The role of manufacturing, supply chain and military ERP business software is ensured as a result of socio-political turmoil and a new industrial revolution, according to one CEO in that market space. The ongoing civil war in Syria, attacks on North African and Middle Eastern oil installations, the Boston Marathon bombing and the attack on […]
NZ post-production company benefits from Oracle storage solution
With a need to be able to quickly scale up its storage without blowing the budget, Department of Post (DoP) turned to Oracle’s StorageTek SL150. DoP has nothing to do with mails; it is actually a post-production finishing company. “We are the last step in the process of production. Production companies from New Zealand and […]
Gain the speed to lead with the VSPEX data backup booster
With data being the lifeblood of business, the way a company handles backup and recovery and manages its data and information can clearly accelerate or disrupt its business transformation and growth plans. Through product innovation and vision, EMC is helping companies accelerate the transformation of legacy backup processes so that they can realize broader IT […]
Oracle bugs leave Exchange servers vulnerable to hacks
Microsoft last week warned IT administrators that critical vulnerabilities in code licensed from Oracle could give attackers access to Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2010 systems. Oracle patched the vulnerabilities in its “Oracle Outside In” code libraries as part of a massive update on July 17 that fixed nearly 90 flaws in its database […]
Chinese data center industry experiencing very strong growth
The Chinese data center market is forecast to grow at a 20 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the next five years, predicts a report released by DCD Intelligence, the research division of DatacenterDynamics. The Chinese data center industry has experienced very strong growth in recent years, especially in metropolitan cities such as Beijing, […]
Singapore firms fail to protect consumers and their own brand from online fraud
Many of the websites of Top 100 businesses in Singapore are failing to protect their customers, staff and reputation says the Online Trust Alliance (OTA). Established to create a trusted global online ecosystem and foster the elimination of email and internet fraud, abuse and cybercrime; thereby enhancing trust, confidence and the protection of businesses […]
Oracle eyes optical links as final frontier of data-center scaling
Oracle is exploring silicon photonics, an optical technology drawing widespread interest, as a potential weapon in the battle against data-center power consumption. Advances in CPU and memory design could boost efficiency dramatically over the next few years. When they do, the interconnects among components, servers and switches will effectively become the power hogs of the […]
Brocade drives physical and virtual networking advancements with OpenStack contributions
During next week’s OpenStack Summit in Hong Kong, Brocade will discuss and demonstrate its blueprint proposal to extend the advanced networking capabilities of the OpenStack Networking framework, Neutron. The Dynamic Network Resource Manager (DNRM) blueprint is intended to simplify the deployment and management of physical and virtual networking resources within cloud infrastructures. Public and private clouds are evolving […]
Huawei to set up regional data hosting and logistics center in Malaysia
Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd is setting up a regional data hosting and logistics center in the fast-growing Nusajaya region of Iskandar Malaysia, with the support and facilitation by Khazanah Nasional Berhad. This new center shall serve Huawei customers in the region, leveraging on the strategic location of Malaysia in Asia Pacific, superb infrastructure, excellent […]
Akamai, IBM join forces that combine analytics and cloud security
IBM has announced a new cloud solution that combines software analytics and cloud security services to fend off web-based Distributed Denial of Services (DDoS) attacks for organizations doing business on the web and in the cloud. The new software and services are based on a partnership with Akamai Technologies, Inc. DDoS attacks are focused on […]