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PCIe flash: It solves lots of problems, but also makes a bunch - so what's its future?

PCIe flash: It solves lots of problems, but also makes a bunch - so what
  • Posted May 14, 2013, 8:30 AM by Rob Ober | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
  • It’s worth pointing out that almost all the "magic" that has been developed around flash was already scoped out in 2007. It just takes a while for a whole new industry to mature. Individual die capacity increased, meaning fewer die are needed for a solution – and that means less parallel bandwidth for data transfer…

Watch out Cisco: Facebook is designing open network switches

Watch out Cisco: Facebook is designing open network switches
  • Posted May 10, 2013, 2:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Social networking icon Facebook -- perhaps with a deserved emphasis on "networking" -- announced that is now expanding its Open Compute Project in an effort to take a fresh look at enterprise-level switch design. Facebook is hoping OCP will yield a high-end,…

IBM to invest $1 billion in flash storage research and development

IBM to invest $1 billion in flash storage research and development
  • Posted April 12, 2013, 9:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
  • Solid state drives could soon become a staple in the enterprise sector thanks to a recent commitment from IBM. Big Blue announced plans yesterday to invest $1 billion in the research and development of flash storage to help design and…

Synology DS2413+ NAS Review: For when you're serious about storage

Synology DS2413+ NAS Review: For when you
  • Posted April 8, 2013, 2:44 AM by Steven Walton | Filed in TechSpot, Hardware
  • The DS2413+ is Synology's newest twelve-bay DiskStation NAS for small to medium sized businesses who need loads of storage. Along with supporting up to 48TB worth of drives out of the box, the DS2413+ can be paired with the company's DX1211 expansion enclosure that houses an extra 12 drives, doubling the maximum storage capacity of the base unit to a whopping 96TB.

    We should also make a quick note before you get to the end and scoff at the price: the DS2413+ isn't for average home users. It's retailing for $1,700 without drives or the 12-bay expansion. With that in mind, let's see what the DS2413+'s upgrades offer.

Apple releases iOS 6.1.3, finally fixes lock screen bug

Apple releases iOS 6.1.3, finally fixes lock screen bug
  • Posted March 19, 2013, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Apple
  • Apple today released iOS 6.1.3, an update to its mobile OS which contains "improvements and bug fixes". Perhaps the most importantly though, Apple has finally fixed the lock screen (aka. passcode) bug which allowed potential miscreants to bypass lock screens…

Western Digital reinvests in enterprise solid state drive maker Skyera

Western Digital reinvests in enterprise solid state drive maker Skyera
  • Posted March 13, 2013, 3:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Western Digital is lending a helping hand to Skyera in the form of strategic funding as part of a recently announced Series B round of financing. The duo said the investment is part of a strategic relationship that also includes…

Dell announces Latitude 10 Enhanced Security for enterprise market

Dell announces Latitude 10 Enhanced Security for enterprise market
  • Posted February 25, 2013, 6:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
  • Dell has launched an updated version of its Latitude 10 with improvements for enterprise customers. The company says its "Enhanced Security" edition device offers more security features than any other tablet available -- Windows 8 or otherwise -- making it…

Outlook 2013 drops .XLS and .DOC from import, export features

Outlook 2013 drops .XLS and .DOC from import, export features
  • Posted December 21, 2012, 1:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • On its Office blog, Microsoft announced several aging features to be whacked by the deprecation hammer in Outlook 2013. Amongst these imminent changes is the elimination of importing (and exporting) legacy Microsoft Office formats, namely 97-2003 .XLS and .DOC files.

Dell's consumer sales suffer, Windows 8 touch devices encouraging

Dell
  • Posted November 16, 2012, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • With yesterday's report of sagging consumer PC sales, Dell said it's looking to other markets (i.e. enterprise and IT services) to help pick up the slack. Dell has talked about transitioning from consumer PCs to IT business services in the past,…

Dell intros Windows 8 business tablet with swappable battery

Dell intros Windows 8 business tablet with swappable battery
  • Posted September 19, 2012, 4:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
  • As with every other PC maker, Dell is preparing for next month's Windows 8 launch with a slew of touch-enabled devices, including a new business-oriented tablet. At first glance, the Latitude 10 appears to be just another black rectangle, but Dell has incorporated many enterprise...

IBM's latest zEnterprise mainframe packs powerful 5.5GHz processors

IBM
  • Posted August 29, 2012, 5:00 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Hardware
  • Competing for the attention of an increasing number of businesses that are turning to lower cost PC-based enterprise servers, IBM has announced next-generation systems with a smaller footprint as well as improved security and performance. The new zEnterprise EC12 mainframe cost...

