Synology releases Ryzen-powered NAS for SMBs
Synology has released a new NAS aimed at SMBs. As the name suggests, RackStation RS1221+ is designed for server racks. It features a Ryzen processor and is user-customizable.
RS1221+ accommodates 8 hard drives in a 2U chassis. With AMD Ryzen V1500B, Synology promises that the server is 3.6 times...
Amazon’s AWS opens its first office in Greece
Amazon’s cloud computing division, AWS, has opened its first office in Greece. The official opening happened on Friday and aims to support AWS's goal; to grow the number of companies and public sector agencies that use its cloud services.
In Greece, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotaki is ramping...
‘European companies victim of trade war between China and USA’
With China and the US increasingly excluding each other from trade, European companies are faced with the choice of taking sides or splitting up. American measures are increasingly blocking companies from trading with China.
This is what the European Chamber of Commerce in China and MERICS, a th...
Cisco closes $4.5 billion deal to acquire chipmaker Acacia
The deal amounts to nearly $2 billion more than an offer Cisco made to the chipmaker in 2019.
This week, Cisco announced an amendment to the definitive merger agreement under which they had previously agreed to acquire Acacia. Under the terms of the amended agreement, Cisco would acquire Ac...
AMD’s upcoming Epyc server processor is 46 percent faster than Intel
At CES 2021, AMD has given a hint of what we can expect from Epyc processors based on Zen 3, called Milan. The company promises that the processors could be up to 68 percent faster than Intel's competing products.
AMD has not yet shared any specifics. The company compared a 32-core processor wit...
Netgear introduces two WiFi 6 access points for SMBs
Netgear has introduced two access points intended for SMBs. The access points are capable of broadcasting multiple SSIDs, allowing for better separation of network traffic.
Two new access points have been announced: the WAX214 and WAX218. Both access points support WiFi 6 on 2.4 and 5 GHz freque...
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger replaces Bob Swan at Intel
Intel has announced that its CEO Bob Swan will resign. He will remain in the position until February 15th, after which Pat Gelsinger will replace him. Until now, Gelsinger was the CEO of VMware.
A specific reason for Swan's departure was not shared. Rumours suggest it has to do with competitor A...
Red Hat and Intel work together to capture the emerging 5G market
Red Hat and Intel announced that they would take the next step in their partnership, calling it an evolution that would align their products with the 5G market. Carriers will spend billions upgrading their systems to the 5G standard, which will boost LTE connection levels by up to 100 times.
The...
‘Intel to produce first 10nm server chips this quarter’
Intel has announced that it will begin mass production of server chips on the 10nm process this quarter. The company would also soon reveal whether or not it will be outsourcing part of its production.
Exactly what kind of chips Intel will produce is not known. It is also not clear how many chip...
IBM uses light for ultra-fast computing in AI systems
European research team has found a way to use light instead of electricity to power AI processors.
IBM researchers have developed a way to dramatically reduce latency in Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems by using light, instead of electricity, to create ultra-fast computing.
The IBM team, ...
Cisco sues Acacia for backing out of acquisition deal
Acacia terminated their agreement after failing to receive timely regulatory approval in China.
Cisco today asked a Delaware court to stop Acacia from terminating an acquisition agreement the companies had signed in 2019.
That year Cisco agreed to buy publicly traded Acacia for approximately ...
Lenovo announced upcoming AR glasses for enterprise use
Lenovo seems to think that the real money is going to be made from bringing augmented reality to enterprises. CES kicked off today but Lenovo announced the soon-to-arrive enterprise AR glasses. They seem to be following in the footsteps of what’s been done at Epson and Microsoft.
The hardware ...