Microsoft believes the Meltdown and Spectre fixes will slow down servers drastically and reduce the performance of personal computers as well. In a blog post, the firm suggested that the slowdowns from the Meltdown and Spectre fixes could be a lot more extensive than Intel suggested previously.  Read More…

The Intel Kaby Lake NUC is finally here and we received a test unit for a couple of weeks. For those not in the know, NUC is essentially the Next Unit of Computing, a mini PC kit from Intel. Let’s quickly go through the specs. The Intel NUC7i3BNK runs onRead More…

QNAP recently announced the launch of its latest Rackmount NAS solution, TS-x53BU series that is powered by a 14nm Intel Celeron J3455 quad-core 1.5GHz processor (burst up to 2.3 GHz), up to 8GB dual-channel DDR3L RAM, SATA 6Gb/s, deployment flexibility with 4 Gigabit LAN ports and expandability for M.2 SSD andRead More…

In a media event held in Dubai, Lenovo today announced its new regional business strategy aimed at helping regional businesses transform for the “Intelligence Revolution” era. Present at the event were Lenovo META’s Dr. Chris Cooper, General Manager & Director Data Center Group (DCG), and Russell Theron, Data Center Lead Gulf,Read More…