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Microsoft .NET Prevails over Google, Ruby on Rails
According to a recent Evans Data survey, Microsoft’s .NET was rated the best overall framework by software developers, over competing frameworks from Google and others. In Evans Data’s recently released Users’ Choice Survey on Frameworks, the market research company asked developers to rank 10 different attributes of the frameworks they have used. Microsoft’s .NET came…
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Seagate Offers Storage Drives with Connection Flexibility
SAN FRANCISCO — Seagate on May 5 launched a new generation of its FreeAgent external storage hard drives, naming them GoFlex — with the spotlight on connection flexibility. The key new feature throughout the line is this: Never again will a user have to buy a whole new drive just because the USB port has…
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SGI Rolls Out Altix ICE 8400 HPC Server Blades
SGI is updating its Altix ICE blade servers with the latest x86 processors from both Intel and Advanced Micro Devices and a bulked-up InfiniBand network designed to increase scalability. SGI’s Altix ICE 8400, announced May 5 and aimed at the HPC (high-performance computing) space, can scale as high as 65,536 nodes, and can be powered…
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Symantec Chair Thompson Named CEO at SAN Startup
Former Symantec CEO and current board Chairman John W. Thompson, widely considered by industry watchers as one of the true “class acts” in Silicon Valley, May 6 was named CEO of Virtual Instruments. Thompson replaces Mark Urdahl, who was VI’s founding CEO in 2008. Urdahl, a major stockholder, is staying on as a member of…
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Today’s Most Significant Security Threats
Security challenges for organizations are tougher than ever. Old scourges such as malware are taking on new potency as penetration tools and exploit kits are becoming more of a commercial affair, as attack sophistication is increasing through years of the ever-escalating battle of security researcher versus cyber-criminal and as more employees and customers are interacting…