Monthly Archives: June 2016
Hyperconverged Systems Show Promise in Reducing Data Center Complexity
When Derek DePasture joined BluePearl Veterinary Partners as a senior network engineer in October 2014, the company had about 27 locations and 1,300 employees...
Blindspotter Uses Machine Learning to Find Suspicious Network Activity
BUDAPEST—There is a consistent factor that will often be discovered in the aftermath of many of today's data breaches and network breach attempts. It's...
AWS Launches Elastic File System, Updates Notification Service
Amazon Web Services is nothing if not simple and elastic. At least that's what the company keeps telling us.Ten years ago, Amazon Web Services...
New WiFi Features Promise Greater Speeds, Performance
WiFi connectivity is about to get faster.The Wi-Fi Alliance has officially unveiled its certification for 802.11ac Wave 2, which officials said will deliver greater...
Microsoft, Android Phone Maker Luna Enter Into Patent Licensing Deal
Microsoft has inked a patent licensing agreement with Luna Mobile, a Tampa, Fla.-based maker of affordable Android smartphones.Luna Mobile designs and produces Android handsets...
Twitter Looks to Move Into Virtual Reality Development: Report
Twitter is busy getting into the virtual reality and augmented reality marketplaces by building a team of developers who will focus on VR and...
Where Is MongoDB Taking Its Giant Ideas?
With a theme of "Giant Ideas," MongoDB is breaking new ground as a hot NoSQL database. This week at its MongoDB World conference, the...
Windows 10 Anniversary Update to Arrive Aug. 2
Microsoft will release its feature-packed Windows 10 Anniversary Update on Aug. 2, announced the Redmond, Wash., software maker today. Windows 10 was originally released...
Amazon Prime Users Can Buy Unlocked Android Phones at Up to 50% Off
Amazon Prime members now can buy unlocked 4G LTE Android smartphones at discounts of up to 50 percent on the purchase of selected handset...
Oracle Takes Aim at x86 Workloads With New SPARC Chip
Oracle officials want to bring the vendor's SPARC chip architectures downstream and into workloads that currently are run on systems powered by Intel's x86...