Monthly Archives: May 2007
Dell Ubuntu Linux Desktop Details Emerge
On the record, a Dell spokesman said he "cant comment on unannounced products," when asked about Dells forthcoming Ubuntu-powered PCs. Over on Direct2Dell, meanwhile,...
IBM Joins User Experience Race
ORLANDO, Fla.—As the race to deliver the right user experience in products and services heats up, with the likes of Adobe, Microsoft and even...
Foundry Leapfrogs High End Switching Vendors
Foundry Networks on May 22 will go back to its roots as a high-performance, high-density switch maker when it launches its new BigIron RX-32...
Intel, STMicro to Form Flash Company
Intel announced May 22 a new joint partnership with STMicroelectronics. The two companies, along with private equity firm Francisco Partners, will form a new...
Study: Developers Do Not Want GPL 3 to Police Patents
A new Microsoft-funded study has found that open-source developers do not believe that licenses such as the upcoming GNU General Public License 3.0 should...
XenSource Readies Xen Hypervisor Update
XenSource is releasing an updated version of the open-source Xen hypervisor. Version 3.1 will be available as of May 22, and will include several...
H&R Block Embraces Benefits of Open Source
SAN FRANCISCO—H&R Blocks use of open-source technologies is not about saving money, but rather about creating revenue, acquiring and retaining customers, and providing technologies...
Grooming the 2010 CIO
Business forces may be driving up demand for CIOs, but few concomitant forces are driving up the current supply. In fact, a mounting shortage...
IBM Continues Move into Unified Storage
IBM continued its strategic foray into the unified storage sector on May 22 by introducing a new set of products across a range of...
Interop: NAC Gets Explained … Again
May 21, Las Vegas--At the NAC Day session at Interop, a member of the 350-plus audience stood up and said that he considered NAC,...