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20th January 2010 Archive

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  • Big Blue boosts profits despite sales slump

    x64 turnaround

    If the global economy is improving, IBM's top line numbers aren't showing it yet. To be sure, the company was able to eke out 1 per cent revenue growth in the fourth quarter of 2009, with sales of $27.2bn, and net income rose 8.7 per cent, to $4.8bn. But given how awful the fourth quarter of 2008 was - and that IBM's sales were …

    Enterprise 20 Jan 00:11

  • Microsoft confirms May date for next SQL Server

    Unisys slip pans out

    Microsoft has confirmed that the next version of SQL Server, which moves further into big-iron territory, will be available in May. The company announced the May arrival of SQL Server 2008 R2 with a Tuesday blog post. Sometime during the month, the new version will be appear on the Microsoft's price list and become available …

    Software & Security 20 Jan 00:23

  • Apple (finally) boot camps Windows 7

    19 days late

    Apple has released an update for its Boot Camp utility that lets you install Windows 7 on your Intel-based Mac. But install at your own risk. As we reported earlier this month, Apple missed its self-imposed deadline of the end of 2009 to release the software update required to dual-boot Mac OS X 10.6 (aka Snow Leopard) and …

    Software & Security 20 Jan 01:16

  • Big Blue stalking STEC?

    Comment: Rumours drive up SSD maker's share price

    The share price of EMC's favoured SSD supplier, STEC has grown almost 60 per cent since the beginning of the year, yet law suits are amassing and its competitive position has weakened. The rumour is that IBM interest in buying STEC is pushing its share price up. In September last year STEC's share price peaked at $41.84. It …

    Enterprise 20 Jan 08:02

  • IBM's Power7 servers imminent

    Here by March

    IBM is planning to launch its Power7-based Power Systems servers sometime before the end of March. The new arrived Tuesday afternoon from chief financial officer, Mark Loughridge, during a conference call discussing Big Blue's fourth quarter and full year 2009 financial results. Previously, IBM had said that Power7 systems …

    Enterprise 20 Jan 09:02

  • Opera and Firefox downloads soar after IE alerts

    The Teutonic Leap

    After Microsoft confirmed that a hole in its Internet Explorer browser was used in the December cyber attacks on Google and at least 33 other outfits, a trio of security-conscious nations - Germany, France, and Australia - went so far as to warn their citizens against the use of IE. And that led to a very good week for the likes …

    Software & Security 20 Jan 09:02

  • Bocada looks at data protection market through Prism

    Just pop off the lens cap

    Bocada reckons it has built a next-generation backup reporting product by embedding Enterprise v5.4 product technology in an ITIL-like service process management framework. Crudely speaking, a service delivery management layer has been bolted on and integrated into a Bocada Enterprise 5.4 base, and has dubbed the result Prism …

    Enterprise 20 Jan 12:44

  • Microsoft gets in hosted services' face, causes headache

    Cloud providers left clutching at thin air

    Microsoft may still be struggling to get its online volume licensing house in order, but that hasn’t stopped the company hyping what it sees as the benefits of small and medium-sized businesses placing their trust in hosted services. Like many other software vendors, MS is looking at different biz models that will help the …

    Software & Security 20 Jan 15:42

  • Windows 8 and beyond: Microsoft's next decade

    Radio Reg Three big bets

    January marks not just a new decade but also the 10-year anniversary of Steve Ballmer's appointment as Microsoft's chief executive officer. The last 10 years offered a mixed report card for Ballmer and Microsoft: Windows XP versus Vista, success of the Xbox but treading water on mobile, corporate revenue grew 163 per cent …

    Software & Security 20 Jan 17:31

  • Rattled Red Hat battles support impostors

    Death of a thousand cuts?

    Red Hat is rattled. Sure, it remains the world's biggest Linux company by revenue market share. But it's beginning to feel that it's under pressure - and that it must respond. That pressure is coming not from Microsoft, but from fellow Linux vendors. Individually, they aren't causing too much trouble, but collectively, they …

    Software & Security 20 Jan 21:04

  • Apple's iPad - the tablet with the data center soul

    Comment We want your eyeballs. And your money

    The soul of Apple's soon-to-be-unveiled iPad won't reside in Cupertino. You'll find it in Catawba County, North Carolina. That's the whereabouts of the WestStar Mission Critical Data Park, where Apple is busily building its $1bn data center, scheduled to open later this year. Yes, we're fully aware that the iPad is still a …

    PC Builder 20 Jan 22:56

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