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IBM to Acquire i2 to Accelerate Big Data Analytics
Technology giant IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire i2, a provider of intelligence analytics for crime and fraud prevention based in Cambridge, UK with U.S. headquarters in McLean, Va., to accelerate its business analytics initiatives and help clients in the public and private sectors address crime, fraud and security threats. Financial terms of the…
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Dell Partners With VMware, Salesforce on Cloud Systems
With its design-it-yourself PCs in the 1980s and ’90s, Dell liberated personal computing in its own image. Later, it developed its own servers, resold and serviced storage hardware from EMC, and made it all economically attractive for its marketing sweet spots midrange and small businesses to purchase and deploy. Now, in 2011, the company Michael…
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Microsoft Reveals Windows 8 Storage Format Support Details
Microsoft is continuing its public deep-geek dive into the particulars of Windows 8, with a new corporate blog entry focusing on the upcoming operating system s easy interoperability with two popular file-storage formats. “The trend of incredibly large- and small-form-factor hard discs means we can store ever increasing amounts of data without worrying about running…
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Intel Forms Subsidiary to Work With Federal Government
Technology giant Intel Corporation announced the formation of a wholly owned subsidiary, Intel Federal, to provide strategic focus in order to better address new opportunities in working with the U.S. government. Initially, Intel Federal will focus on the high-performance computing segment, including work on exascale computing with the U.S. Department of Energy and other agencies.…
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IBM Launches New Hybrid Cloud for Enterprises
IBM has announced a new hybrid cloud solution based in part on technology the company got from its 2010 acquisition of Cast Iron. IBM’s new hybrid cloud helps clients reduce the time it takes to connect, manage and secure public and private clouds. With new integration and management capabilities, organizations of all sizes will be…