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Data Centers Get Virtualized Management 10GbE Fabric Option
Voltaire, a provider of scale-out data center fabrics, has announced two software products that the company says will offer better performance and management capabilities to scale out 10-gigabit Ethernet fabrics. The products take the capabilities Voltaire has made available in its Infiniband products and makes those features available on Ethernet infrastructures. Available now is Voltaire…
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Apple, Google, Intel Hiring Practices Under Justice Dept. Investigation
A number of high-profile tech companies, ranging from Google and Apple to IBM and Intel, are being probed by federal investigators for their hiring practices, according to the Wall Street Journal. At issue is whether those companies’ alleged agreements to not poach each other’s employees constitute a breach of antitrust laws. The April 9 article…
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Tech Spending to Grow in Enterprise, Consumer Market
Worldwide IT spending in 2010 will jump to $3.4 trillion, and could reach more than $3.5 trillion in 2011, according to Gartner. Helping to drive the upward trend are consumer mobile PCs, virtualization and security software, Gartner said. IT spending worldwide should grow 5.3 percent in 2010 over last year, reaching $3.4 trillion, according to…
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Palm’s Potential Acquirers Include HTC, Microsoft, Dell and Lenovo
Smartphone maker Palm is seeking bids to be purchased, Reuters reported April 11, citing people familiar with the situation. According to Taiwan’s Economic Daily News, HTC, which makes Google’s Nexus One phone, among other popular models, is said to be open to discussions about acquiring Palm. Goldman Sachs and Qatalyst Partners have reportedly…
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Small Business to Get Free Help with Broadband
SCORE, an organization that bills itself the “Counselor to America’s Small Business,” announced that The SCORE Foundation rallied corporate partners for a combined donation of $1.1 million to jump-start a nationwide public/private consortium to help small businesses compete in the Internet age by using broadband technologies. The consortium will offer training, tools and resources, all…
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Federal IT Spending to Rise
Professional services, systems integrators, security professionals, health IT software companies and large-scale technology service providers all stand to benefit from information technology spending in fiscal year 2011 and beyond, according to upcoming annual research on government spending. The latest figures on IT budget requests for the federal government are $79.4 billion for fiscal year 2011,…