Red Hat Delivers Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1

Red Hat announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1, the first update to the platform since the delivery of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 in November 2010. Red Hat delivered Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 to key partners at its Red Hat Summit in early May, but is now making the operating system generally available. With Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1, Red Hat continues to set the... By

Symantec to acquire Clearwell Systems

Symantec Corp. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Clearwell Systems, Inc., a recognized leader in the eDiscovery market. The acquisition of Clearwell will bring together the industrys leading eDiscovery, archiving and backup offerings to provide customers one of the most comprehensive information management solutions available. Under the terms of the... By

MNCs in Asia-Pac most gung-ho for cloud services

A survey of more than 100 global multinational corporations (MNCs) across Asia-Pacific, North America and Europe by Ovum for Cable&Wireless Worldwide reveals that adoption of cloud services is picking up pace among large organisations, with Asia Pacific expressing the greatest interest. Ovums findings show 63% of MNCs in Asia-Pacific reporting the uptake of at least one of the cloud... By

Amazon & SAP offer enterprise apps in the cloud

Amazon Web Services and SAP AG have partnered to deliver SAPs enterprise solutions in the cloud. Under the agreement, announced at SAPs SAPPHIRE NOW, AWS and SAP have teamed to certify that a suite of SAPs enterprise softwareother than the ERP suitewill run in production on the AWS cloud. The companies announced that a variety of SAP solutions, including SAP Rapid Deployment solutions and SAP... By

428 million mobile devices sold worldwide in Q1

Worldwide mobile communication device sales to end users totaled 427.8 million units in the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 19% from the first quarter of 2010, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphones continued to outpace the rest of the market, and a newly competitive mid-tier smartphone market will drive smartphones into mass adoption and accelerate this trend. Smartphones accounted for 23... By

IT majors script Open Virtualization Alliance

BMC Software, Eucalyptus Systems, HP, IBM, Intel, Red Hat and SUSE announced the formation of the Open Virtualization Alliance, a consortium committed to fostering the adoption of open virtualization technologies including Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM). The consortium will promote examples of customer successes, encourage interoperability and accelerate the expansion of the ecosystem of... By

NVIDIA Tesla GPU smashes world record

NVIDIA unveiled the Tesla M2090 GPU, the worlds fastest parallel processor for high performance computing. In addition, the Tesla M2090 GPU achieved the fastest-ever performance in a key measure of scientific computation. Equipped with 512 CUDA parallel processing cores, the Tesla M2090 GPU delivers 665 gigaflops of peak double-precision performance, enabling application acceleration by up... By

IBM teams with BEE on Smart Grid project

IBM announced a collaboration with The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in India to create the countrys first smart grid project. Together they will create a cost benefit analysis for smart grid activities as part of the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE). A BEE project, NMEEE is one of eight national missions that promote innovative policy and regulatory regimes, financing... By

Indian telecom sector's not so green side exposed

In a startling revelation, which paints the Indian telecom sector in a much unfavorable light, Greenpeace released a report Dirty Talking A Case for telecom to shift from diesel to renewable, detailing how badly the sector was using up diesel and thereby accounting for huge loses. According to estimates made by the report, the subsidy on diesel has been aggressively exploited by the telecom... By

Nokia wipes out Ovi, rebrands it as Nokia

New Delhi: Finnish handset maker Nokia has rechristened its Ovi umbrella brand as Nokia, with the transition beginning in July this year and is expected to be completed across all countries and all services by the end of 2012. By centralising its services identity under one brand, instead of two, the handset maker hopes to bring about unity to its brand architecture and further reinforce the... By

ZTE, Mobitel carry out 4G trial

New Delhi: ZTE has announced the successful trial of South Asias first LTE (Long Term Evolution) Infrastructure, in partnership with Sri Lankas National Mobile Services Provider, Mobitel. According to the reports, The trial system will feature a bit rate speed of up to 96 Mbps and incorporate LTE services such as HD streaming media play, file upload and download, as well as web browsing.Mobitel... By

ZTE, Mobitel carry out 4G trial

New Delhi: ZTE has announced the successful trial of South Asias first LTE (Long Term Evolution) Infrastructure, in partnership with Sri Lankas National Mobile Services Provider, Mobitel. According to the reports, The trial system will feature a peak bit rate speed of up to 96 Mbps and incorporate LTE services such as HD streaming media play, file upload and download, as well as web browsing.... By