
John Byrne becomes president of Dell and EMC unified global channel
Controls $20+ billion revenue
John Byrne an ex Advanced 3D, ATI, AMD executive has just got promoted again at Dell. He is now president of the Dell and EMC global channel. Mike Magee and Fudo have known John Byrne for close to two decades, but now is not the time for kiss and tell.

Dell walking away from Tablets
“Game changing Dream” becomes nightmare
Tin box shifter Michael Dell has given up on the “game changing” dream touted by Steve Jobs and consigned tablets to the dustbin of history.

Nvidia’s P100 gets PCIe
Easy installation into server banks
Nvidia's Tesla P100 GPU has become accessible to server banks after the outfit hammered it into a PCIe form factor.

Dell prepares to offload software division
$2 billion price tag
Grey box-shifter Michael Dell is about to flog his software division to buyout firm Francisco and the private equity arm of activist hedge fund Elliott Management.

Server market slumps
3.6 per cent less than last year
Beancounters working for IDC have been adding up some numbers and reached the conclusion that the worldwide server market is experienced a year-on-year revenue slump of 3.6 percent in the first quarter.

Oculus officially blesses VR ready PCs
Certified Rift-ready bundles
Oculus has officially blessed PCs that can handle the VR requirements for its AR specs.

PC shipments lowest since 2007
9.6 per cent drop in a year
Beancounters at Gartner have been totting up some figures on a back of an envelope and reached the conclusion that PC shipments have dropped 9.6 percent.

Rivals target out-of-date MacPro
Expensive old rubbish wins wrong oscar
Apple’s rivals are targeting those who are still using Apple’s long-out-of-date Mac Pro.

Asustek and Acer see LCD monitor sales growing
Asustek has 30 percent growth in EU
Asustek Computer and Acer are doing rather well flogging their LCD monitors.

Dell plans BIOS level security
Business laptop BIOS to be better locked down
Grey tin box shifter Dell wants to beef up security on its business laptops and PCs by introducing a new tool which helps to protect the BIOS from malware.