SanDisk pushes into SSD market
Posted on 8-Jan-2013 12:12 News, Computing
SanDisk Corporation has announced new products, a new distribution channel and a key notebook design win, all aimed at delivering the benefits of advanced SanDisk solid state drive (SSD) technology to a greater number of customers.
Dell to acquire Credant
Posted on 19-Dec-2012 16:05 News, Computing
In another acquisition Dell dips into data protection solutions for enterprise.
Oracle unveils Oracle NoSQL Database 2.0
Posted on 18-Dec-2012 06:12 News, Computing
Oracle NoSQL Database 2.0 adds efficient support for storage and retrieval of large objects such as documents and images, as well as dynamic elasticity and automatic rebalancing for allocating storage and compute resources in response to changing production data processing requirements.
Multicore World conference back for a second time in Wellington
Posted on 12-Dec-2012 13:57 News, Computing
The conference will discuss cutting edge technologies already under development, in which multicore machines are capable of incredible tasks as long as the software is written to take advantage of their capabilities.
Study reveal Big Data gap and growth trend from now to 2020
Posted on 12-Dec-2012 11:25 News, Computing
New IDC Digital Universe study, “Big Data, Bigger Digital Shadows, and Biggest Growth in the Far East” (sponsored by EMC) finds that only a tiny fraction of the world’s Big Data potential is being realised, though the amount of useful data is expanding.
Yahoo!7 to power the new flybuys Australia Toolbar
Posted on 5-Dec-2012 11:14 News, Computing
The flybuys toolbar, which is a first loyalty toolbar launch for Australia, mirrors similar successful Yahoo! toolbars in the UK. It will be rolled out to flybuy members over the coming weeks.
Telstra to boost cloud services with four new data centres in Australia
Posted on 4-Dec-2012 08:27 News, Computing
Telstra has expanded its leading cloud computing services with the establishment of four new data centres in Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory to cater for the evolving needs of its business, enterprise and government customers.
Gen-i to invest in new Wellington and Auckland data centres
Posted on 3-Dec-2012 16:44 News, Computing
Gen-i has announced the company will build new greenfield data centres in Wellington and Auckland. This follows Gen-i’s recent investment in a new Christchurch data centre, currently being developed in partnership with Christchurch International Airport.
Edward Minnel wins Kordia IT Superhero Award
Posted on 3-Dec-2012 13:49 News, Computing
Edward Minnell may not be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound but to Wanganui primary school students and teachers he really is a true Superhero.
Microsoft SharePoint a US$ 2 billion business
Posted on 13-Nov-2012 09:43 News, Computing
Microsoft shines the spotlight on the new SharePoint, with product enhancements and big bets on social, cloud and mobile as well as a price reduction for Yammer enterprise services.
