i/o opens a new factory to produce its ANYWHERE fully integrated data center modules. 

With an initial capacity of up to 18 MW of data center modules per month, the factory is set to start off its assembly lines by Q2 2011's end. 

ANYWHERE modules include all infrastructure required for always-on data centers, with an architecture scaling to 1000s of cabinets in a single deployments. On top of all this is the i/o OS, a fully integrated data center monitoring, alarming, remote control and management system. 

It provides real-time information on critical Read more...

As reports speculated over the last week, Nokia and Microsoft announce what they're calling a "broad strategic partnership" taking on Google and Apple in the smartphone war.

The partnership involves Nokia putting Symbian development aside in favour of using Windows Phone 7-- concentrating on hardware design instead. 

Both companies will share technology-- Nokia phones will adopt Bing and adCenter, Nokia Maps will become part of Microsoft's mapping services, while Nokia's Ovi app store will integrate with Microsoft marketplace (with Microsoft providing Read more...

Cisco announces its acquisition of Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) digital media processing platform provider Inlet Technologies, just on the eve of Barcelona's Mobile World Congress. 

Inlet's ABR technology adapts video stream quality based on real-time network conditions-- technology Cisco was surely looking for as it sets to strengthen its Videoscape platform.

The acquisition itself involves $95m worth in cash and retention-based incentives for all of Inlet's shares,a deal that should concclude by Q2 2011's end. 

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ARM and IBM announce an extension in their collaborative semiconductor research deal.

While the 2 companies worked together since 2008, the new deal will see them research on increasingly smaller process sizes-- down to 14nm. This will result in cheaper, faster and more energy efficient designs for mobile devices.

The actual terms of the deal are not yet available.

ARM leads the mobile processor market, and now appears to be going for the netbook, notebook and desktop markets. Back at CES, Microsoft also announced its support for ARM-- with Read more...