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  • Windows 8: The InfoWorld Deep Dive report

    It's not the Windows you know and love. Microsoft has revealed a "reimagined" Windows -- code-named Windows 8 -- that boasts a very different, tile-centric user interface called Metro taken from Windows Phone that is touch-savvy, runs on ARM processors as well as Intel x86 chips, takes fewer system resources so it can run on a wider variety of hardware platforms, and works on both tablets and traditional keyboard-and-mouse PCs. It's not mobile versus desktop, it's mobile and desktop together.

    Written by InfoWorld staff • 01 Nov. 11 01:57

  • China's newest supercomputer uses homegrown chips

    China has built its first supercomputer based entirely on homegrown microprocessors, a major step in breaking the country's reliance on Western technology for high-performance computing.

    Written by IDG News Service staff • 31 Oct. 11 15:19

  • Aussie IT leaders see beyond the hype on NBN

    Despite the hype, Australian CIOs recognise the importance of the impending National Broadband Network (NBN).

    Written by Diana Nguyen • 28 Oct. 11 15:29

  • The cloud solves those lingering supply chain problems

    This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

    Written by Greg Kefer, director of marketing, GT Nexus • 29 Oct. 11 07:53

  • Number of fake antivirus attacks has decreased considerably, researchers say

    The frequency of attacks that distribute fake antivirus software, a long-time pillar of the underground economy, has decreased considerably in recent months. However, security researchers warn that the industry is not yet dead and new versions of attacks continue to be released.

    Written by Lucian Constantin • 29 Oct. 11 03:04

  • Internap launches first public OpenStack cloud

    Look out Amazon. OpenStack is shaping up to be a game changer in the cloud world. Today, Atlanta-based Internap Network Services announced the launch of the first public cloud built on OpenStack.

    Written by Julie Bort • 29 Oct. 11 02:30

  • HP decides that being bigger is better

    In rejecting the idea of getting rid of its PC division, Hewlett-Packard Co. and its new CEO Meg Whitman, also made some decisions about the type of company they want.

    Written by Patrick Thibodeau • 28 Oct. 11 11:35

  • Microsoft claims Hyper-V will leapfrog VMware

    After years of playing catch-up to VMware the upcoming version of Hyper-V is wowing the Microsoft faithful with unique new features -- and gaining the attention of VMware users, too, one consultant says.

    Written by Julie Bort • 28 Oct. 11 04:40

  • Dropbox adds new file-sharing service for work groups

    Cloud storage and file-sharing service DropBox today announced a new service that allows work groups to share up to 1TB of online capacity, while also allowing IT shops to add or remove users.

    Written by Lucas Mearian • 28 Oct. 11 02:53

  • OpenLogic's PaaS to support many languages

    OpenLogic is launching a platform-as-a-service offering that aims to give users the flexibility that many developers like about infrastructure-as-a-service without the work.

    Written by Nancy Gohring • 27 Oct. 11 22:06

  • Facebook will cool its first European data center for free in Sweden

    Facebook has begun building a data center in Lulea, Sweden, where it will benefit from cheap electricity and year-round free air cooling, the company announced Thursday.

    Written by Peter Sayer • 27 Oct. 11 21:31

  • What your Cloud consultant is trying to tell you

    Cloud consultants aren't that much different from the consulting and contracting firms that IT has used over the years. But the economics of cloud consulting are a whole bunch different from what the Big 5 firms were doing with SAP and Siebel. Thanks to the price points of cloud solutions (typically, a monthly fee) and the expectation of Web open systems (all I do is point and click, right?), behemoth consulting gigs are few and far between.

    Written by David Taber • 27 Oct. 11 00:49

  • The IT jobs Cloud computing will create

    I was interested in this week's ZDNet piece, Cloud computing's real creative destruction may be the IT workforce. The piece discusses a presentation at last week's Gartner Symposium that posited cloud computing will be a net destructor of IT jobs.

    Written by Bernard Golden • 27 Oct. 11 02:30

  • Why physical security matters, even in the cloud

    At the Business of Cloud Computing Conference, I caught a presentation by Marlin Pohlman, who noted that No. 3 on the Cloud Security Alliance 's "Top Threats to Cloud Computing" list is malicious insiders. This serves as a good reminder that old-fashioned physical security issues require a lot of attention when you're considering a cloud service provider.

    Written by Thomas J. Trappler • 27 Oct. 11 02:14

  • Researchers find "massive" security flaws in cloud architectures

    German researchers say they found flaws in Amazon Web Services that they believe exist in many cloud architectures and enable attackers to gain administrative rights and to gain access to all user data.

    Written by Tim Greene • 27 Oct. 11 02:24

  • Suse working on private OpenStack cloud

    Attachmate's Suse division has announced plans to offer software based on the OpenStack platform for enterprises to build private clouds.

    Written by Nancy Gohring • 26 Oct. 11 22:39

  • IBM IOD 2011: IBM launches analytics in the Cloud, on iPad

    IBM Corporation has launched a number of new software platforms in an attempt to address the multitude of issues companies have had managing 'big data'

    Written by Chloe Herrick • 25 Oct. 11 12:21

  • EMC to put hardware in servers, VMs in storage

    EMC held its user forum last week at the home of the New England Patriots, Gillette Stadium, using the opportunity to expound on its vision for virtualization and the cloud.

    Written by Lucas Mearian • 26 Oct. 11 01:48

  • Prudential Financial: 1,000 servers moved into a virtual environment

    When Mary O'Malley became Prudential's environmental task force chairperson in 2007, she found that the company's IT department was already focused on being green.

    Written by Mary K. Pratt • 25 Oct. 11 03:05

  • Northrop Grumman: Virtualizing or retiring approximately 3,000 servers

    Northrop Grumman set an important environmental goal in 2010: to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by about 25% over the next five years. And

    Written by Mary K. Pratt • 25 Oct. 11 02:26
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