Archives for September, 2009

TPC slaps Oracle on benchmark claims


Watchdogs to Larry: ‘You lie!’
Oracle let its marketing mouth get ahead of its brain with the Exadata 2 cluster system. Today, the Transaction Processing Council, which administers the TPC family of transaction and data warehouse processing benchmarks, slapped Oracle with a fine and a muzzle order relating to claims it has been making in advertisements [...]

Cisco preps Nexus switches for third-party blades


You can beat them, and you can join them
Networking giant and server wannabe Cisco Systems says it will be working with third-party blade server makers to create a version of its Nexus family of switches that tuck inside non-Cisco blades.…

HP uses Home Server to power storage for small biz


Someone had to use it eventually
HP has introduced a line of combined isCSI and file storage server/storage array bundles, and a small business backup product using Microsoft consumer backup software.…

MS opens up Security Essentials downloads from today


Suite intended for ‘millions’ of unprotected users
Microsoft plans to release the final version of its free-of-extra-charge anti-malware scanner later on Tuesday…

Offloading malware protection to the cloud

HP uses Home Server to power storage for small biz


Someone had to use it eventually
HP has introduced a line of combined isCSI and file storage server/storage array bundles, and a small business backup product using Microsoft consumer backup software.…

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HP lays out sketches of storage roadmap


Colorado Springs surprises on Tech Day
Comment  HP’s EVA arrays will get thin provisioning and automated LUN migration, while LeftHand’s SAN software will be ported to the XEN and Hyper-V platforms, according to attendees at an HP Tech Day event.…

Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn’t work

LSI pimps out 7900 array


Concurrent access, SSD support and more storage added
LSI Engenio has updated its high-end 7900 array to support more SATA drives, concurrent iSCSI and Fibre Channel support, and solid state storage.…

Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn’t work

HP lays out sketches of storage roadmap


Colorado Springs surprises on Tech Day
Comment  HP’s EVA arrays will get thin provisioning and automated LUN migration, while LeftHand’s SAN software will be ported to the XEN and Hyper-V platforms, according to attendees at an HP Tech Day event.…

Inmate hacker locks down jail computers


Chaos reigns after cybercrook given programming project
A UK prison computer system was left in lockdown after jail bosses gave a convicted cybercriminal the task of reprogramming it, the Sunday Mirror reports.…

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Inmate hacker locks-down jail computers


Chaos reigns after cybercrook given programming project
A UK prison computer system was left in lockdown after jail bosses gave a convicted cybercriminal the task of reprogramming it, the Sunday Mirror reports.…

What is your recession sales strategy?