August 15, 2008
NetApp thin provisions income in Q1
The Register
Austin Modine writes about NetApp’s new fiscal year for 2009.
“NetApp’s earnings climbed 11 per cent during its fiscal first quarter 2009, but margins were thin due to growing interest in low-end storage and an investment ‘surge’ that the company expects to pay off in the second half of the year. ‘Our new fiscal year got off to a good start, and our efforts to increase awareness and sales capacity in order to secure new customers are delivering results,’ said CEO Dan Warmenhoven in a statement.”
Dell’s Digital Nomads: Worth a look?
The VAR Guy
The VAR Guy comments on Dell’s recently introduced online community called Digital Nomads.
“These days, the best online communities have highly niche content. Or, they serve readers who have some sort of underlying need to connect with one another. The Digital Nomads community may have served a niche a decade ago. But these days, isn’t everyone a digital nomad?”
Intel details USB 3.0 specs; Hints at IDF debut
Wired
Brian X. Chen hypothesizes about what Intel will showcase at its upcoming Intel Developer Forum event.
“It’s reasonable to expect the company will showcase USB 3.0 at the event. USB 3.0’s software and hardware interface, which Intel calls xHCI, will allow manufacturers and developers to ready their USB devices and computers for the 3.0-transition. The new interface will retain the same architecture as USB 2.0, meaning the ports will be backward compatible. Delivering 10 times the bandwidth of its predecessor, USB 3.0 will achieve speeds of up to 4.8 Gb/s, which translates to 600 megabytes per second.”