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  • Apple iPhone app manages mainframe

    Network management vendor William Data Systems says it has created an iPhone app that lets users manage IBM's z/OS mainframe environment.

    Written by Michael Cooney01 Oct. 10 06:44
  • Four things RIM PlayBook got right

    Research in Motion has apparently learned some lessons after the underwhelming response the company received to its BlackBerry Torch smartphone.

    Written by Brad Reed29 Sept. 10 04:11
  • Cisco expects BlackBerry PlayBook tablet to do well

    Cisco expects RIM's new BlackBerry PlayBook to do well among businesses moving toward tablets, and help to augment customer demand for Cisco's WebEx service and Unified Communications Manager platforms.

    Written by Tim Greene29 Sept. 10 02:35
  • HP replaces its Cisco core

    Staying true to its <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/041910-hp-3com-networking.html">word</a>, HP this week said it has replaced Cisco and other "non-HP" networking gear with its own in all six of its worldwide internal data centers.

    Written by Jim Duffy29 Sept. 10 04:12
  • Gartner: 1 in 4 server workloads will be virtual by year-end

    Gartner says one out of every four server workloads will be in a virtual machine by the end of 2010, and that enterprises should attempt to double or triple the size of their virtualization deployments.

    Written by Jon Brodkin28 Sept. 10 04:10
  • HP completes $US2.35 billion 3Par merger

    HP has completed its $2.35 billion merger with 3Par, just weeks after thwarting rival Dell in a bidding war for the storage vendor, HP announced Monday. 

    Written by Jon Brodkin28 Sept. 10 04:10
  • CIOs say they're hiring again

    The technology employment outlook is slowly starting to improve, but the uptick in hiring has been modest and hasn't come close to making up for the IT jobs lost during the economic downturn of the past couple of years.

    Written by Patrick Thibodeau27 Sept. 10 20:08
  • U.S. military takes cloud computing to Afghanistan

    TAMPA -- The U.S. military is taking cloud computing into rugged terrain in Afghanistan, where according to Lt. Gen. Richard Zahner, the basic hardware and software technology is being packed into mobile boxes that later this year will start to play a key role in networking for soldiers in the sky and on the ground.

    Written by Ellen Messmer24 Sept. 10 03:09
  • Microsoft closes Windows Intune cloud management beta

    Microsoft's Windows Intune cloud-based PC management service is proving to be quite popular. When Microsoft opened beta trials, it took only 24 hours to hit the self-imposed limit of 1,000 beta testers.

    Written by Jon Brodkin22 Sept. 10 02:09
  • Microsoft's HPC server harnesses power of idle Windows 7 desktops

    Microsoft made its latest Windows HPC Server software available Monday, saying new features that integrate with Excel workbooks and harness the power of idle Windows 7 desktops will expand the reach of high-performance computing to smaller customers.

    Written by Jon Brodkin21 Sept. 10 06:26
  • Galaxy Tab more bad news for laptops, netbooks

    Samsung USA's introduction of its Android-based Galaxy Tab tablets at an event in New York City Thursday put both Apple on notice that the iPad has a new competitor and laptop makers in general on notice that a new alternative will soon be in town.

    Written by Network World staff18 Sept. 10 06:16
  • STEC releases faster SSDs for data centers

    STEC Corp. on Tuesday released its highest endurance and performance solid-state drive (SSD) family to date. The drives are aimed at enterprise-class servers that can handle up to 30,000 I/O per second and have more than a five-year lifespan.

    Written by Lucas Mearian15 Sept. 10 06:03
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