Cloud depends on magnetic tape
The more things change, the more they stay the same
New cloud technology is still largely dependant on century old magnetic tape, and unfortunately, there are not the makers around that there used to be.
Samsung says ola to Zhilabs
Writes a cheque for Spanish network data analysis firm in cloud push
Samsung has bought Barcelona-based network data analysis firm Zhilabs.
IBM has surprise revenue drop
Mainframe sales slow
Big Blue has reported a bigger-than-expected drop in revenue caused by slowing software sales and wavering demand for mainframe servers.
Microsoft told to stay away from Jedi
Staff worry about doing evil if they help the Republic
Software Empire Microsoft is at odds with its staff over a move to sign up for the DoD’s defence contract (Jedi).
IBM takes on JEDI
The Force is strong in this one
IBM is challenging the US Defence Department’s decision to turn to a single provider for its $10 billion department wide cloud computing infrastructure which has the Star Wars name JEDI.