HP Promotes Oracle for Cloud Despite Hurd Controversy
Hewlett-Packard is hoping that mutual self-interest will trump the internecine warfare between HP and Oracle over the latter company’s decision to hire former HP CEO Mark Hurd.
Will Two-Step Authentication Provide Better Cloud Security?
As more enterprises consider moving to cloud computing, security in the cloud remains a major concern, particularly the ease in which hackers can gain access to data.
ABB Invests in On-Demand Data Center Power
Big Data Means Big Sales: IBM to Buy Netezza for $1.7B
The era of Big Data arrived in full earnest this week when IBM decided to acquire Marlborough, Mass.,-based Netezza Corporation, a maker of data warehousing analytics for a whopping $1.7 billion in cash. IBM’s decision came hours after Oracle announced a cloud-based Exadata Elastic Service at Oracle World in San Francisco.
Oracle announces ExaLogic private cloud platform
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison unveiled his company’s entry into the private cloud computing system battles on Sunday, upping the stakes between Oracle and rivals like IBM and Hewlett-Packard.
HP, EMC Partner With Oracle On Private Cloud Computing
HP and Oracle have announced their combined effort to deliver hardware that runs Oracle business software in a private cloud environment. It’s one of a number of announcements by tech companies working with Oracle at the annual Oracle Open World convention in San Francisco. Storage vendor EMC is also announcing a number of new consulting services intended to help customers move their Oracle applications and EMC storage into a private cloud.
Now Online: Yahoo’s Chicken Coop-Inspired Data Center
Cloud computing spells the end for traditional IT outsourcing
The traditional IT outsourcing industry will be dead in five years, AT Kearney’s Arjun Sethi predicted in a recent interview with our sister site CIO.com. The culprit? Cloud computing services. Sethi’s vision of the future of the IT services industry is quite clear, but he’s unsure of the specific implications this industry transformation poses to traditional IT outsourcing customers.
VMware ponders Novell purchase, claims report
VMware is among a number of companies in talks to purchase Novell, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal.
Novell is reportedly looking to split up the company and sell it in separate pieces. It is now in "advanced talks" with at least two buyers, including VMware, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.