Dell Lays out Software Strategy
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Dell outlined its software strategy on Wednesday, casting the growing business as a secondary, but key, component to the company's enterprise product offerings in the long run.
Dell is not looking to become a stand-alone software company, but wants to build software products that it can attach to its server, services, networking and storage offerings, said John Swainson, president of the software group, during a speech at the company's analyst day, which was webcast.
Swainson, the former CEO at software firm CA, was hired by Dell in February with the aim to unite the company's disparate software offerings into a single unit. He spent the first few months assessing the existing assets and env[...]
Continue ReadingDell is not looking to become a stand-alone software company, but wants to build software products that it can attach to its server, services, networking and storage offerings, said John Swainson, president of the software group, during a speech at the company's analyst day, which was webcast.
Swainson, the former CEO at software firm CA, was hired by Dell in February with the aim to unite the company's disparate software offerings into a single unit. He spent the first few months assessing the existing assets and env[...]
IBM supercomputer claims the lead on Top 500 list
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We’re number 1! The U.S. (well IBM anyway) has taken the top slot of the semi-annual Top 500 biggest super computer list.
Sequoia, an�IBM BlueGene/Q System using 1,572,864 processor cores, scored 16.32 petaflop/s on the�Linpack Benchmark,�the yardstick used to measure such things.�The incumbent top dog, Fujitsu’s “K Computer” in Kobe, Japan, came in second with a 10.51 Pflop/s score using 705,024 SPARC64 processing cores. �Another IBM BlueGene/Q system called Mira, which scored 8.15 petaflop/s using 786,432 cores, was ranked third. �(See chart for the top ten or here’s�the complete list.)
China, which had the top-ranked supercomputer in its�Tianhe-1A�supercomput[...]
Continue ReadingSequoia, an�IBM BlueGene/Q System using 1,572,864 processor cores, scored 16.32 petaflop/s on the�Linpack Benchmark,�the yardstick used to measure such things.�The incumbent top dog, Fujitsu’s “K Computer” in Kobe, Japan, came in second with a 10.51 Pflop/s score using 705,024 SPARC64 processing cores. �Another IBM BlueGene/Q system called Mira, which scored 8.15 petaflop/s using 786,432 cores, was ranked third. �(See chart for the top ten or here’s�the complete list.)
China, which had the top-ranked supercomputer in its�Tianhe-1A�supercomput[...]
Breaking Down the Verizon Share Everything Plan Math
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Verizon unveiled the highly anticipated shared data plans today. The new plans--called Share Everything--include unlimited voice and text along with a pool of data to be shared between up to 10 devices. At face value it?s a welcome change, but let?s break down the math a bit and see how it works out in the real world.
With the Share Everything plans you pay a fee for each device, and then add on a pool of data to share. Smartphones are $40 each, feature phones are $30 each, and you can add a tablet for only $10. Sharing 1GB of data costs $50 per month. Verizon will also offer 2GB for $60; 4 GB for $70; 6 GB for $80; 8 GB for $90 and 10 GB for $100. Beyond 10GB it will cost $10 for each addit[...]
Continue ReadingWith the Share Everything plans you pay a fee for each device, and then add on a pool of data to share. Smartphones are $40 each, feature phones are $30 each, and you can add a tablet for only $10. Sharing 1GB of data costs $50 per month. Verizon will also offer 2GB for $60; 4 GB for $70; 6 GB for $80; 8 GB for $90 and 10 GB for $100. Beyond 10GB it will cost $10 for each addit[...]
Want to Build Your Own Electric Go-Kart? Now You Can
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An MIT student built an electric go-kart, and posted step-by-step instructions for all the world to see[...]
Continue ReadingAnswers to your Retina MacBook Pro Questions
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Macworld senior editor Roman Loyola spent some time with the Retina MacBook Pro, and answered some of the more common questions from readers[...]
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