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Symantec to shut down Backup Exec.cloud
Symantec plans to close down its Backup Exec.cloud service, saying it lacks mobile and content-sharing features and wouldn't be the right...
VMware adds more scale to Virtual SAN beta
VMware has posted a new beta release of Virtual SAN (VSAN) that lets enterprises add more storage capacity and management features.
How Lenovo Plans to Crack the Server Market
Known for its ThinkPad laptops, Lenovo is trying to find its way into the data center, despite the dominance of the Big 3: IBM, HP and Dell
An HPC champion helps Trek Bicycle shift gears
Trek Bicycle has turned to high performance computers to help develop new bicycles, and the effort is seeing results.
The absurdly simple guide to backing up your PC
The first rule of PC Club is: Always, always back up.
Holiday travel tips: How to keep your data safe and accessible while traveling
The holidays may be a time for reconnecting with family, but long flights and the promise of plenty of unscheduled time make the temptation to bring...
SC13: GPUs would make terrific network monitors
A network researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory has found a potential new use for graphics...
Super Computer 13: GPUs would make terrific network monitors
A network researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory has found a potential new use for graphics...
Super Computing 13: GPUs would make terrific network monitors
A network researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory has found a potential new use for graphics...
With iOS app update, Microsoft wants SkyDrive to displace "camera roll" tools
Microsoft has sharpened the photo management capabilities of its SkyDrive app for iOS, a step intended to make the cloud storage product the de facto...
DDR4 memory may not find way into PCs, tablets until 2015
Crucial last week joined the ranks of leading venders to announce it will be shipping DDR4 memory by the end of the year, but Intel and AMD...
Ubuntu Linux server with ARM processor rolled out by Boston Limited
Boston Limited has announced a new server based on ARM processors and certified to run Ubuntu Linux 13.10, a move that could further stir up growing...
Microsoft takes off the gloves with Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1
In Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1, Microsoft has released a combination of operating system updates that we find very compelling. Microsoft...
China continues reign with top supercomputer
China has maintained its lead in the twice-yearly ranking of the world's most powerful supercomputers, with the Chinese National University of...
Dell PowerEdge VRTX hits the high notes
Dell's four-blade, 32-drive, 'cluster in a box' packs high performance, high availability, and high-end management in a tidy package
IBM looks past Watson, taps graphics chips to speed Power servers
IBM achieved a computing breakthrough when the Watson supercomputer outperformed humans in game show "Jeopardy," but the company now wants...
AWS: Our virtual desktop will succeed where others have stumbled
With the launch of a new hosted virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) service called WorkSpaces, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is hoping to convert more...
Dropbox makes its play for business users
Dropbox is hoping to capitalize on the growing use of its file hosting service among businesses with a new product built from scratch that is...
Microsoft sees huge potential in fuel cells
Microsoft is investigating the use of fuel cells to power data centers, arguing in a paper released Tuesday that its studies find it a technology...
AMD sows the seeds for hybrid CPU/GPU systems before January launch
AMD's new "Berlin" server APU will bring an innovative technology called HSA, or heterogeneous system architecture, when it launches in early 2014,...
How Lenovo Plans to Crack the Server Market
