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Virtualization - AMD Loses Share

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EDT

According to Mercury Research by way of Lehman Brothers AMD lost share in both desktops and notebooks in Q2 measured in both units and revenue. Intel was up two points to 87.5% in notebook units aided and abetted by AMD's slower-than-expected Puma ramp, which took 6% off of AMD's notebook units while Intel's pushed up 11%.

IntelliJ IDEAL Plugin Contest Winners Announced

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:00:00 EST

JetBrains recently sponsored a plugin contest with over $25,000 in prizes (including cash and software licenses). IntelliJ IDEA has inspired many Java developers to write plug-ins from J2EE and code editing tools to games. Now it has a robust plugin ecosystem with 355 available plugins and new ones appearing nearly every week. Efforts by community members and others who have made the smart and intelligent IDE even more intelligent and smart through their plug-ins.

Terracotta's Move to Open Source JVM Software Receives Support From OSS Community

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 03:00:00 EST

A growing number of popular open source software companies and projects are backing Terracotta's move to open source its Java Virtual Machine (JVM) clustering software. Leading contributors to Spring, Geronimo, Tomcat and others stepped forward to support Terracotta's new open source clustering project, further validating the company's plan to open source its code.

Terracotta’s Move to Open Source JVM Software Receives Support From OSS Community

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 03:00:00 EST

A growing number of popular open source software companies and projects are backing Terracotta’s move to open source its Java Virtual Machine (JVM) clustering software. Leading contributors to Spring, Geronimo, Tomcat and others stepped forward to support Terracotta’s new open source clustering project, further validating the company’s plan to open source its code.

SEO/SEM Journal: Rates Technology Inc. (RTI) Sues Google

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 22:00:00 EST

Rates Technology Inc. (RTI), a company 'with a patent portfolio currently being used to persuade VoIP equipment and service vendors to pay a fee in exchange for protection from a patent infringement lawsuit,' according to telephony commentator Rich Tehrani, is suing Google in its latest action against a host of companies that are perceived to be infringing upon RTI patents.

Provider of BI and BPM Services to Sun Microsystems, InfoSTEP to Have Offshore Facility at Hyderabad

Fri, 25 Nov 2005 13:45:00 EST

InfoSTEP, a leading provider of Business Intelligence and Corporate Governance solutions announced its worldwide expansion plans by setting up an offshore facility at Hyderabad, India. The facility in Hyderabad will focus on enabling industry practices and innovative Business Performance Measurement (BPM) solutions.

GFI LANguard N.S.S. 7 Offers Integrated Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware Checks

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:00:00 EST

GFI has announced the release of GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner 7.0, the latest version of its popular security scanning and patch management product. Version 7 builds on the product's extensive network scanning abilities to include scanning of anti-virus and anti-spyware deployments; ensuring the most recent definition files are installed on user machines.

Softbank BB Transforms Wireless Broadband Business With Motive

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:00:00 EST

At its sixth annual customer conference Motive, has announced that SOFTBANK BB, Japan's largest broadband service provider is using Motive software to build a strategic advantage into its digital services, which include the delivery of value-added offerings such as security and streaming software services that significantly enhance the digital home experience.

Google Base Beta Launched

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:15:00 EST

Google has announced the launch of Google Base, a free online service where users can submit all types of online and offline content that Google will host and make searchable online. Google Base is an extension of Google's existing content collection efforts.

Ubuntu Moves into Enterprise Linux with IBM's DB2 Certification

Wed, 09 Nov 2005 10:00:00 EST

Ubuntu has successfully gone through the stringent process whereby IBM ensures that DB2 Universal Database for Linux operates in the Ubuntu environment.

Enterprise Master Patient Index System Launched by Partners Healthcare System

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 18:00:00 EST

InterSystems Corporation has announced that Partners HealthCare System, has gone live with a new Enterprise Master Patient Index system built on InterSystems'CACHÉ post-relational database.

Sun Adds New Web Services to Grid Utility

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:45:00 EST

Using the new Sun Grid service, virtually any consumer with a Web browser will be able to upload proprietary documents, and have them automatically converted to Open Document Format (ODF). The ODF is an XML-based industry standard file format specification for office productivity applications, including text, spreadsheet and graphical documents.

