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  • Weaker PC Sales Outlook Casts Shadow Over Recovery

    SAN FRANCISCO Aug 31 (Reuters) – Technology research firm Gartner cut its forecast for personal computer sales for the second half of the year by 2 percent, signaling that a resurgence in tech spending that started earlier this year may not be as strong as expected. Worldwide PC shipments are now projected to grow by…

  • Business Intelligence Thwarted by Technology Silos, Execs Say

    A new survey out by Deloitte Consulting found that about one third of technology executives and business decision-makers say their organizations don’t have business analytics capabilities at all or they don’t know whether their organizations utilize the capabilities they do have. Conducted among more than 1,900 tech executives during a recent webcast, the informal Deloitte…

  • Acer’s iPad Challenge 10 Ways Acer Can Beat Apple’s Tablet

    Acer’s iPad Challenge 10 Ways Acer Can Beat Apple’s Tablet 1. Go to AndroidAcer seems quite excited over the possibility of Windows 7 making inroads in the tablet market, but Acer should consider Android. The software is the most popular OS in the smartphone market right now, and it will likely appeal to both corporate…

  • Isilon Integrates iSCSI Protocol, Creating Unified Scale-Out Storage Platform

    Isilon  has integrated the iSCSI protocol into its OneFS operating system, delivering what the company says is the industry’s first unified scale-out storage platform for the enterprise. The advance enables Isilon scale-out storage users to consolidate file- and block-based applications onto a single, shared pool of storage. Isilon announced the simplified data management, available for…

  • Intel Buys Infineon Wireless Unit for $1.4B

    Intel strengthened its mobile and embedded technology portfolio, announcing it will buy Infineon Technologies’ Wireless Solutions business for $1.4 billion. The deal gives Intel more of what it needs to play in what Intel calls the connected computing space that includes smartphones, laptops and embedded computing. Most industry-watchers agree that mobility is the key for…

  • Citrix Systems Announces Additions to OpenCloud Platform

    Virtual computing solutions specialist Citrix Systems debuted several additions to its OpenCloud infrastructure platform for cloud providers, including open lifecycle management, open cloud interoperability and open cloud networking. In addition, the company announced it has signed an agreement to acquire VMLogix, a provider of virtualization management for private and public clouds. The acquisition of VMLogix…

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