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  • Nvidia shows quad-core tablet prototype running Windows 8

    LAS VEGAS -- Nvidia showed tablets using its Tegra 3 quad-core processors at CES, including a developer prototype that was running Windows 8.

    Written by Matt Hamblen • 13 Jan. 12 08:58

  • Cisco sending enterprises to the Cloud

    In an effort to accommodate enterprise users looking to implement private and hybrid Clouds, Cisco - in the coming months - will unveil an "integrated" WAN routing system of existing, but enhanced, products.

    Written by Jim Duffy • 13 Jan. 12 08:27

  • Microsoft's Exchange a casualty of bank's cloud move to Google Apps

    Seeking to transform the way its staff communicates and collaborates worldwide, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) will roll out Google Apps to its 110,000 employees, shedding along the way various legacy email systems, including Microsoft Exchange, a bank executive said in an interview.

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez • 13 Jan. 12 07:13

  • Jaspersoft aims its open-source analytics suite at PaaS vendors

    Open-source BI (business intelligence) vendor Jaspersoft wants its software to become another arrow in the quiver for developers using commercial PaaS (platform-as-a-service) offerings.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus • 13 Jan. 12 00:02

  • IDC: PC shipments slumped as 2011 ended

    Sales of personal computers slowed in the last three months of 2011, thanks to a sluggish economy, scarce hard drives and the proliferation of other form factors, according to a report released by IDC.

    Written by Joab Jackson • 12 Jan. 12 10:09

  • Spanish bank to move 100,000+ employees to Google Apps

    Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) is adopting Google Apps for email and collaboration and expects to have its about 110,000 employees worldwide using the suite by the end of this year.

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez • 12 Jan. 12 04:26

  • Amazon adds more spots for connecting directly to its cloud

    Amazon Web Services has added four locations where enterprises can use its Direct Connect network service to communicate with its cloud, the company said on Tuesday.

    Written by Mikael Ricknäs • 12 Jan. 12 02:26

  • AT&T joins OpenStack

    AT&T became the first U.S. telecom service provider to join OpenStack, the organization that has developed an open-source cloud software stack.

    Written by Nancy Gohring • 10 Jan. 12 05:10

  • LAPD Drops Google Apps Plan

    After more than two years of work, the city of Los Angeles last month abandoned plans to migrate its police operations to Google's hosted email and office applications because it says the service can't meet FBI security requirements.

    Written by Jaikumar Vijayan • 10 Jan. 12 02:41

  • LAPD Drops Google Apps Plan

    After more than two years of work, the city of Los Angeles last month abandoned plans to migrate its police operations to Google's hosted email and office applications because it says the service can't meet FBI security requirements.

    Written by Jaikumar Vijayan • 10 Jan. 12 02:41

  • Bang for your IT buck

    By all accounts the economy is stronger now than it was 12 months ago, but it is also clear that companies are still moving cautiously, and for the bulk of IT that means continuing to do more with what you have, which is at least better than doing more with less.

    Written by John Dix • 09 Jan. 12 22:32

  • The year's best hardware, software, and cloud services

    Was it the philosopher George Santayana who said, "Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat it?" Did he offer any hints for those of us who want to repeat the past, especially the successes? We're beyond the teary elegies of 2011 and deep into making resolutions for 2012. If we're going to stand half a chance of creating something great this year, it only makes sense to pause and celebrate what went right in 2011.

    Written by Peter Wayner • 09 Jan. 12 22:11

  • Consumerisation creates IT management blind spots, increases business risk: survey

    As end users bring their own devices to work, download apps and sign up for cloud services, it's getting harder for IT to maintain application visibility and control performance. In addition to introducing IT management blind spots, trends such as consumeristion, mobility and cloud computings are also increasing business risk, according to a survey of CIOs from around the world.

    Written by Ann Bednarz • 07 Jan. 12 03:30

  • Bandwidth bottlenecks loom large in the cloud

    InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) CIO Tom Conophy has no reservations when it comes to the cloud.

    Written by Sandra Gittlen • 05 Jan. 12 03:44

  • Five open source technologies for 2012

    Next year, if all goes according to plan, Red Hat will become the first open source software company to generate more than US$1 billion a year in revenue. It will be a watershed moment for the open source community, who have long seen their approach of community-based development as a viable, even superior, alternative to traditional notions of how software should be written.

    Written by Joab Jackson • 28 Dec. 11 22:05

  • IBM's Watson shows up for work at Cedars-Sinai's cancer center

    IBM's Watson supercomputer is about to begun work evaluating evidence-based cancer treatment options that can be delivered to the physician in a matter of seconds for assessment.

    Written by Lucas Mearian • 24 Dec. 11 05:00

  • Amazon's private clouds get more advanced networking features

    Amazon Web Services has introduced Elastic Network Interfaces, which are attached to instances in a private cloud to allow for more flexibility when configuring the system.

    Written by Mikael Ricknäs • 22 Dec. 11 22:13

  • 10 questions for Box CFO Dylan Smith

    -- Name: Dylan Smith, co-founder and CFO

    Written by Nancy Weil • 20 Dec. 11 04:31

  • Nimbula offers help building private clouds

    Some businesses that rely on Amazon Web Services to run Web applications are starting to realize that they can save money or get better performance by building their own internal clouds -- and Nimbula is hoping to help them out.

    Written by Nancy Gohring • 20 Dec. 11 03:01

  • 'Server huggers' impede cloud migrations

    Chipita America may be as close to a serverless company as one can find today. Its ERP, EDI and BI systems, Office and Exchange applications and file servers are all hosted in the cloud. About six years ago, when many IT managers were debating the merits of Nicholas Carr's book Does IT Matter? , Chipita CIO Scott Martin was moving the Tulsa, Okla.-based snack food maker's email to service provider CenterBeam's cloud-hosted platform.

    Written by Patrick Thibodeau • 20 Dec. 11 02:07
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