist at parent company EMC. The chief executive's role will be filled by Pat Gelsinger, currently chief operating officer (COO) at EMC. Paul Maritz ...
Tags: Paul Maritz, VMware, EMC, Pi Corporation.
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A New Low-Power Cloud Server Based on Intel's Upcoming Atom Processor Code-Named Centerton
Dec 25, 2012Quanta QCT on Thursday announced a new low-power cloud server based on Intel's upcoming Atom processor code-named Centerton, and said the server would ship by the end of this year. The Stratos S900-X31A is the second major server to be ...
Tags: Quanta QCT, cloud server, Intel, Atom processor, Centerton
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Paul Maritz Will Step Down From His Role as CEO of VMware
Dec 21, 2012Paul Maritz will step down from his role as CEO of VMware, to be replaced by EMC Chief Operating Officer Pat Gelsinger, EMC confirmed on Tuesday. Maritz will instead become chief strategist of EMC, which is the majority owner of VMware. ...
Tags: Paul Maritz, CEO, VMware, EMC
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The Federal Government Are Gradually Moving Their It Operations to The Cloud in a Shift
Dec 20, 2012In response to a White House mandate, the agencies and departments of the federal government are gradually moving their IT operations to the cloud in a shift that could save billions of dollars, while also raising serious security concerns. ...
Tags: Cloud, White House, federal government, IT operations, security concerns
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Nearly One Year on From The Pound 7.1bn Acquisition, What Is The Future for Autonomy?
Dec 17, 2012Moves to subsume Autonomy into HP have lent an increasing amount of irony to the company’s name, following the departure of founder Mike Lynch and the expansion of its key tools to become add-ons across a much broader range of ...
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Infinera Shows The Potential of Transport SDN
Dec 11, 2012Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical network systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), has announced what it says is the ...
Tags: Infinera, digital optical network, PICs, ESnet, demonstration, SDN OTS