Storage Software Revenues Increased 4.1% in the Second Quarter of 2013, According to IDC

Results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Storage Software QView show that worldwide storage software revenues increased 4.1% year over year to nearly $3.5 billion in the second quarter of 2013 (2Q13).
"Data protection & recovery software and storage & device management software were the two biggest sources of growth this quarter," said Eric Sheppard, research director, Storage Software at IDC. "Once again, organizations continued to invest i

Continuing Recovery in Low-End HPC Systems Fuels 7.9% Growth in the Second Quarter, According to IDC

Worldwide factory revenue for the high performance computing (HPC) technical server market jumped 7.9% to nearly $2.6 billion in the second quarter of 2013 (2Q13), up from $2.4 billion in the same period of 2012, according to the newly released International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide High-Performance Technical Server QView. The results were announced at the 50th meeting of the IDC-operated HPC User Forum in Boston, where attendees heard talks on one of the fastest-growing HPC market segm

Confidence Returns to the Enterprise Sector, EMEA Personal Workstation Shipments Return to Growth in Q2 2013

The latest EMEA quarterly workstation tracker results from International Data Corporation (IDC) show 3% year-on-year growth in shipments in the second quarter of 2013, after five consecutive quarters of decline.
The fixed workstation segment was mainly flat, with growth of 0.1% in Q2 2013, while the mobile workstation segment posted healthy double-digit growth of 10.9% in the same period, year on year. The latter is already the favorite form factor in many European countries, especially

Acer Previews Its First Chromebook With Intel Processors Based on Haswell Micro-Architecture at IDF

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwired) — 09/11/13 — Acer America is previewing its first Chromebook with Intel processors based on the Haswell micro-architecture today at the 2013 Intel Developer Forum. This third-generation Chromebook results from collaboration between Acer, Intel and Google, bringing together the best in technology to usher in the next era of innovation in the thriving Chromebook market.Acer has been a leader in the Chromebook space, developing one of the first offerings and ed

PLX PCI Express Gen3 Switches Help Unleash Intel-s Ivy Bridge in Data Centers, Cloud Computing

PLX PCI Express Gen3 Switches Help Unleash Intel-s Ivy Bridge in Data Centers, Cloud Computing

SUNNYVALE, CA — (Marketwired) — 09/11/13 — (NASDAQ: PLXT), the global leader in PCI Express® (PCIe®) silicon and software connectivity solutions enabling emerging data center architectures, today announced its fully support and enhance the new Intel® Ivy Bridge® processor family. The combination of PLX® switches and PCIe-native Ivy Bridge processors enable high-performance servers in data centers and cloud computing environments to realize unprecedented interconnect des