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Oracle to Demo New Database Appliance at OpenWorld
Not long after Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in 2010, it did some rebranding and ported over its 2-year-old, Hewlett-Packard-boxed Exadata Database Server to its new SPARC-powered hardware and began weaning it off the older machines. If Oracle was going to become a full-service IT provider, this is where it had to start. That was the…
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Nimbula Updates Infrastructure as a Service
Silicon Valley cloud firm Nimbula updated its Infrastructure as a Service Platform (IaaS) platform today and unveiled a number of new partnerships in order to give users more simple control over their compute and storage resources. Immediately available, Nimbula Director 1.5 now supports a geographically distributed cloud, offering users the ability to manage a multi-site…
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Smartphone Users Prefer Data Security to Call Quality
For the first time in history, data security is more important to U.S. cell phone users than call quality, according to a report from AdaptiveMobile. Sixty-eight percent of those surveyed cited keeping information secure as the most important carrier function, versus 52 percent for service quality and reliability. The survey also found that respondents are…
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DandH Helps VARs Tackle Lucrative Vertical Market Opportunities
D&H Distributing is offering several new resources to help resellers looking to tap into growing vertical markets such as health care, government and education, including training programs, sales advice and vendor information portals. The Harrisburg, Pa.-based distributor launched a new Education/Government Resource Page on its Website to give VARs a one-stop shop for vendors offering…
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Microsoft Reveals Security Features of Windows 8
Microsoft is detailing some of its security procedures for Windows 8. Key to Windows 8’s platform integrity architecture is its UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface), a set of specifications for how the operating system communicates with platform firmware during the boot-up process. UEFI features a firmware validation process known as secure boot, which dictates how…