Monthly Archives: December 2013
Fibre Channel Connectivity Gets Boost With 32G bps Standard
The sanctioning of IT industry standards often can move slower than play-by-mail chess, but when they finally happen, they usually result in a profound...
Polycom Taps Ex-NCR Exec as Its Next CEO
Polycom has a new CEO, four months after Andrew Miller resigned the position amid questions about his expense reports.The video conferencing technology vendor announced...
Unstructured Data Troves: 10 Points for Taking Control of Them
Unstructured Data Troves: 10 Points for Taking Control of Them
By Chris Preimesberger
Unstructured Data Refers to More Information Than You Think
The term unstructured data describes...
IBM Sees Cyber Monday Go Mobile With 55% Sales Growth
U.S. shoppers made Cyber Monday the biggest online shopping day in history, with a 20.6 percent increase in online sales, data from the IBM...
WD, Baidu Partner on Cloud Storage in China
Storage specialist WD, formerly known as Western Digital, and Baidu, China's largest search engine, have partnered to integrate Baidu Yun public cloud storage services...
Sandlot Solutions, MCHC Partner on Health Information Exchange
Health-care data and analytics and services specialist Sandlot Solutions is teaming up with the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC) to provide health information exchange...
Mobile Security Not a Major Concern for Holiday Shoppers
Despite mobile malware concerns, many plan to use their mobile phones for holiday shopping, with consumers from wealthier households three times more likely to...
PC Shipments Slide as Consumers Turn to Tablets: IDC
With consumers increasingly enamored by tablets and larger-screen smartphones with enhanced processing power, interest in PCs has remained limited, leading to little indication of...
Bitcoins Come Under Attack as Their Value Rises
This past week, the value of a Bitcoin crossed the $1,000 threshold—marking a new milestone for the virtual currency.As the value and use of...
BlackBerry CEO Chen to Enterprise: ‘We Are Very Much Alive, Thank You’
BlackBerry CEO and Executive Chairman John S. Chen has followed up his Nov. 13 open letter with a more-specific note to BlackBerry's enterprise customers...