May 5, 2011
RIM Working on a 10-Inch Version of PlayBook Tablet [RUMOUR]
Mashable
Stan Schroeder looks at a rumour that RIM will release a 10-inch version of its BlackBerry PlayBook.
“The first PlayBook was introduced in April, so a December release of another PlayBook sounds more like an attempt to capture a piece of both the 7-inch and the 10-inch tablet market than a standard upgrade cycle.”
What’s your opinion?
IBM endorses Red Hat’s KVM virtualization
Network World
Jon Brodkin reports on what IBM’s partnership with Red Hat could mean in the virtualization market.
” Those are mainly loyal Red Hat customers who already bought other products from the company, however. Although Red Hat spent some time at the Red Hat Summit bashing VMware for not promoting interoperability, attacking VMware’s core business hasn’t been a major focus. Red Hat’s new cloud building software supports both KVM and VMware, but limitations in VMware APIs mean third-party products can’t support features like live migration, said Red Hat CTO Brian Stevens.”
What’s your opinion?
Let the Cloud Developer Wars begin
The Register
Tim Anderson muses on which companies cloud offerings might dominate in the competitive market.
” One thing that Microsoft and Salesforce.com have in common is their enterprise focus. At its Dreamforce conference late last year, when Database.com was introduced, Salesforce.com focused on Azure rather than Google or Amazon as a key competitor.”
What’s your opinion?
