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New Modular Solar Towers Promise Easy Green Power

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

These solar towers may look like the Eye of Sauron, but each could provide enough energy to power 50 homes.

Google "Drive" Could Step on Cloud Partners' Toes

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Google is preparing to launch a long-rumored cloud storage service that tramples a bit on products and services offered by Google partners. A Wall Street Journal report citing "people familiar with the matter" says the new "Drive" service will be launched by Google in the coming weeks or months. What does that mean for other companies that Google works closely with?

Google to Launch Cloud Storage 'Drive' Soon - Reports

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Google is rumoured to be on the verge of launching a new cloud-based storage product, which has been described as the search giant's answer to Dropbox.

Cisco Boosted Profit, Sales in Q2 While Cutting Costs

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Cisco's earnings per share rose more than 48 percent from a year earlier

Researchers Claim 100-Fold Increase in Data Storage Speed

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

European researchers may have found a way to speed up data storage 100-fold, breaking one barrier holding back how fast data can be transferred.

Google Leads Green IT Ranking

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Google came out on top of Greenpeace's Cool IT Leaderboard for overall green practices.

Greenpeace Scorecard Documents Greener Enterprise Offerings

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Greenpeace's latest 'Cool IT' report highlights technology products that help other industries go green

Why One Insurance Company Ditched Its Own Hardware- for a Cloud -Based SAN

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Why do some enterprise managers decide to brave their way into the new and unknown of cloud-based services? Sometimes it's simply because the old technology just isn't working out that well anymore.

U.S. to Use Climate to Help Cool Exascale Systems

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

In a picturesque spot overlooking San Francisco Bay, the U.S. Department of Energy's Berkeley Lab has begun building a new computing center that will one day house exascale systems.

Oracle Stakes Claim in R with Advanced Analytics Launch

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

A new software release adds support for the open-source statistical modeling language

Maingear's Six-Core Laptop has 1.8TB of SSD Storage

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Maingear's Titan 17 packs Intel's Core i7-3960X desktop processor

Want Your Beer and Wings Faster? Order on the IPad, Please

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Pass the buffalo wings and the iPad.

New Juniper Routers Converge the Access Net

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Juniper Networks this week has unveiled access routers designed to provide an on-ramp to the service provider network from residential, business and mobile networks.

Red Hat Launches Storage Appliance for Amazon's Cloud

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The open-source company wants enterprises to move their network-attached storage to the cloud

Large Data Center Coming to India, As Regional Demand Booms

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Tulip Data Center Services is setting up the largest data center in the country so far