Dell eyes more indirect income in South Asia
Hardware maker will boost enterprise partnerships as it seeks more revenue from indirect channel, which now accounts for 37 percent of its revenue.
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Memory price hikes make SSDs less attractive
Surging prices for NAND-type flash memory creates new hurdle for adoption of solid-state drives by making them significantly more expensive.
Find more stories in: Memory, Pricing, Intel Corp., iSuppli Corp., Price, Chip Company, NAND Flash, NAND, Notebook, Pricing
EMC wins NetApp in Data Domain bidding war
NetApp's proposed merger agreement with Data Domain was terminated after the former declined to raise its bid. EMC will now have the rights to acquire in US$2.1 billion deal.
Find more stories in: Storage, Acquisitions, Domain, EMC Corp., financial benefit, CEO, analyst, merger, board of directors, Benefit
EMC ups Data Domain bid as NetApp deal proceeds
Even as NetApp receives clearance from U.S. authorities to buy Data Domain for US$1.9 billion, rival EMC ups stakes to US$2.1 billion.
Find more stories in: Storage software, Storage, Acquisitions, Domain, non-GAAP, EMC Corp., GAAP, FTC, amortization, Storage software
AT&T breaks sales records with iPhone 3GS launch
Carrier sells more phones the first day the iPhone 3GS went on sale than it ever has, even on the two previous iPhone launch days, according to an internal memo.
Find more stories in: Smart phones, Sales/revenue, Mobile platforms/communications, Apple Inc., Sales, phone, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone, blog, Sales/revenue
Dell working on Android gadget
Company is developing a pocket-size Internet device to take on Apple's iPod Touch, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
Find more stories in: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Development/design, Apple Inc., Smart Phone, Cell Phone, Internet Device, phone, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch
Intel to SMBs: Don't hold off PC refresh
Security risks and maintenance costs may make older desktops and notebooks more expensive than new machines, chipmaker points out.
Find more stories in: Personal Computers, IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, Hardware, Intel Corp., Power Supply, Small And Medium Business, Small Business, Notebook, Virus Attack
Netgear to deliver 24TB NAS system
ReadyNAS rack-mounted appliance aimed at small and midsize businesses, will eventually hold up to 24TB as new drives become available.
Find more stories in: Data Management, Data backup, disaster recovery, SMB, Backup, Database, Storage, Small And Medium Business, Small Business, NAS, product marketing
Roadrunner, Jaguar cement supercomp lead
IBM's Roadrunner and Cray's Jaguar retain top two positions on latest Top500 supercomputer list, which also saw four new systems in the top 10.
Find more stories in: Supercomputing, Multiprocessor servers, Cray Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Intel Corp., performance, processor, supercomputer, Germany
Report: Consumer confusion over netbooks and notebooks
A report issued by the NPD Group revealed 60 percent of consumers who purchased a netbook thought it works the same as a notebook.
Find more stories in: Notebooks and tablets, Consumer Technology, Notebook, Stephen Baker, research company, Mobility, NPD Group Inc., manufacturer, PC, Netbook
Printer vendors push green for cheap
Printer manufacturers zoom in on design, technology and tools to offer environment-friendly machines that can also help businesses reduce costs.
Find more stories in: Peripherals, Green IT, Business, Canon Inc., Carbon Footprint, imaging, e-mail, printer, printing, printer company
iSuppli: Global PC sales historic nosedive in Q1
Haviest anchor is desktop sales, down 23 percent year-over-over, most likely due to companies not buying many new computers for their workers.
Find more stories in: Personal Computers, iSuppli Corp., Sales, Notebook, OEM, Worker, performance, Dell Computer Corp., desktop, PC
LHC restart pushed back again
Cern's flagship particle accelerator, put out of commission by a quality-control flaw, will be switched on a couple of weeks later than previously expected.
Find more stories in: Supercomputing, Business applications, CERN, Cable, Gillies, Large Hadron Collider, Supercomputing, Nuclear Research
Asia's 'bright' HPC future will take time
Region's high-performance computing has promising future but it will take some time for Asia to catch up with the West, industry watchers say.
Find more stories in: Supercomputing, Cloud computing, NEC Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., Region, Asia, India, Australia, Japan
Intel drops Centrino, explains Core i3, i5, i7 branding
Centrino will be phased out as PC brand, and be used as name for Wi-Fi and WiMax products. It will still be in market on mobile PCs into 2010 but will eventually be discontinued, blogs executive.
Find more stories in: Mobile processors, Processors, Intel Corp., Mobile, Branding, Intel Celeron, processor, Intel Centrino, brand, PC
Intel toots its research horn for chips--and more
Chipmaker struts its stuff for next-generation networking, processors, energy efficiency and wireless power transmission at its research day.
Find more stories in: Components, Networking, Technology, Intel Corp., Data, Photonics, Chip, Wireless, Wireless Network, computer
Infortrend moves into enterprise storage
The company is hoping that its five new SAN systems for scale-out storage will pull in medium-sized business customers.
Find more stories in: Storage management, Data Management, Enterprise Storage, SAN, storage virtualization, Data Management, Storage management, Infortrend, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp.
Dell boosts enterprise virtualization portfolio
It unveils pre-configured packages for deploying and managing virtualized infrastructures, new storage products and a consulting service called ProConsult.
Find more stories in: Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, consulting service, consulting, Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, R410, NAS
IDC: Server spending tanks in Q2, but worst is over
Although global server revenue is expected to fall 29.6 percent in second quarter, IDC sees some signs of stabilization.
Find more stories in: Servers, Server Revenue, server sale, information technology, Servers, Q2, US$10.6, Sales, International Data Corp., revenue
Snow Leopard features hint at Apple tablet
Some of the upgrades to Mac OS X show that Apple could be headed toward software that would translate well to a larger touchscreen device.
Find more stories in: Notebooks and tablets, Apple iPhone, Laptop Computer, touch screen, tablet, video, window, operating system, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc.
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