RE3W Application Featured at Microsoft .Net Event

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:00:00 EST

Microsoft invited RE3W to be the only third party to participate in the preview of its Windows Live offering.

Yeshim Blog - Forbes Cover Story "Attack of the Blogs"

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 16:00:00 EST

The Forbes story was featured Friday night on CNBC's 4-minute segment. Steve Rubel was part of the CNBC interview and blogged about it after the program aired. Stephen Baker of BusinessWeek also blogged on this very topic as well as Nicholas Carr. Dan Gillmor's response to the story was 'Forbes's Trashy Blog Attack.' John C. Dvorak commented in his blog: 'This is an amusing anti-blog article. As if nothing like what is described in the article EVER happened before blogs. Geez.' Fortune explained 'Why there's no escaping the Blog.'

Red Hat Co-Founder Resigns from BoD

Sat, 29 Oct 2005 12:30:00 EDT

'In a funny way, my resignation is perhaps the finest compliment I can pay to everyone associated with Red Hat today, I have complete confidence in the future of the company,' said Bob Young, co-founder and former executive of Red Hat, who decided last week to resign from the Red Hat Board of Directors.

Brocade Delivers Industry's First 4 Gigabit Per Second Director With IBM Mainframe Support

Wed, 12 Oct 2005 14:45:00 EDT

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (Brocade(R)) , the leading provider of infrastructure for Storage Area Networks (SANs), today announced that the industry's first 4 Gbit/sec capable SAN director is now qualified for FICON(R) connectivity at 2 Gbit/sec to networked storage in IBM(R) zSystem 9-109 and eServer(TM) zSeries(R) computing environments. Enterprises that rely on IBM mainframe systems for their most critical data and applications can now benefit from the higher performing enterprise SAN solutions for FICON and open system Fibre Channel servers and storage.

T-Mobile Fully Prepared for the Potential Wireless Impact of Rita

Sat, 24 Sep 2005 00:15:00 EDT

T-Mobile's Disaster Recovery Team stands ready at several command centers within close proximity of the areas expected to be hit hardest - enabling teams of technicians to mobilize, as soon as conditions permit, to work to restore service to cell sites that may be affected by the storm.

Les Coulisses de l'intégration Intel

Sun, 14 Aug 2005 11:45:00 EDT

Le lancement du programme d'intégration des applications d'entreprise est une initiative d'envergure des services informatiques d'Intel. Cette stratégie permet à Intel de passer d'une infrastructure multi-applicative point à point à une solution rationalisée qui libère les applications de la logique commerciale tout en les associant les unes aux autres avec souplesse. De nombreux problèmes ont conduit Intel à développer sa stratégie d'intégration des applications d'entreprise.

Eurocopter déploie le système de grappe Linux Networx pour accélérer la simulation de la conception d'hélicoptères

Thu, 04 Aug 2005 10:15:00 EDT

Linux Networx annonce, le 1er août, que le groupe Eurocopter, une filiale en propriété exclusive du groupe EADS, le leader aéronautique européen, a déployé un système informatique Evolocity(R) de Linux Networx pour son organisation allemande. Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH utilise le système pour la simulation fluidique des hélicoptères et de leurs sous-systèmes.

Mandriva Buys Lycoris

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 04:00:00 EDT

The company formerly known as Mandrake Software, based in France, has acquired Lycoris, a desktop Linux OS provider based in the Seattle area. The move is Mandriva's third relatively recent acquisition.

L'étude Oracle met en évidence la nette progression

Sat, 04 Jun 2005 10:00:00 EDT

La nouvelle étude, qui s'appuie sur le projet pilote européen de l'année dernière, fournit un instantané à l'échelle internationale et indique comment le Grid Computing est perçu et dans quelle mesure il est adopté par les entreprises européennes.

L'EUSC (EUROPEAN UNION SATELLITE CENTER) MET A CONTRIBUTION

Wed, 25 May 2005 19:00:00 EDT

Atempo, un leader de la protection et de la gestion du cycle de vie des données, a annoncé aujourd?hui que le Centre Satellitaire de l?Union Européenne (EUSC -European Union Satellite Center) s?appuie sur Time Navigator pour protéger et garantir la disponibilité de plusieurs tera-octets de prises de vue satellitaires, aériennes et données collatérales du monde entier.