IBM announces new high-end storage array IBM unveiled a new model in its enterprise-class DS8000 series storage array line that includes the latest Power6 chip, automated data movement among disk tiers and full interoperability with lower-end IBM arrays. HP's CEO: Some clouds not ready for prime time HP's CEO, Mark Hurd, is raising issues with cloud computing, on everything from its name to its ability to offer a secure environment. Gartner: Server virtualization now at 18% of server workload How fast is the shift to server virtualization happening? According to Gartner, 18% of server workloads this year run on virtualized servers; that share will grow to 28% next year and reach almost half by 2012. DEC co-founder writes memoir, traces company's rise and fall Harlan Anderson, who founded Digital Equipment Corp. with Ken Olsen in 1957, has written a new book on his days as a computer pioneer: "Learn, Earn and Return: My Life as a Computer Pioneer," published by Locust Press. In it, he chronicles his humble beginnings on an Illinois farm up through his first interactions with computers at the University of Illinois; large-scale projects at MIT's Lincoln Lab;, and then founding, growing and watching, from afar, the ultimate demise of DEC. Excerpt from Digital Equipment co-founder's autobiography "Learn, Earn and Return" It was July of 1952, and I had accepted MIT's offer to come to work in their Digital Computer Lab, which at the time was part of the institute's Department of Electrical Engineering. It was widely known at the time that the lab was involved in the development of the Whirlwind Computer. Whirlwind, one of the first stored program digital computers, was similar to the ordvacwhich I became familiar with while at the University of Illinois. Lawsuit over Gartner's 'Magic Quadrant' should (poof!) disappear On Friday, a judge in San Jose will hear arguments regarding Gartner's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by ZL Technologies that seeks to not only eviscerate the long-controversial "Magic Quadrant" but also punish Gartner severely -- the damages sought are astronomical -- for ever having foisted it upon the IT world. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Microsoft Expression Web 3 In Depth. Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Building Service-Aware Networks. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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