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Intel Ships First Dual-Core Atom Processor
Intel has released to shipping its first dual-core Atom processor – a chip the company is targeting for low-cost desktops or "nettops" as Intel calls them. Priced at $43 when the chip is bought in quantities of 1,000, the Intel Atom Processor 330 is part of a move by Intel to tap into a…
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Reverse Outsourcing: Brazilian Company Finds Affordable Hosting Stateside
For anyone who still thinks outsourcing only means sending jobs overseas, here’s something to adjust that perspective: A Brazilian company has tapped U.S.-based hosting services provider The Planet in what both companies are calling a “reverse outsourcing” arrangement. The customer, Sao Paulo-based Atitude Digital Media, is using The Planet’s hosting services to provide Webcasts to…
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Oracle and EMC: Improve Database Performance in a Flash (Drive)
SAN FRANCISCO — IT solution providers and IT consultants will find that EMC’s Symmetrix DMX-4 storage systems are showing much faster I/O speeds running Oracle database applications when they are outfitted with new enterprise-class flash drives. The storage systems had a reputation for slowing down as they loaded up more and more data. The improvement…
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Online Marketplaces Under Fire from Big Box Retailers
If you sell any of your products online, you may be the target of a new legislation being pushed by big retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target, Safeway, Best Buy and Walgreens they say is aimed at stemming the flow of stolen goods sold online. In response to the proposed legislation online marketplaces are claiming those…
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More IT Services Contracts to Come under Review
Now that Hewlett-Packard is moving to cut over 24,000 jobs in the wake of its merger with Electronic Data Systems, there is a lot of speculation about what all this ultimately means for the IT services industry. The more negative-minded folks typically see this as a move to reduce HP’s cost structure around EDS by…