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HP takes giant step into OpenFlow networking

HP is taking its first leap into OpenFlow-enabled network equipment, supporting the standard on 16 of its Ethernet switch products as it attempts to gain a foothold in a market likely to receive significant attention from competitors.
ARM targets servers and smartphones with first 64-bit processors

ARM will announce its first 64-bit processors later this year for servers and high-end smartphones, and is also taking steps to build up software support for the processor designs, said CEO Warren East earlier this week.
HP leaks Proliant Gen8 server details on its website

HP has let slip some details on its website about its upcoming Proliant Gen8 servers ahead of their official launch.
HP extends discovery service to map Amazon and VMware cloud assets

HP has updated its Discovery and Dependency Mapping Advanced (DDMA) software package so it will allow administrators to map their IT assets in the cloud.
Oracle setback in HP case over Intel Itanium processors

Oracle's bid to use a fraud claim to undo an agreement to support the Itanium processor, that it is said to have made with HP, has been rejected by a court in California.
HP announces new colour LaserJet models for business

HP has unveiled several new colour LaserJets for small offices, home offices and mid-sized businesses at the Macworld trade show. The company is showing one single-function and two multifunction models on the show floor.
iPod developer Jon Rubinstein leaves executive role at HP

Jon Rubinstein, known for his role developing the original iPod for Apple and for running Palm, has left HP, where he worked since the company's acquisition of Palm in 2010.
HP to open source webOS in September

HP has announced that it plans to release the code behind webOS in September under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
HP pays $425,000 to settle claims over hazardous laptop batteries

Hewlett-Packard will pay $425,000 to settle a claim that it knowingly sold laptops with hazardous batteries that could overheat or catch fire, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Monday.
PC sales drop in Europe as consumers lose interest

European consumers are rapidly losing interest in PCs according to new figures from IDC which show heavy sales falls during 2011.

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What's next for Dell?

Dell's formation of a new software group last week could be the forerunner to a string of acquisitions by the vendor, with some observers predicting a focus on systems management and cloud services provisioning.
Why Big Data means a big year for Hadoop

Companies from IBM to Amazon are turning to Hadoop to manage the surge in data that needs storing. Our CEO Michael Friedenberg says the buzz around Hadoop is no joke.
A first look at Windows 8 - the OS for everything

The first public beta for Windows 8 is expected to be released in February, but we've been testing pre-beta code in our lab. Our overall impression is that Windows 8 represents an aggressive effort by Microsoft to deliver a single OS that runs just about everywhere and takes on all of Microsoft's key rivals.
Did HP just give webOS the death sentence?

As an open-source project with uncertain backing, webOS has a tough road ahead of it, analysts said on Friday.
Five reasons agents are wrong for application performance management

Despite rapid evolution in the application performance management (APM) market, few enterprise IT organisations would say they have sufficiently solved their application performance problems. If anything, the complexity challenges posed by virtualisation, agile development practices, multi-tier application architectures and other IT mega-trends are outpacing the capabilities of legacy APM products.
Ultrabooks still trying to find their niche

Despite backing from the top PC makers, high prices and a disorganised software and hardware ecosystem could slow adoption of ultrabooks over the next few years, analysts said this week.
Four strange places to find open source

Open source is about more than code: it's about unlocking all possibilities. Here are four unusual projects made possible by open source.
Fabric wars: Cisco vs. Brocade vs. Juniper

The past three years have been very noisy on the data center fabric and architecture front. Every quarter seems to bring about a new convergence blueprint from another vendor - and a variety from one or two.
Extending the life of your data centre

Bumping up against the life expectancy of your data centre? Use these best practices to delay a costly expansion.
OpenStack proving the juggernaut of open source cloud efforts

The OpenStack collaborative industry effort to build an open source cloud platform is to be applauded for the remarkable gains it has achieved in a short amount of time.

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Top 10 reasons why you should choose HP StoreOnce

You as an IT manager want simple, cost-effective solutions for your complex IT challenges. HP kept this in mind while designing StoreOnce. New technologies, such as deduplication can be difficult to understand but StoreOnce powered by Intel Xeon processor 5500 series makes it simple.
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Deploying HP StorageWorks D2D Backup Systems

WAA needed to replace the outdated backup facilities at two sites to safeguard mission-critical data and simplify the management of their backup process. They took the approach of reviewing the market for a modern tape backup system, decided that their current solution was not cost-effective and approach Softcat, an HP Gold Preferred Partner, for advice.
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Navigating backup and recovery in VMware environments

Backup and storage managers can gain some useful insights from this white paper, particularly if they?re responsible for protecting data, or meeting SLAs for applications on VMware servers.
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Guide to virtual server protection

More than 41,000 customers around the world, and nearly half of the Global 500, rely on HP Data Protector software to protect their critical applications and data. Data Protector simplifies application protection through unified recovery and advanced automation. Global, one-touch backup configuration and a wide range of disk-based recovery options across HP and non-HP arrays, including fully-automated down-to-the-second application recovery, help you meet any SLA for up to 70% less cost than competitive backup software solutions.
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HP P4000 SAN: Affordable, Scalable, Reliable Storage

This ESG Lab Review documents the pay as you grow scalability and availability of the HP P4000 SAN. Topics explored include getting started with a Virtual SAN Appliance (VSA), online upgrades to physical appliances, proven support for more than 150,000 Microsoft Exchange users, and hyper-redundant fault tolerance.
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