SoftwareSiggraph: Pixar animation software to get boost on Windows supercomputers

At Siggraph 2008, Pixar Animation Studios said an upgrade of its RenderMan animation software will run on Microsoft's HPC Server 2008 operating system and 64-bit Windows Vista.

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SoftwareIs Google your next data center?

Lower costs, snap upgrades and other benefits of cloud computing are leading IT organizations to increasingly outsource traditional IT infrastructure activities like storage and server management to managed services providers. How will this alter the makeup of the IT department of the future? Computerworld looks ahead.

SoftwareBusiness Objects bets on convergence of IT tools

SAP's Business Objects unit unveiled new products to take advantage of what it sees as a convergence of BI, compliance and performance management tools.