VeloCloud, after the recent announcement that VMware would buy them, has also been given another accolade. This time analysts Frost and Sullivan have announced that VeloCloud is in first place…
A change to copper in ‘97 still helps chips scale down
According to IBM Research's blog, a change they made 20 years ago is still helping us today. (One big wire change in '97 still helping chips achieve tiny scale). 20 years…
THE LOOP: A documentary on IBM design thinking
One of the things that have cropped up in my news feed recently was this: The Loop: A documentary on IBM Design Thinking. You'll need to handover the obligatory contact details…
Qualcomm doesn’t like Broadcom’s bid
Qualcomm has firmly rebuffed Broadcom's bid for them. (Broadcom plans $103bn takeover of Qualcomm.) In a strongly worded press-release Qualcomm's Board of Directors have rejected Broadcom's unsolicited bid, and stood…
All 500 top supercomputers run Linux
The Top500 list regularly polls the organisations that run supercomputers creating a list of largest, fastest, most efficient and so on. The 50th release of the Top500 list was released yesterday.…
Dropbox deploys IPv6 at the edge
Dropbox's blog has a post from Haowei Yuan and colleagues, about engineering the Dropbox network to support IPv6 at the edge. Dropbox is serving about 15% of their requests via…
Qualcomm ships Centriq 2400 ARM server processor
Qualcomm has announced that its new ARM-based server chip is available for commercial shipment. The Centriq 2400 is an ARMv8 64 bit CPU, with 48 cores running at upto 2.6Ghz.…
BT enhances Dynamic Network Services with Cisco ENCS
A short while ago, we posted about BT's Dynamic Network Services plans. BT has now taken the next step, launching the Cisco ENCS platform as the delivery point for its Connect Services…