Tuesday, December 8, 2009

IT News HeadLines (InfoWorld) 08/12/2009



Novell to extend identity management to cloud, virtualized apps

Virtualization and cloud computing has taken off, despite strong concerns lingering over how companies can secure and manage those apps and data.

Novell says it can help companies with both sides of the equation, accelerating the creation of virtualized and cloud apps with built-in security.آ Over the next year, Novell plans to release eight new products or upgrades to aid in what it calls "intelligent workload management."


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Arm, Qualcomm invest $10M in chip startup Arteris

Arm and Qualcomm led a group of investors that have invested nearly $10 million in chip interconnect startup Arteris, the companies said Monday.

Arteris' main product is an on-chip interconnect called Network on Chip used to link components of complex chips, called Systems on Chips (SoCs). The company raised $9.7 million from a group led by Qualcomm and Arm, which joined the company's existing investors, who include Synopsys and DoCoMo Capital.


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Exascale computers hold promise of next-gen business apps

The race is on to develop a new generation of far more powerful supercomputers that could help solve some of the world's most vexing problems.

Exascale supercomputers, expected to appear by 2018, could, for example, play a significant role in efforts to combat climate change or develop ultra-long-life batteries for powering automobiles. Scientists also expect exascale systems to help them come up with processes for creating biofuels from weeds rather than corn.


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Chrome OS heats up Microsoft-Google rivalry

The already intense Google-Microsoft rivalry heated up considerably last month with the long-expected release of Google's Chrome operating system to the open-source community.


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Microsoft yanks $150 Windows 7 Family Pack

Microsoft yanked its $150 Windows 7 Family Pack from the U.S. market last week, saying that the limited time offer had expired.

The page dedicated to the Family Pack now reads: "Thank you for your interest in Windows 7. The Windows 7 Family Pack offer has ended."


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