Data Centers
Data centers are being reinvented via virtualization, servers with better performance per watt and the increasingly popularity of cloud computing. Key vendors such as Cisco, EMC, HP, IBM, VMware and others are all pushing to make the data center more efficient. Who will be the leader in next-gen data centers?
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Oracle's second quarter earnings were strong, revenue was light and the hardware business continues to struggle overall. CEO Larry Ellison calls Sun purchase "most strategic" deal the company has made.
Oracle's second quarter: Cloud offerings, engineered systems at odds
Oracle's second quarter is likely to be in line with expectations, but analysts are starting to wonder if the company's efforts to sell cloud software conflict with its engineered systems.
Google hires Kurzweil: A look at the returns
Hiring Ray Kurzweil will have implications far beyond the fun projects at Google. His machine learning knowhow could impact networks, data centers and algorithms too.
For Mac server users, desperation is the mother of invention
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Sandisk launches VC fund, focuses on enterprise storage
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