Water cooling returns to IBM mainframes
IBM next will begin shipping a computer with something that customers have not seen in a new mainframe from the company since 1995 -- water cooling.
The new mainframe, dubbed the zEnterprise 196, can operate with up to 96 processors versus 64 in the System z10 mainframe using about the same amount of power.
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Can Intel become a powerhouse in mobile?
Intel wants to be a force in the mobile computing world -- a fact that was made clear by the company's recently announced plans to acquire chip maker Infineon Technology's wireless division and security software provider McAfee.
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Microsoft still mum on programs prone to DLL hijacking attacks
Microsoft on Tuesday again abstained from naming which of its Windows programs, if any, contain bugs that could lead to widespread "DLL load hijacking" attacks.
Also on Tuesday, the company published an automated tool to make it easier for users to block attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in a host of Windows applications.
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Mobile data traffic set to soar
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Data traffic volumes have surpassed voice in the mobile space, a trend that is expected to continue well into the future, an Ericsson official said during an industry panel session in Silicon Valley Tuesday evening.
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Dell shows off its new modular data center
Dell has been relatively quiet about its modular data-center products, but on Tuesday it showed off a new design it has started selling to large "hyperscale" customers, which include big Internet firms like Microsoft and Facebook.
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Verizon teams with VMware on enterprise cloud service
Verizon Business is tapping into the popularity of VMware technology with a cloud computing service designed to let customers easily move workloads between their own infrastructure and Verizon's cloud.
With the new service, in trials now and due for general availability early next year, enterprises that use VMware will be able to shift workloads out to Verizon's CaaS (Computing as a Service) infrastructure and back again, the companies said. This could help organizations ease their way into cloud computing or take advantage of greater computing resources when necessary.
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Xsigo gives Ethernet a path into converged I/O
I/O virtualization vendor Xsigo Systems is tapping into the most ubiquitous network connections around, offering an appliance that lets enterprises carve many virtual links out of the Gigabit Ethernet or 10-Gigabit Ethernet port built into a server.
The company is announcing a new, Ethernet-enabled version of its Xsigo I/O Director at VMworld in San Francisco on Tuesday.
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VMware vCloud Director gets Zenoss monitoring app
After setting up a cloud infrastructure, an organization needs tools to monitor that it is running as smoothly as planned.
With this in mind, software provider Zenoss has customized its server and networking monitoring application, Zenoss Enterprise, for VMware's newly released cloud management software, vCloud Director.
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