New forces shaping data centre strategy

The importance, role and functionality of data centres will change over the next five years, leaving many organisations unclear on how to plan their future data centre architectures, according Gartner, which says technical, fiscal and service delivery concerns will be...

IBM beats supercomputer record with Sequoia

Scientists at Swiss university ETH Zurich and IBM Research, in collaboration with the Technical University of Munich and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), have set a new record in supercomputing in fluid dynamics using 6,4-million threads on LLNL’s 96...

ConvergeNet warns earnings to decline

ConvergeNet Holdings has issued a trading statement, warning shareholders that it will probably increase its loss per share by about 20% for the 12 months ended 31 August 2013 compared to last year. A decrease in the basic and headline earnings per share for the year...

Global processor market on track for growth

The global market for processors is set to finish 2013 on a strong note, helped by a splashy across-the-board increase in chip shipments to smartphones, tablets, PCs and servers compared to last year’s levels, according to a new report on the subject from HIS....

International MTN calls start at 75c

MTN contract customers can now make international calls to over 200 international destinations at reduced rates. “MTN knows that this time of the year and the fast approaching festive season is the time when MTN customers want to connect with loved ones and share...

Cyber-threats move to digital signatures

Cyber-crooks are coming up with new ways of circumventing digital signature app validation on both PCs and Android-based devices. This is one of the findings of the McAfee Labs Threat Report: Third Quarter 2013, released this week. The McAfee Labs team identified a...