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After nearly seven years of development and fine tuning, the Apache Hadoop data processing framework is finally ready for full production use, the developers of the software announced Wednesday. The project team behind Apache Hadoop has released version 1.0 of their platform. “Users can be much more

Alcatel-Lucent has rolled out 40G Ethernet modules for its top-of-rack data center switches to help further its data center fabric strategy. Part of the company’s Application Fluent Networking, the modules fit into Alcatel-Lucent’s OmniSwitch 6900 top-of-rack switches. They come in two flavors: a th

IBM is buying Green Hat, maker of automated testing tools for integration, SOA (service oriented architecture) implementations and cloud-based deployments, the company announced Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not provided. Green Hat offers a virtual test environment platform that allows developme

Huawei has launches what it says is the industry’s first Giga Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) prototype. The Giga DSL system employs time division duplex (TDD) to achieve an impressive total upstream and downstream rate of 1,000 Mb/s over a single twisted pair. Huawei’s advances within Giga DSL will e

Qtel Business Solutions (QBS) today launched an innovative new network solution that that will allow customers with high bandwidth requirements to aggregate applications on one dedicated, highly secure optical network. The new WaveLink service is aimed at Qatar’s fast-growing large Corporate and Gov

Alcatel-Lucent has announced its selection by Saudi Telecom Company (STC), the leading service provider in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to launch the first 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) wireless network in the country, bringing subscribers true broadband services to their mobile devices. The introduc

Salesforce.com’s first data centre in Japan has begun operations, the company said Wednesday. The data centre, located in a facility owned by NTT Communications, will support the company’s expanding business in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region. Salesforce first announced it would establish the Toky

Intelhas announced the availability of the latest mobile Intel Atom processor-based platform, formerly codenamed “Cedar Trail.” Designed to provide small, compact, on-the-go computing with great battery life at an affordable price, the latest platform adds several new features to netbook computers m

Earlier this year, speculation abounded that a botched fix for a software flaw in an industrial control system built by manufacturing giant Siemens was tied to a security talk getting pulled from a conference. At the time, researchers said Siemens had downplayed the seriousness of the vulnerabilitie

Storage vendor Imation has acquired intellectual property and other assets of online backup provider Nine Technology. Imation, a provider of tape, optical and removable disc and flash drives, said Nine Technology’s deduplication software is the primary reason for the acquisition. Deduplication softw