| Force10 fortifies data centers with new switch Force10 Networks this week unveiled a new line of switch/routers designed to improve the performance, management and cost effectiveness of virtualized data center and cloud computing environments. Cisco rivals size up data center plan: caveat emptor Cisco's networking competitors weighed in on the company's new Unified Computing System with the predictable reaction: buyer beware. Cisco UCS aftermath: What Happens Now? I -- and others -- drew the connection between IBM courting Sun, and Cisco's burgeoning aspirations in the data center. More specifically, Cisco's launch of an internally developed blade server and its weighty influence as a virtual data center networking monopoly is driving server leader IBM to tie up with No. 4 server maker Sun (IDC numbers). Cisco's data center assault spurs M&A talk Investment firm USB lists other companies that may follow in IBM and Sun's footsteps in an attempt to stand up to increased competition in the data center. Sun begins new push into cloud services market Sun is making a fresh push into the cloud services market, starting with hosted computing and storage services that it will offer to developers later this year. Salesforce integrates Service Cloud with Twitter Salesforce.com is working to integrate its Service Cloud customer-service platform with the popular messaging service Twitter, the company announced Monday. Beta tester Savvis talks up Cisco's UCS architecture Savvis CTO Bryan Doerr talks about Cisco's Unified Computing System platform and next-generation data center architectures. Data Center Dustup Favors Cisco Cisco stirred up a hornet's nest among server vendors with the announcement that it was explicitly getting into the blade-based server market. Did Cisco UCS bring IBM and Sun together? Did word of Cisco's development of a blade server system -- which took two years and must have had tongues wagging from Silicon Valley to Armonk -- force today's rumored union between IBM and Sun? You can bet it at least heated the discussions up. IBM/Sun deal won’t be about the software, experts say If IBM swings a deal for Sun it won’t hinge on open source interests or software, where the two companies have enough overlap to negate any strategic value, observers say. Could IBM be Sun's savior? Speculation that IBM is planning to acquire Sun has high-tech analysts discussing the pros and cons of the two vendors becoming one Big Blue Sun. Techies all a'Twitter over IBM-Sun talks With industry giants IBM and Sun reportedly in merger talks, techies the world over rushed to their keyboards and mobile devices to Twitter about the possibilities. An IBM-Sun tie-up offers few advantages in storage arena With a purchase of Sun, IBM would eliminate its biggest competitor in the high-end tape storage systems market, gain middleware to help manage increasingly complex storage networks and possibly get a leg up on new innovations in solid-state disk technology. IBM, Sun would bring together formidable R&D, research labs Not only would a potential IBM and Sun union bring together the companies' hardware, software and services, but also impressive R&D arsenals. Report: IBM is in talks to buy Sun Global technology giant IBM is in talks to buy Sun in a deal that would expand its server market share, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Buzzblog: Reactions mixed to report IBM may buy Sun The Internet is ablaze this morning with chatter about a report in the Wall Street Journal that IBM has made a $6.5 billion offer to acquire Sun. Enter for a Microsoft training giveaway from New Horizons
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