Qualcomm Centriq 2400 to challenge Intel
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 10 November 2017 17:03

Qualcomm Centriq 2400 to challenge Intel


Shipping for revenue

It has been a few years' journey but the Qualcomm Centriq 2400 series is finally shipping for revenue. This was confirmed by Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president and general manager of Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies (QDT).  

Forrester forecasts cloud for 2018
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Friday, 10 November 2017 12:33

Forrester forecasts cloud for 2018


So the same as 2017 then

Number crunchers at Forrester have been shuffling their tarot cards and reached the conclusion that the cloud will be even bigger in 2018.

Cloud boom helps big tech bottom line
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Friday, 27 October 2017 12:41

Cloud boom helps big tech bottom line


Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Intel cash in

Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Intel are making a killing from the Cloud.

Google and Cisco team up on cloud
Published in News
Thursday, 26 October 2017 11:44

Google and Cisco team up on cloud


Kubernetes and Istio service mesh

Google and Cisco have teamed up on the hybrid cloud.

Cray expands HPC in the cloud
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Tuesday, 24 October 2017 11:49

Cray expands HPC in the cloud


Chummy with Microsoft

Cray continues to expand its HPC in the cloud plans and has teamed up with Microsoft to bring supercomputer-as-a-service solutions to Microsoft's cloud.

Azure was downed for seven hours by fire alarm
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SLA for that day down to  71.6

It’s all very well these arrogant tech firms telling us that our data is safe and always accessible in the cloud - but that’s clearly not so.

Huawei gets all cloudy
Published in News
Wednesday, 20 September 2017 11:59

Huawei gets all cloudy


Announces its latest plans

Smartphone maker Huawei appears to be getting all enthusiastic about the Cloud market.

Google cuts SSD cloud prices
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Wednesday, 09 August 2017 06:00

Google cuts SSD cloud prices


Cheaper faster cloud

Google is cutting the price for high speed storage attached to its cloud virtual machines.

Chipzilla's profits rise nine percent over last year
Published in PC Hardware


But the money is in the datacentre

Intel reported profits nine per cent higher than last year, but most of its money came from a rush on its products ear marked for the datacentre rather than its PC bread and butter.

US government wants control of EU data
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Monday, 26 June 2017 12:36

US government wants control of EU data


US companies must hand over EU data to our spooks


The US government has become so arrogant that it thinks it can order other countries to hand over data to its spooks and has asked the highest court in the land to back it.