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The Future of the Data Center

It’s software-defined.
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Intel Capital Joins Big Switch Funding Round

Intel likes the idea of software-defined networks.
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The Storage Games

Even in an anemic economy, demand for data storage grows more than 50 percent per year.

In a Parallels World, Mac and Windows Coexist App-ily

Parallels 8 runs Windows 8 and Windows apps simultaneously with Mac programs.
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VMware Acquires Once-Secretive Start-Up Nicira for $1.26 Billion

And reports earnings, too.
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Eight Questions for Dell the Man About Dell the Company

Dell’s founder talks about investing in storage and transforming the onetime PC market leader into an enterprise-focused company. But he doesn’t want to say much about slowing sales in China.
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Former Apple VP Bertrand Serlet Joins Board of Parallels

The father of Mac OS X will be a director at the company best known for helping Mac users run Windows.
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News Byte

For Valley Engineers, Big Data and Networking Start-Ups Are Still Sexy

Consumer companies may be hot among investors, but big data and networking start-ups are hotter still to Valley engineering talent, according to a recent LinkedIn report. The study claims that analytics firms and networking start-ups like Cloudera and Arista Networks are garnering the most engineering mindshare. The study took into account the LinkedIn activity of more than 240,000 Bay Area engineers from January through March.

IBM’s Latest Hardware Aims to Make Less Work for IT Shops

What’s the biggest expense in owning a server? All the labor that goes into setting it up and running it over time. IBM’s latest system aims to cut those costs by as much as one-third.
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