A three-screen reality: tablets gaining ground in the enterprise [sponsored]

A three-screen reality: tablets gaining ground in the enterprise [sponsored]
  • Posted August 1, 2012, 1:30 PM by Alfresco | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • Consumers today have plenty of choice when it comes to smartphones, and as the technology spills over into their professional lives, businesses are faced with the challenge of managing their use in the workplace. That is, taking advantage of the…

Apple targets enterprise market with AuthenTec acquisition

Apple targets enterprise market with AuthenTec acquisition
  • Posted July 27, 2012, 12:03 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, Apple
  • Mobile and network security company AuthenTec announced this morning it has agreed to an acquisition offer from Apple for $8 a share. The figure represents close to a 60 percent premium above Thursday’s closing price ($5.07) and values the firm…

Embracing BYOD, Alfresco brings tablet productivity to the enterprise [sponsored]

Embracing BYOD, Alfresco brings tablet productivity to the enterprise [sponsored]
  • Posted July 25, 2012, 11:00 AM by Alfresco | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing With Video
  • Consumers aren't the only ones flocking to purchase tablets. Tablet adoption figures among business users vary depending on your source but it’s evidently on the rise. A recent survey conducted by Forrester Research, for example, indicates that tablets are a…

NAS at 10GbE Speeds: QNAP TS-879 Pro & Synology DS3612xs Review

NAS at 10GbE Speeds: QNAP TS-879 Pro & Synology DS3612xs Review
  • Posted May 14, 2012, 11:40 PM by Steven Walton | Filed in TechSpot, Hardware
  • Hoping to drive small and medium business sales, NAS-makers have been pushing to deliver enterprise features such as cloud storage, virtualization support, automated backup software and iSCSI support. There's also been an effort to include technologies such as Link Aggregation, which can increase network bandwidth when dealing with multiple users and also provides redundancy in case one of the links fails.

    First seen over a decade ago, 10GbE is ten times faster than Gigabit Ethernet, but it's been largely reserved for pricey devices. With that in mind, we're checking out two new high-end SMB NAS devices: the QNAP TS-879 Pro and the Synology DS3612xs.

Dell buys Wyse, strengthens enterprise arm with cloud, virtualization

Dell buys Wyse, strengthens enterprise arm with cloud, virtualization
  • Posted April 2, 2012, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News
  • Possibly in attempt to expand up on its "we're not really a PC company" strategy, Dell has acquired Wyse for an undisclosed amount. Based in San Jose, Wyse has long specialized in thin-clients, offering vertically integrated, centralized computing solutions for…

Dell: We're no longer a PC company

Dell: We
  • Posted February 28, 2012, 8:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
  • Dell says it no longer sees its business as one that manufacturers and sells PCs but rather as an IT solutions company focusing more on the enterprise market. The claim follows the firm’s publishing of its full-year financials, which showed a growth in…

Windows 8 SKUs potentially leaked in driver documentation

Windows 8 SKUs potentially leaked in driver documentation
  • Posted February 24, 2012, 5:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Besides its uptight security and early software incompatibilities, the confusion surrounding Windows Vista's marketing fragmentation stood as one of critics' main complaints. There were six editions (Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise and Ultimate)...

More than half of IT professionals eyeing Windows 8 for deployment

More than half of IT professionals eyeing Windows 8 for deployment
  • Posted November 2, 2011, 3:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Microsoft
  • IT professionals are already eyeing Windows 8 to replace existing operating systems in the corporate world when it becomes available. 52 percent of those polled said they plan to upgrade to Microsoft’s latest operating system, according to a survey of…

Make mobility the most powerful part of your IT [sponsored]

Make mobility the most powerful part of your IT [sponsored]
  • Posted October 26, 2011, 11:00 AM by Dell SMB | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • Mobile computing has changed the way companies do business by freeing employees from the office while allowing them to stay productive wherever the job requires it.

Dell virtualization solutions and assessment for SMBs [sponsored]

Dell virtualization solutions and assessment for SMBs [sponsored]
  • Posted October 18, 2011, 11:30 AM by Dell SMB | Filed in Industry News
  • Server virtualization has become an increasingly important strategy for businesses of all sizes. It allows companies to gain more from what they already have, making one server act as multiple servers, or move from 20+ physical servers down to a few.

Enterproid's Divide separates work from play on Android

Enterproid
  • Posted October 7, 2011, 2:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Mobile Computing, Software
  • As smartphones become a commodity in our work and personal lives, it's getting increasingly challenging to balance productivity with protecting sensitive data. Some business users may be forced to carry one device for personal use and another for work, while…

Intel unveils cheaper, MLC-based enterprise SSDs

Intel unveils cheaper, MLC-based enterprise SSDs
  • Posted September 15, 2011, 3:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Industry News With Video
  • Intel has announced that its new generation of solid-state drives for enterprise data centers will use 25nm MLC flash chips. Although this type of memory is usually considered slower and less reliable than SLC, the switch to multi-level cells enables…

Dell Precision M4600 and M6600 added 512GB SATA 6.0 Gpbs SSD options

Dell Precision M4600 and M6600 added 512GB SATA 6.0 Gpbs SSD options
  • Posted September 9, 2011, 8:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
  • Dell has added new configuration options for its premium mobile workstations, including high capacity flash storage solutions. First launched in May, the Precision M4600 (15.6-inch) and M6600 (17.3-inch) can now be purchased with one or two 512GB SATA 6Gb/s flash…

Virtualization by Dell: Solutions for evolving businesses [sponsored]

Virtualization by Dell: Solutions for evolving businesses [sponsored]
  • Posted July 28, 2011, 4:38 PM by Dell SMB | Filed in Industry News With Video
  • Server virtualization is currently one of the most significant technology trends in IT. Managing server hardware and software as separate infrastructure components can make it possible to significantly improve data center operating efficiencies.

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