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VMWare takes cloud to new level
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 08/12/2010
» Virtual servers are now being deployed faster than physical servers and move to cloud will mean that systems management will need to change to cater for thousands or hundreds of thousands of virtual machines in a typical data centre. VMWare, leaders in the virtualisation space, want a seat at your board table to be part of this sea change that is revolutionising the enterprise IT space.
Netapp goes for tierless model
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 24/11/2010
» Netapp is banking heavily on its partnership with Cisco and VMWare and its new tierless storage model to provide faster, cheaper storage to IT departments to continue the trend of high growth that puts it in an elite group of tech companies that have continued to explode despite the 2009 financial crisis.
Open Source has won precisely because we no longer notice it
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 24/11/2010
» Open source has won. Oh, how time flies. When I started writing in Database in May 2003, my first column was about how the ICT Ministry had got the budget PC programme all wrong. ICT Minister Surapong had announced his great success at negotiating the inclusion of Windows XP and Office XP at just 1,500 baht, a 90 percent discount. He saw it as success. I saw it as capitulation.
Qualcomm's TD-LTE to bridge divide
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 07/07/2010
» TD-LTE is ready today to be deployed for Broadband Wireless Access and bridge the digital divide, according telecom giant and chipmaker Qualcomm, which has just seen the biggest roll-out so far of the technology in Shanghai.
Thai regulators wait to bring order to the industry
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 24/03/2010
» There is still a lot of life left in CDMA 2000 while Thailand's regulators wait to bring order to the industry while some GSM operators are toying with the idea of launching 3G on the 1800 MHz band, Japanese style.