EMC extends Avamar backup to PCs, Macs
EMC is extending its Avamar backup software to all parts of an enterprise's infrastructure with clients for PC and Mac desktops and laptops.
The software for automated backup and recovery, which EMC acquired by buying Avamar in 2006, already backs up the contents of corporate servers and uses deduplication to more efficiently store it. Avamar 5.0, available immediately, lets enterprises add the same backup capability to individual client systems and does not require a per-client license.
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Hardware startup bets on hybrid servers
PORTLAND, Ore. -- High tech startup companies today are most likely to be software application vendors or social networking sites. One wouldn't expect a new hardware vendor to attract significant venture capital.
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Microsoft to align BizTalk Server with Azure's AppFabric
Microsoft plans to make its Business Process Management (BPM) software, BizTalk Server, work very closely with the just-announced AppFabric .Net application server within several years.
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AMD gets broader rights to outsource chip production
An updated cross-licensing agreement between Intel and Advanced Micro Devices expands their rights to use third-party chip makers to manufacture x86 chips under certain conditions.
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Antitrust battle will go on despite AMD-Intel settlement
The antitrust battle between Intel and Advanced Micro Devices isn't necessarily over, despite a settlement agreement announced by the microprocessor companies.
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EU Ombudsman faults EC's Intel antitrust ruling
The European Ombudsman accused the European Commission on Thursday of "maladministration" during its antitrust investigation of Intel, which resulted in a hefty fine earlier this year, as well as an order to desist from its anti-competitive practices.
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Firefox 3.6 locks out rogue add-ons
Mozilla will add a new lockdown feature to Firefox 3.6 that will prevent developers from sneaking add-ons into the program, the company said.
The new feature, which Mozilla dubbed "component directory lockdown," will bar access to Firefox's "components" directory, where most of the browser's own code is stored. The company has billed the move as a way to boost the stability of its browser.
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Feds to go after H-1B visa violations
U.S. immigration officials are taking H-1B enforcement from the desk to the field with a plan to conduct 25,000 on-site inspections of companies hiring foreign workers. The inspections will occur during the government's 2010 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1.
The move marks a nearly five-fold increase in inspections over last fiscal year, when the agency conducted 5,191 site visits under a new site inspection program.
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Microsoft adds app, data marketplace to Windows Azure
Microsoft said today that its upcoming Windows Azure cloud computing platform will come with marketplaces for both online apps built to run on Azure as well as datasets that companies can use to build their own apps.
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Microsoft to open up compilers for Visual Basic, C#
Microsoft, which has been pursuing concurrent improvements for its Visual Basic and C# programming languages, plans to open up compilers for the languages and add capabilities for asynchronous programming and immutability.
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Microsoft adds access controls for SQL Azure online database
Microsoft is creating technology to give businesses more fine-grained control over access to data stored in the company's upcoming SQL Azure database cloud service, a senior engineer said today. Code-named Vidalia, the technology will provide "trustworthy data collaboration for highly sensitive business data across disparate trust domains," said Microsoft technical fellow Dave Campbell in a talk at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference 2009 (PDC09) in Los Angeles.
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Sun says upgraded Storage 7000 arrays are the fastest in the world
Sun Microsystems today announced upgrades to its Sun Storage 7000 family of disk arrays that double the performance and capacity from a maximum of 288TB to 576TB in a 4U (7-in) space. The company is also now offering high-speed InfiniBand connectivity to its array and RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access).
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IBM puts Symphony productivity suite on Keepod USB devices
IBM announced Tuesday that its free Lotus Symphony office productivity suite is now available on Keepods -- thin USB devices made by the Italian company NSEC.
Big Blue's Symphony suite is based on OpenOffice.org and includes word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation creation. The new Keepod version, available through the Keepod store, employs VMware's ThinApp virtualization software, which wraps applications into an executable file that is isolated from a computer's operating system, mitigating compatibility and security concerns.
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