Few Bright Spots in Struggling Server Market
The global server market continued to slow during the first quarter of 2016 as revenues declined while shipments rose only modestly, indicating that average selling prices continue to slip. ...Full Article
IoT Urgently Needs to Increase Collaboration
When it comes to the Internet of Things (IoT) there is one thing we can be sure of – the number of online products and consumer goods will increase ...Full Article
MapR Rolls Hadoop Migration ‘Easy Button’
MapR Technologies Inc. rolled out a migration service for its Hadoop distribution that targets what it says is growing demand for moving big data production installations to its converged ...Full Article
Critical Infrastructure Goes Open Source
The electrical grid, water, roads and bridges—the infrastructure we take for granted—is seldom noticed until it's unavailable. The burgeoning open source software movement is taking steps to help rebuild ...Full Article
Linux Distributions Expand on IBM Servers
Since unveiling its Linux mainframe servers at last summer's LinuxCon conference, IBM has been adding more open-source distributions to its LinuxOne line of z Systems-based mainframes. This week it ...Full Article
Intel Accelerates Shift Away from PCs; Will Cut 12,000 Jobs
Intel took a major step yesterday in its transformation from a PC company to one focused on the data center, Internet of Things (IoT), and the cloud, announcing plans ...Full Article
Volatile Energy Sector Eyes ‘Information Fusion’
Given the current state of the global energy sector—including the nation's largest coal mining company filing for bankruptcy protection this week—no current operator can afford to drill a dry ...Full Article
In OpenPOWER Play, IBM and Google Make Hyperscale Waves at Foundation Summit
OpenPOWER Foundation, the mostly IBM-driven effort to create an alternative architecture to Intel x86, took a major step forward today with the announcement of a joint effort by Google ...Full Article
AMD GPU Helps Map Universe
Canadian researchers scanning the universe to develop the most detailed map of our three dimensions ever observed are using AMD's GPU accelerator to crunch the celestial data. Based on ...Full Article
IBM Launches Mainframe Platform for Spark
IBM is expanding its embrace of Apache Spark with the release of a mainframe platform that would allow the emerging open-source analytics framework to run natively on the company's ...Full Article
