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Linux Foundation Expands International Membership

October 9th, 2014 (0)

The Linux Foundation today announced that Altera, Chelsio Communications, DataCentred, Imagination Technologies and Travelping are joining the organization. These companies illustrate that Linux continues to rapidly grow its footprint globally across a wide range of industries and applications. Data ...

AMD Appoints Dr. Lisa Su as President and CEO

October 8th, 2014 (0)

AMD today announced that its board of directors has appointed Dr. Lisa Su as president and chief executive officer and member of the board of directors, effective immediately. Dr. Su, 44, succeeds Rory Read, 52, who has stepped down as president and ...

Alteryx Announces $60M in New Financing Led by Insight Venture Partners

October 6th, 2014 (0)

Alteryx, Inc. today announced a $60 Million investment led by Insight Venture Partners with participation from existing investors, SAP Ventures and Toba Capital. This new investment is in response to the explosive growth Alteryx has experienced in the last year, with ...

Arrow Becomes Authorized Distributor of Lenovo Enterprise Products

October 6th, 2014 (0)

Arrow Electronics, Inc. today announced it is now an authorized North American Lenovo distributor System X and related solutions following the transition of IBM’s System X server business to Lenovo effective Oct. 1. Additionally, Lenovo’s ThinkServer rack servers, tower ...

ARM and TSMC Announce New Multi-Year Agreement

October 2nd, 2014 (0)

ARM and TSMC today announced a new multi-year agreement that will deliver ARMv8-A processor IP optimized for TSMC 10FinFET process technology. Because of the success in scaling from 20SoC to 16FinFET, ARM and TSMC have decided to collaborate again for 10FinFET. This early pathfinding work will ...

Kevin Hooper to Lead NEC’s Enterprise Business

October 2nd, 2014 (0)

NEC Corporation of America (NEC) today announced the appointment of Kevin Hooper as executive vice president. In this expanded role, Hooper will lead NEC’s Enterprise business, which includes product and service development, channel and direct sales as well as ...

Lenovo Completes Initial Closing for Acquisition of IBM’s x86 Server Business

October 1st, 2014 (0)

Lenovo and IBM today announced that they have completed the initial closing for Lenovo’s acquisition of IBM’s x86 server business under the terms described in their announcement on Monday, September 29, 2014. Lenovo is acquiring System x, BladeCenter and Flex System blade ...

OpenStack Founder Joins Pivotal

September 30th, 2014 (0)

Pivotal today announced that cloud visionary Joshua McKenty will join Pivotal. McKenty brings to Pivotal his experience as co-founder of OpenStack, founder of Piston Cloud Computing, and founding Technical Architect of NASA Nebula, the Federal Government's first cloud computing platform, to ...

Lenovo Set to Close Acquisition of IBM’s x86 Server Business

September 29th, 2014 (0)

Lenovo and IBM announced today that conditions for Lenovo’s acquisition of IBM’s x86 server business have been satisfied and the parties anticipate they will begin closing the transaction effective on October 1, 2014. The acquisition will make Lenovo the third-largest ...

Cisco Adds More Than 30 Intercloud Partners