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  • EMC Unveils VNX Unified Storage Platform

    EMC, a provider of information infrastructure solutions, announced the release of a family of unified storage systems—EMC VNX. The new storage solutions consolidate the features and functionality of EMC CLARiiON and EMC Celerra into a single family of unified storage arrays that scale from entry-level to data center-class systems. The VNXe (for entry) series is…

  • Verizon iPhone Could Cause ATT Exodus

    In more bad news for AT&T, a Jan. 13 study from ChangeWave is the latest to suggest that the original Apple iPhone provider may suffer a customer exodus once Verizon begins selling its own long-awaited iPhone Feb. 10. Days before Verizon’s big Jan. 11 announcement  — “We are pleased to introduce millions of wireless users…

  • DOJ May Halt Google’s Bid for ITA Software

    Google’s $700 million acquisition of ITA Software may be halted by the U.S. Justice Department, which is reportedly preparing for a possible antitrust lawsuit to put the kibosh on the deal. ITA’s software helps airlines, search engines and online travel companies organize flight information, including flight times, availability and prices. Sources familiar with the matter…

  • IBM Supercomputer Beats Humans in Jeopardy Match

    Watson, IBM’s latest DeepQA supercomputer, defeated its two human challengers during a demonstration round of Jeopardy on Jan. 13. The supercomputer will face former Jeopardy champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in a two-game, men-versus-machine tournament to be aired in February. However, the Jeopardy match-up was not the "culmination" of four years of work by…

  • Cloud, Analytics Will Drive Midmarket Growth

    The midmarket is investing in IT again, and it’s focusing on IT infrastructure improvements, collaboration, business analytics and business performance management, according to a survey from IBM. Fifty percent of companies surveyed plan to increase their IT budgets in the next 18 months. IT investments, however, had to align with business goals and drive growth,…

  • McAfee Offers Enterprise Mobility Management 9.5

    Security specialist McAfee announced the general availability of its Enterprise Mobility Management (McAfee EMM) 9.5 software. The EMM software now includes integration with the company’s ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) platform, providing customers with unified management of their endpoint, network and data security products. The end-to-end visibility and control provided by the McAfee ePO platform is designed…

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