IBM unleashes 256-core Unix server, its biggest yet
IBM has strengthened its hand in the Unix business with new servers based on its Power7 processors, including a server for large enterprises that scales to 256 cores.
The Power 795 is IBM's biggest Unix server to date. It's aimed at companies that run large-scale database applications or want to consolidate multiple Unix or Linux workloads onto a single system using IBM's PowerVM virtualization software.
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Report: Apple to launch 7-inch iPad by Christmas
Apple is readying another tablet similar to the iPad but with a 7-inch touchscreen for launch as early as the end of this year, according to a major Taiwanese newspaper.
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Embarcadero tackles the cloud with tools for PHP and Windows
Embarcadero Technologies will release later this month upgraded development tools for Windows and PHP as part of its RAD Studio XE suite.
With the suite, Embarcadero will make accommodations for deploying cloud applications and also expects to battle Zend Technologies in the PHP development space. Embarcadero will officially announce the suite on September 1.
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Riverbed CEO Jerry Kennelly talks WAN optimization
If you think WAN optimization is a niche market, don't bring it up around Jerry Kennelly. Co-founder, chairman, and CEO of San Francisco-based Riverbed Technology, Inc., Kennelly is a fervent believer that WAN optimization is the foundation for the next generation of IT infrastructure and that Riverbed is poised for a dominant role not only in corporate data centers but in the cloud as well.
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Microsoft and Google fight over email, but agree on $5 inboxes
When it comes to cloud-based email, there are four major vendors vying for your IT dollars: Microsoft, Google, IBM, and http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/cisco/ ">Cisco Systems. Each has its pros and cons, but no matter which vendor you choose the price of email will be roughly the same: $5 per user per month.
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Foreign-worker visa fee hike could increase use of offshoring
It's not often that H-1B visa critics and advocates are on the same page, but Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has accomplished the seemingly impossible. Representatives on both sides of the H-1B visa debate agree that the increased visa fees established as part of a new border security appropriations act introduced by Schumer in the U.S. Senate are inequitable and likely to be ineffective in creating or maintaining American IT jobs.
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Java founder derides Oracle's lawsuit against Google
Java founder James Gosling has weighed in on Oracle's lawsuit against Google over Android's use of Java, saying the unsurprising litigation was about ego, money, and power.
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Dell buying storage virtualization vendor 3Par for $1.2 billion
Dell on Monday announced it has agreed to acquire virtualized storage provider 3Par for about $1.2 billion, a move that will boost its capabilities for building public and private cloud computing environments. The deal is expected to close later this year.
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