The silicon industry's plans to use multiple processor cores on the same chip to improve computer processing performance may have hit a bump on supercomputing highway.
- By Jim Barthold
- December 09, 2008
Enterprise architecture must be a key part of the strategy used to protect computers and networks from cyberattacks, said Ron Ross, a National Institute of Standards and Technology senior computer scientist.
- By Doug Beizer
- December 09, 2008
If you use open source software (OSS), Gartner recommends you have an official OSS policy. But a surprising number of open source adopters are operating without one.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 08, 2008
As IT managers develop strategies and deploy technologies to reduce power consumption in their facilities, they recognize virtualization does not only reduce server sprawl, it can also save energy.
- By Rutrell Yasin
- December 08, 2008
Steve Ballmer told The Wall Street Journal on Friday that while Microsoft is open to a search advertising deal with Yahoo, no negotiations currently are taking place.
- By Herb Torrens
- December 08, 2008
Fedora 10, a Linux-based desktop operating system sponsored by Red Hat, was released late last month by the Fedora Project.
- By Will Kraft
- December 05, 2008
Microsoft chose a former Yahoo executive to lead its Web-based search and advertising efforts, the company announced on Thursday.
- By Herb Torrens
- December 05, 2008
Enterprises are starting to appreciate software as a service (SaaS) and plan to maintain or grow their SaaS use, according to a survey conducted by Gartner, tapping 258 respondents.
- By Jim Barthold
- December 04, 2008
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), also known as desktop virtualization or hosted desktop, is typically used to move Windows desktop environments into a datacenter, where they reside on a server and are "pushed" out to end users.
- By Keith Ward
- December 04, 2008
This year, the IT industry reached an inflection point, where more new malicious programs were created than useful ones.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- December 03, 2008
VMware rolled out the centerpiece of its virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) strategy today, with the release of VMware View 3.
- By Keith Ward
- December 02, 2008
Pentagon officials acknowledged that the malware known as Agent.btz recently affected some Defense Department systems.
- By Dan Campbell
- December 02, 2008
Microsoft is initiating the fourth in a series of datacenter upgrades to enable its cloud computing services, according to a Microsoft blog post on Tuesday.
- By Herb Torrens
- December 02, 2008
Critics asserting that Windows Live OneCare didn't succeed on its own have got it wrong, according to Microsoft's chief security advisor for the EMEA region.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 01, 2008
Just days after Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's declaration that Redmond was "done with all of these [acquisition] discussions with Yahoo," one newspaper is reporting that a deal is in the works.
- By Becky Nagel
- November 29, 2008
IBM on Monday announced consulting services specifically designed to help organizations assess their options in using cloud computing technology.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 25, 2008
Facing criticism that the beta of its Web Platform Installer didn't support Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, Microsoft addressed that complaint with the release candidate made available yesterday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 25, 2008
The latest iteration of the Green500 list was released at the SC08 supercomputing conference in Austin, Texas.
- By Joab Jackson
- November 24, 2008
Microsoft exec Kirill Tatarinov on Wednesday described some new features to expect in the forthcoming Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 enterprise resource planning solution.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 21, 2008
ISO/IEC on Tuesday published the Office Open XML (OOXML) file format standard, formally known as ISO/IEC 29500:2008.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 21, 2008