Virtualisation nets million-dollar savings for tax firm
Deploying virtualisation software from EMC subsidiary VMware has saved H&R Block, a global tax planning services provider, an estimated US$1 million (NZ$1.6 million) on hardware purchases.
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EMC’s Tucci sees consolidation in storage market ahead
EMC president and chief executive officer Joe Tucci predicts that the storage market will undergo significant changes in 2006 due to the prevalence of emerging technologies and growth potential in new customer segments.
Disk storage sales surge in 2005, says IDC
An explosion of data and the availability of storage systems that can help businesses tackle data protection and business continuity issues drove a record year of growth for the disk storage systems market in 2005, according to an IDC US report.
Red Hat releases Fedora Core 5
Red Hat has released the latest version of its Fedora Core Linux community distribution with new desktop applications, security capabilities and virtualization technologies.
IBM throws a supercomputing fastball
IBM has announced that it has developed technology to speed up the way large computer networks access and share information.
Symantec settles adware dispute with Hotbar
Symantec Corp. Friday said it has reached an out-of-court agreement in its adware lawsuit against New York-based Hotbar.com Inc. The deal calls for Symantec to dismiss its suit, but continue to classify Hotbar's program files as low-risk adware.
Sun to buy patch management vendor Aduva
Sun Microsystems has agreed to acquire patch management specialist Aduva, officials said Wednesday.
Virtualisation freebies aim to draw developers, users
IT vendors Monday rolled out a raft of new incentives aimed to propel the adoption of virtualisation technologies.