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Supercomputer maker Cray is unveiling the second of its appliances designed to address big data in the high-performance computing space. In December, the company will begin selling the Urika-XA appliance, a system that comes integrated with Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark frameworks to for big data analytics applications that use those open-source technologies. Ramesh Menon, […]

On Oct. 14, Intel executives announced that the chip maker’s Mobile Communications Group lost $1 billion during the third quarter while only generating $1 million in sales. However, Asus, AT&T and Intel later announced that Asus will use an Intel Atom processor and the chip maker’s XMM7160 LTE modem in its new PadFone X mini. […]

Lenovo is teaming up with VMware to build new software-defined data center offerings for cloud and end-user computing environments. The two companies unveiled the partnership Oct. 14 at VMworld Europe 2014. The two companies plan to develop IT infrastructure systems designed to help enterprises and service providers embrace the concept of software-defined data centers. They […]

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently reaffirmed the company’s continued support of its Surface tablet, stating that the company believes that the Microsoft platform for enterprise has many strengths, including the platform’s rich ecosystem of hardware and applications developed by partners. Nadella added that Microsoft is now focusing its attention on business users with the launch […]

Earlier speculation that Symantec may split into two more narrowly focused companies has now been confirmed. The company announced on Oct. 9 that it will split into two publicly-traded companies, one concentrating on security software and the other focused on data storage and information management. The announcement came only three days after Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg […]

AT&T Mobility is being fined a record $105 million by the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission for illegally adding extra, unauthorized charges on customer cell phone bills and then failing to act promptly to remove the charges when users complained. The fine includes $80 million for direct refunds to customers as well […]

Symantec may soon follow Hewlett-Packard and eBay and choose to split into two companies. Bloomberg News reported that unnamed individuals involved with the matter said that Symantec officials are considering breaking the company in two, with one company focused on security and the other on data storage. This highlights a trend within the tech industry […]

Yahoo admitted this week to being impacted by a security issue, but the Shellshock bug was not the root cause. Yahoo’s Chief Information Security Officer Alex Stamos explained that Yahoo was not exploited by Shellshock itself, but rather by another bug that just happened to be on the Yahoo system. He added that the company […]

Hewlett-Packard executives confirmed reports on Oct. 6 that the company will split in two by the end of its fiscal year 2015 about 12 months from now, with one company carrying on HP’s PC and printer businesses and the second unit retaining enterprise solutions and services offerings. CEO Meg Whitman and Cathie Lesjak, executive vice […]

Hewlett-Packard executives are considering splitting the tech giant in two, with one company focusing on the PC and printer businesses and the other on enterprise offerings including networking and services, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the plan. HP CEO Meg Whitman would become chairman of the PC and printer business […]