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Java and Flash vulnerabilities being exploited by cyber spies

Cyber spies have planted Java- and Flash-exploiting malware on websites focused on human rights, defense and foreign policy.
Pure Storage debuts next-gen flash array with high-availability option

Pure Storage today announced the second generation of its all-flash array, which can now be configured for high availability.
Nvidia makes the GPU Virtual

Virtual machines is one way enterprise IT departments addresses the issue of security when users want to use their own platforms. Virtualised solutions like Citrix and VMWare allow users to run approved applications. These applications run in a server in the local or internet cloud.
Japanese researchers break record for Terahertz Wi-Fi transmission

Researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan claim to have broken the record for wireless data transmission in the Terahertz band with a data rate 20 times higher than most current Wi-Fi connections.
SAP betting big on HANA in-memory database at Sapphire

SAP seems to be betting its future on its HANA in-memory database, spotlighting the technology once again at the Sapphire conference in Orlando Wednesday, announcing a slew of new applications, partnerships and functional enhancements for the system.
Nvidia to link Telsa graphics processors with the cloud

Nvidia have announced technologies that could make its upcoming Tesla graphics processors more accessible to cloud deployments in enterprises, while also reversing a trend of relegating highly parallel chips to specialised mathematics and scientific calculations.
Cortado adds mobile device management to cloud desktop solution

Cloud desktop services provider Cortado is combining mobile device management with corporate network access in the latest version of its Corporate Server product.
Compuware brings APM to cloud and Big Data applications

Mainframe software company Compuware has updated its dynaTrace Enterprise product to enable organisations to simplify performance management of cloud and Big Data applications.
IBM brings Intel Ivy Bridge architecture to M4 server line

IBM will begin rolling out a family of Intel Ivy Bridge-equipped versions of its M4 server expected to reduce data centre power costs and offer entry level virtualisation servers.
SAP offers mobile device management on Amazon cloud

SAP's Afaria mobile device management tool is now available on Amazon Web Services' cloud, offered as a way to make it easier to start using the platform, SAP said at the Sapphire conference on Monday.

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Can Nvidia's Kepler processor revolutionise virtual desktop hosting?

Nvidia recently demoed its long-awaited Kepler graphics processor with no less than a simulation of two galaxies colliding. On a practical level, though, the technology could answer many questions about virtual desktop hosting and, in the process, fill glaring holes in BYOD policies.
10 reasons your Wi-Fi speed stinks (and what you can do about it)

The first 801.11ac chipsets are coming soon, but 802.11n is likely to stick around for many years to come -- both in the business world and our homes. Unfortunately, the 300Mbps (megabits per second) that the n-standard promises rarely delivers anything even close and proves to be a massive bottleneck in the days of 50/100Mbps (or more?) broadband connections, 1080p video streaming, massive backups and so forth. On the business side of things, even menial tasks such as remote desktop or real-time collaboration suffer from a poor Wi-Fi-connection.
Cloud APIs ? Extending SOA and Web 2.0 architectures

Cloud APIs are emerging as a successful means of making cloud-based data centre resources and applications available to an array of web-connected devices in a flexible and cost-effective way.
SSDs driving IT improvements in storage, mobility and the cloud

If IT leaders listened every time a vendor claimed it started a revolution in business technology, their heads would never stop spinning. Nonetheless, steady improvements in some technologies should provoke a re-examination of the current state of affairs.
Security concerns over a data centre in the cloud

When the company data centre moves to various cloud configurations, the provisioning of servers will need to be addressed.
Can Fibre Channel survive Ethernet's assault?

Expensive and specialised Fibre Channel SANs have been under assault as companies consolidate data traffic over Ethernet. With Fibre Channel disks already largely eliminated from the market by SAS, can networking gear be far behind?
Online black markets and how they work

The internet is no stranger to crime. From counterfeit and stolen products, to illegal drugs, stolen identities and weapons, nearly anything can be purchased online with a few clicks of the mouse. The online black market not only can be accessed by anyone with an internet connection, but the whole process of ordering illicit goods and services is alarmingly easy and anonymous, with multiple marketplaces to buy or sell anything you want.
Is your printer a security sore spot?

Believe it or not, your network printer or copier could be a serious security liability. After all, theyoften handle very sensitive documents and information and could even be used to gain access to other computers on the network, so you won't want a hacker to get at it. It's time to take printer security seriously.
Microsoft System Center 2012 switch simplifies virtual systems management duties

Switching from VMware to Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualisation environment is saving money for two businesses that are also using Microsoft's System Center 2012 to manage and monitor applications and the infrastructure that supports them.
Are zombies sucking the life out of your data centre?

Goodison says zombies tend to happen for one of two reasons. The first is that a server is lightly commissioned by the business for a period of time and becomes a line item in a spreadsheet somewhere. Over time, the need for the application on that server goes away, but there is no tieback to any physical process to decommission it, or if the decommissioning process does take place, it is only partially completed.

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Unified storage: one platform for block, file and object

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