10th December 2009 Archive

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ParAccel flashes data warehouses

Thinking in columns

ParAccel - one of the many upstarts that is chasing the data warehousing and analytics dollars these days - has tweaked its ParAccel Analytic Database 2.0 software and its underlying homegrown Linux operating system so that the x64 nodes on which it runs can be equipped with flash-based drives. And that, the company says, will …

Enterprise 10 Dec 06:02
Cisco to counter HP with Chinese expansion

Claims little trouble in big China

Cisco has vowed to step up its presence in China as a counter measure in its newfound rivalry with HP. Once close partners, the two companies became mortal foes this year by striking each other where it hurts most: their core markets. Cisco whacked HP first by launching its own line of blade servers. HP answered the slight …

Enterprise 10 Dec 07:02
Big Blue flashing its x servers

Fusion-io notches up another OEM win

IBM is OEM'ing Fusion-io's PCIe-connected flash for its x servers to accelerate data-heavy applications. The big blue one is adding 160GB and 320GB ioDrive options to its Intel-based x server line, calling them High IOPS SSD PCEe Adapters (HISPA). They form a tier of memory between the server's DRAM and disk with IBM saying …

Enterprise 10 Dec 10:53
Dell does a Chrimbo deal with John Lewis

Winking at Middle England

Dell has inked a deal with high street retailer John Lewis to exclusively punt its range of ultra-thin Adamo XPS laptops. Financial details of the agreement were kept secret. Dell made a big song-and-dance about how John Lewis would be selling the Adamo XPS laptop to customers in time to slot it into their loved ones' …

IT Channel 10 Dec 11:57
Microsoft is developing its own cloud storage O/S

Comment Azure storage software looks home-grown

Microsoft's Azure storage offering suggests it is developing its own cloud storage operating system. Azure was developed in a Windows Azure Group which was separate from the Windows and Servers Group. The two organisations have now been combined into a new Servers and Cloud Division (SCD) unit, headed up by a senior VP, …

Enterprise 10 Dec 12:30
IBM builds Pacific ring of cloud

Typhoon computing?

IBM started out as a company that only rented computing and tabulating equipment until it was compelled by an antitrust settlement to actually sell its gear. It may someday end up as one that mostly sells cloud computing capacity. Big Blue is as enthusiastic as it is worried about cloud computing. That means a flurry of press …

Enterprise 10 Dec 16:00
Europeans spend more on servers in Q3

Server sellers pin hopes on 2010 recovery

On a global basis, the server market started to show signs of stabilizing in the third quarter of this year, according to reports from both IDC (here) and Gartner (there). And IT shops in Europe started coming out of their shells to spend a little more on iron than they did earlier this year. According to statistics ginned up …

Enterprise 10 Dec 18:30
Dell bitchslaps Cisco over UCS server play

'Unbelievably Costly System'

Dell just bitchslapped Cisco over its Unified Computing System, insisting that the networking giant's foray into the server biz suits Cisco's bottom line more than the needs of its customers. Cisco's UCS is designed to unify networking, computing, storage, and virtualization tools in a single product. Cisco paints it as a …

Enterprise 10 Dec 22:53