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Several storage industry analysts tell eWEEK they believe NetApp should take a breather and then pursue an acquisition that makes sense—one that it can afford yet one that will help the data storage company broaden its market opportunities and keep growing.
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Microsoft is prepping fixes for vulnerabilities in the DirectShow and Video ActiveX Control components as part of July's Patch Tuesday. The Patch Tuesday release will consist of six security bulletins, three rated critical.
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Intel is the dominant microprocessor vendor in the world, holding an almost 80 percent share of the world's chip market, according to research firm iSuppli. The company's chips run in most PCs and servers today, and in recent years—thanks in large part to Intel's intense rivalry with Advanced Micro Devices—processors have become smaller, more powerful and more feature-rich. Gone are the days when upgrading chips meant simply cranking up the clock speed. For example, now Intel, AMD and other chips makers—including Sun Microsystems and IBM—are rapidly growing the number of processing cores on each chip. Intel and AMD each have chips with six cores, and both are planning to aggressively grow those numbers in the near future. The processors also now offer such features as power management, on-board virtualization capabilities and increased memory bandwidth, all of which were highlighted in Intel's launch of its "Nehalem" architecture and AMD's rollout of its "Istanbul" Opteron chip. On its Website, Intel recently offered a high-level glimpse of what goes into the making of a CPU. Here are some of the slides from the graphics presentation, which show only the most important steps among the hundreds that are needed to build a processor. Intel's full presentation can be viewed here.
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The No. 3 U.S. carrier cuts a seven-year, $5 billion deal for Ericsson to manage its day-to-day networking services, provisioning and maintenance for Sprint-owned CDMA, IDEN and wire-line networks.
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As cloud computing environments become more commonplace and complex, users will have a difficult time integrating the various cloud services and ensuring their integrity, according to Gartner. That will give rise to what Gartner is calling “cloud service brokerages,” which will essentially negotiate the relationship between the end users and providers and make it easier for businesses to manage their cloud services.
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IBM pulled the covers off new technology today that uses optical character recognition to conceal data. The data masking tool does not change data but filters it before it reaches the PC screen, making it unnecessary to develop sanitized copies of enterprise data for individual users.
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Broadband integrated circuits manufacturer Broadcom drops its $909 million bid for converged networks developer Emulex after Emulex's board rejects the sweetened offer.
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In its latest IT Monitor survey, reseller CDW found increased optimism among large enterprises and midsize companies, which reported plans to increase their IT investments in products and people over the coming months. According to the survey, many of these companies and federal government agencies are seeing the IT industry hit the bottom and are preparing to spend money. However, smaller businesses and local governments are less optimistic in their anticipated IT spending, the survey found.
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IBM's software is the lifeblood of its Smarter Planet initiative to add a layer of intelligence to the basic processes that run today's world, including roads, water and power.
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A new series of cyber-attacks targeting Websites in South Korea was launched today, disrupting both commercial and government sites. The DDOS attacks continue a campaign that began targeting sites in the United States over the July 4 weekend.
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Research firm iSuppli said a tougher-than-expected first half of 2009 led it to downgrade its revenue projections for the electronic equipment and semiconductor industries. However, like other analyst firms, including Forrester and Gartner, iSuppli is seeing positive signs for the second half of 2009 that could bode well for a better 2010.
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Google's new operating system, called Chrome OS, is exciting consumers and those interested in netbooks, but does it have what it takes to take on the enterprise? If Google does target the business world, it will then have to take on Microsoft head-on. We take a look at what Google Chrome OS holds for the enterprise.
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Some Apple iPhone 3GS owners are finding battery life on the new smartphone lacking. Some analysts suspect the iPhone OS 3.0 is to blame. With an SDK for 3.1 already rolled out to developers, a software upgrade is likely before the fall.
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The flagship backup solution boasts up to 240TB of raw, VTL- and NAS-accessible disk space, all wrapped in a management GUI that speeds implementation and eases backup administration burdens.
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As security researchers work to break down the malicious code tied to a DDOS attack targeting government and commercial sites in the United States and South Korea, more information is leaking out on how the attack happened. Still, much about the attacks–including the motives and identity of attackers-remains unknown.
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REVIEW: The well-priced Apple Xserve rack-mount server has been significantly upgraded and is now among the first servers to run the latest generation of quad-core Intel Xeon processors, code-named Nehalem. However, the bundled Apple OS X operating system, while feature-rich, makes the Xserve most appropriate for use in departments where users work on Apple Mac clients.
Lantronix’s ManageLinx offers secure and simple remote monitoring, configuration and management of network devices—sometimes, eWEEK Labs found. The Lantronix solution was relatively easy to set up and showed promise in helping enterprises support remote servers and network devices in branch offices, including Windows and Linux workstations. However, at times the GUI management was confusing and flaky, and while ManageLinx managed a host of devices using different protocols, it stumbled when trying to view streaming video.
Commentary: Cisco’s Nexus family of switches, as well as its new blade servers and virtualization plans, are key drivers of the company’s Unified Computing System, eWEEK Labs says. Cisco is looking to revolutionize the way the data center operates. While the technology is said to be compatible with existing products, there is sure to be a significant upfront cost for enterprises looking to get in on Cisco’s vision.
Lenovo’s ThinkServer RD120 is a good fit for businesses—including retail chains, restaurants and larger enterprises—that have offices in multiple and dispersed locations. The Lenovo ThinkServer combines well-designed hardware built to save on space and power costs with a complete and solid management platform. The software makes it easy to configure the server centrally and install it in the remote office.
eWEEK Labs' look at virtual desktop infrastructure finds benefits, including cost and "green" savings, that should cause enterprise IT managers to take notice.
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