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IBM buys Worklight for mobile software platform

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 | HARDWARE

IDG News Service – IBM on Tuesday announced plans to buy Worklight, a move that will give it a range of cross-platform mobile application development technologies. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the first quarter, were not disclosed. (read the story…) Related items EMC launches Isilon NAS with Hadoop integration...
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Manikchand group consolidates IT infrastructure

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 | HARDWARE

Manikchand Group, that makes products ranging from tobacco products to wind farm equipment, has consolidated its entire IT infrastructure on IBM BladeCenter systems. (read the story…) Related items Analytics Appliance gives retailers actionable insight. India's Manikchand Group Makes Room for Growth with IBM Smarter Computing Netezza Aims to Help Retailers Crunch Big Data Conversation...
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Dell'Oro: Data center builds will drive Ethernet switch revenue to $28B

Monday, January 30, 2012 | HARDWARE

As the top three U.S. service providers–AT&T ( NYSE: T ), CenturyLink ( NYSE: CTL ) and Verizon ( NYSE: VZ )–and their large enterprise clients ramp up their respective data center footprints to deliver a suite of managed and cloud-based services, a robust opportunity for Ethernet switch vendors is being created. This data...
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Interface Masters Announces 48 Port 1U Hybrid Managed Switch Supporting Multi 10 Gigabit SFP+ Ports and Gigabit RJ45 …

Monday, January 30, 2012 | HARDWARE

Interface Masters Technologies, an industry leader in high speed networking systems, today announced a 48 port Hybrid 10GE SFP+ and 1G RJ45 managed switch series in a 1U form factor. (read the story…) Related items Forecast: 10GbE To Be The Top-Selling Ethernet Switch By 2016 Review NAS Seagate GoFlex Home 1TB EMC launches Isilon...
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Netezza Aims to Help Retailers Crunch Big Data

Monday, January 30, 2012 | HARDWARE

IBM is offering a new analytics appliance it says can crunch petabytes of data in seconds. (read the story…) Related items Manikchand group consolidates IT infrastructure Dell'Oro: Data center builds will drive Ethernet switch revenue to $28B Conversation about UCS with Todd Brannon of Cisco Mona Blades cold case remains just that New info...
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Forecast: 10GbE To Be The Top-Selling Ethernet Switch By 2016

Saturday, January 28, 2012 | HARDWARE

Sales of 10 gigabit per second (Gbps) Ethernet Switches are expected to reach $13 billion by 2016 and will constitute nearly half of a total $28 billion Ethernet Switch market by then, a forecast from the research firm Dell'Oro Group states. And even as data center operators upgrade from 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Switches...
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Gridstore Named Finalist for 2011 Products of the Year by Storage Magazine for Their Scale-Out NAS Solution

Friday, January 27, 2012 | HARDWARE

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA– – Gridstoreā„¢, the leader in grid-based scale-out NAS solutions, today announced that the company has been chosen as a finalist for the Storage Magazine/SearchStorage.com 2011 Products … (read the story…) Related items DCIG Recognizes Gridstore’s Scale-Out NAS as a Game-Changing Storage Solution for the SMB at a Fraction of the Cost...
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