Monthly Archives: March 2009
The Real World of Malware: News from the Front
It's April 1 (at least in some parts of the world) and the Conficker assault has begun. I'm going to assume that few, if...
Google Health Imports Medicare Data
Google has announced that it will be working with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on a pilot program that will let Medicare...
HP’s Cloud Assure Looks to Compete Against Google, Amazon, Sun
Hewlett-Packard further increased its presence in the cloud computing space with HP Cloud Assure, a software-as-a-service offering that incorporates a variety of security, performance...
Google Says Spammers Rallying from McColo Shutdown
Spammers are officially back in full force five months after the shutdown of Web hosting company McColo.According to Google, spammers have fully recovered from...
Dell Expands Use of Egenera PAN Data Center Tool
Dell is expanding the use of Egenera's infrastructure software to its new blade server and chassis announced March 30 in conjunction with Intel's launch...
Intel Nehalem Chip Ramps Up Performance, Virtualization Capabilities
Intel Nehalem Chip Ramps Up Performance, Virtualization Capabilities
by Jeffrey Burt
The Old and the New
Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Digital...
Intel, Nvidia, HP Tech Used in Parallels Workstation Extreme
Technology from Nvidia, Hewlett-Packard and Intel went into the Parallels Workstation Extreme, a high-end workstation virtualization solution launched by Parallels on March 30.The solution...
Sun Lays Off 1,500 Workers
Sun Microsystems has confirmed that it will lay off an additional 1,500 workers during the week of March 30.A company spokesperson said on March...
Gartner Says IT Spending Will Decline 4 Percent in 2009
The U.S. recession and the sluggish global economy mean that enterprises and smaller businesses are pulling back on their IT spending, especially hardware purchases,...
Intel Adds Laptop Processors, Updates Xeon Pricing
Intel has updated its processor pricing list to include new chip models for laptops.In addition to the "Nehalem EP" Xeon processors for two-socket systems...