Pedro Hernandez

The Apple-Greenpeace “dirty cloud” saga is took a step in a positive direction, albeit a small one. In an update to Greenpeace’s environmental scorecard of the IT industry’s biggest cloud services providers, the group bumped Apple’s energy transparency and infrastructure siting grades from a failing grade of F to a barely passing D. Likewise, Greenpeace […]

Apple’s thorny relationship with environmental organizations has taken yet another turn. The company has pulled its computers from the EPEAT registry. EPEAT, in a brief statement on the its website, said, “We regret that Apple will no longer be registering its products in EPEAT. We hope that they will decide to do so again at […]

Microsoft is unraveling the tangle of licensing options that have come to characterize Windows Server. With Windows Server 2012, Microsoft claims that its licensing strategy boils down to three words: simple, economical and cloud-optimized. Judging by the streamlined new purchasing options, the software giant is at least living up to the ‘simple’ part of its […]

Cisco this week learned that there are limits to how far consumers will allow the cloud to reach into their lives. A recent automatic firmware update to the company’s Linksys EA series of Wi-Fi home routers set off a firestorm of criticism among IT circles. Whereas most vendors issue automatic updates to fix bugs, improve […]

It’s a familiar scene to many iPhone and iPad owners. Apps that were once trusted begin crashing with alarming frequency. Sometimes apps don’t even make it past the splash screen before users are kicked back to the home screen. New information hints that careless coders and showstopping bugs aren’t necessarily to blame for the recent […]

Intel quietly acquired Israeli biometrics firm IDesia for an undisclosed amount, it was revealed this week. And the chipmaker’s plans for IDesia are shrouded in as much mystery as the details surrounding the transaction. Unlike other firms that develop software and systems that provide biometric authentication using fingerprinting or facial recognition — which can be […]

In a sign that VMware won’t quit until it is synonymous with cloud computing, the company announced today that it is acquiring cloud management software maker DynamicOps for an undisclosed amount. Formerly a part of Credit Suisse’s IT unit, DynamicOps is a cloud automation and management software specialist whose focus is on enterprise-scale cloud deployments […]

Microsoft has a lot riding on Windows 8. And new pricing details reveal just how important it is for the company that users quickly adopt the new operating system. In a Windows Team Blog post, Microsoft Communications Manager Brandon LeBlanc detailed an upgrade program that will allow Windows users to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro […]

Oracle’s legal maneuverings in the courts didn’t bring about the cloud apocalypse, but this weekend showed that there is a force that can bring popular online services to a screeching halt. Fierce thunderstorms tore through the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. this weekend, causing widespread power outages that affected an Amazon Web Services datacenter in […]

Micron today announced that it is acquiring Japanese DRAM firm Elpida Memory in a deal valued at $2.5 billion. The move, said Micron CEO Mark Durcan during an investor conference call, will “create the world’s leading pure-play memory company.” Under the terms of the deal, Micron will pay $750 million in cash at closing. The […]