Dell combines faster and cheaper SSDs in one box, with automatic tiering
Many enterprise storage systems include two or more types of hard disk drives, with data automatically moved between those two tiers of storage. The same concept has now been applied to two types of SSDs.
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How wearable tech will fuel the Internet of things
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Developers clamor for unified dev tools for Microsoft's 3 operating systems
Should Microsoft merge its smartphone and tablet/laptop/desktop operating systems into one substantial OS?
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Java: Out of the spotlight, but still spry
Although the 18-year-old Java platform isn't the darling of young developers anymore, don't count it out, an analyst stressed this week at the Jax Conf Java conference in Santa Clara, Calif., noting that Java still has formidable support.
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AMD breaks from Windows exclusivity, adopts Android and Chrome OS
After years of Windows OS exclusivity, Advanced Micro Devices is opening the door to design chips to run Google's Android and Chrome OS in PCs and tablets. AMD is expanding OS options as it designs chips based on x86 and ARM architecture, which run multiple OSes, said Lisa Su, senior vice president and general manager of global business units at AMD, in an interview at the Computex trade show in Taiwan.
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SQL Server 2014 promises to greatly speed transaction processing
The next version of Microsoft's relational database management system (RDMS) promises to bring immense performance gains to online transactional processing systems. SQL Server 2014 will come with a new in-memory OLTP engine, one built with the company's Heckaton set of technologies, first developed by Microsoft Research.
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SAP buys e-commerce vendor Hybris in strike back at Oracle, Salesforce.com
SAP is buying privately held Hybris in a bid to build out an e-commerce software offering that connects with customers across multiple "channels, devices and touch points." Terms of the deal, which was announced Wednesday, were not disclosed. It is expected to close in the third quarter of this year.
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IT departments won't exist in five years
Consumerization of IT and self-service trends will lead to a restructuring of the today's IT shop, leaving behind a hybrid model consisting of tech consultants and integrators. "The business itself will be the IT department. [Technologists] will simply be the enabler," said Brandon Porco, chief technologist & solutions architect at Northrop Grumman.
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AppGyver aims to make PhoneGap developers more effective using Steroids
Developer tool company AppGyver loves the PhoneGap platform, but is convinced there is room for productivity and performance improvements and is working on products to achieve both. AppGyver has released a public beta of Steroids ToolBelt, which allows Web developers to create mobile apps for iOS and Android using PhoneGap more quickly than what is currently possible, according to co-founder and CEO Marko Lehtimaki.
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Fujitsu 'world's thinnest' laptop has 11-hour battery, three times Full HD
Fujitsu will this month launch a super-thin Ultrabook, built on Intel's latest Haswell processors, with an 11-hour battery life and a screen with nearly three times HD resolution. The company said the new "UH90/L" model from its Lifebook line will be the world's thinnest for a laptop with a hard disk drive, measuring 15.5 mm at its thickest point. It will mark Fujitsu's entry into the quickly growing ranks of PCs built around Haswell processors, which boast slightly improved performance along with reduced power requirements.
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Apple fixes irritating Mountain Lion bugs, firms up Java defenses
Apple on Tuesday updated OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, likely for one of the last times, with a combination of compatibility and reliability bug fixes as well as vulnerability patches. The OS X 10.8.4 update -- the first from Apple since mid-March -- was accompanied by security-only updates for both OS X 10.7Lion and OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
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Intel's Atom is on a collision course with Core -- and everybody loses
Intel has made it clear that its fourth-generation Core or "Haswell" processors will power future PCs. But at the low end of the notebook market, the company's branding strategy will be far muddier -- and that's bad for Intel, considering it needs to tell consumers exactly what to buy.
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Java users woefully tardy on patching
Java has been a jackpot for hackers in recent months and an analysis of its users released Tuesday suggests why that's so. More than 50 percent of Java users are running a version of the program that's more than two years old, according to the analysis based on more than one billion endpoints monitored by Websense Security Lab.
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