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Pure Storage, EMC, And IBM Lead The All-Flash Array Pack
All-flash storage arrays have come of age, and are increasingly being used to replace all-disk and hybrid flash-disk arrays for the tier one storage that underpins applications and databases ...Full Article
GAO Issues Split Decision on DHS Datacenter Contract
The cutthroat federal IT market virtually assures that every time a government agency awards a contract the losers will file a protest. The tactic has become standard operating procedure ...Full Article
Weak Growth For Servers In Q2, But Still Growth
The global economy seems to be improving, despite political unrest in various parts of the globe, and the server market managed to get some growth in both revenues and ...Full Article
Uncle Sam Approves IBM X86 Server Biz Sale To Lenovo
Big Blue has cleared the last major hurdle block its proposed $2.3 billion sale of its System x X86 server business and the licensing of key software and storage ...Full Article
VoltDB Database Put Through The Paces On Clouds
One of the buzzwords for users of cloud services refers to the increasing need for speed and the velocity of data. Datasets are not only growing in size but ...Full Article
IBM, Carrier Partners Claim Elastic Networking Advance
Researchers from AT&T, IBM, and Applied Communication Sciences said they have built a prototype network that promises to reduce the set up time for inter-cloud connectivity from days to ...Full Article
SoftLayer To Outflank Rivals With Bare Metal, InfiniBand, And Power8
There are many ways for IBM to get to the $7 billion revenue run rate it has promised Wall Street it can hit as it exits 2015. One way ...Full Article
IBM Forging Bigger Power8 Systems, Adding FPGA Acceleration
IBM launched its first servers based on the Power8 processors back in April, and the initial machines were aimed at scale-out clusters as well as at customers needing a ...Full Article
IBM Systems Biz Stabilizes In Q2
The systems business at IBM started to stabilize in the second quarter, with X86 servers and mainframes showing improvements and entry Power Systems machines based on the company’s Power8 ...Full Article
Open Sourced BIOS Helps Power8 Compete With X86
IBM is deadly serious about fostering an open ecosystem around the Power8 processor and its follow-ons, and has taken the next step in advancing its OpenPower cause by open ...Full Article
