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HP Powers Ultimate Gaming Experiences at Home with Cutting-Edge Gaming Rigs, Display, and Command Center Updates - GlobeNewswire

HP Powers Ultimate Gaming Experiences at Home with Cutting-Edge Gaming Rigs, Display, and Command Center Updates - GlobeNewswire
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Posted: 04 May 2020 05:11 AM PDT

News Highlights:OMEN 25L and 30L Desktops provide world class expansion capabilities with a cohesive design engineered for phenomenal gaming performance and improved thermals. https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/1f67d482-6987-4183-a173-461e5e653995OMEN 27i Gaming Monitor brings a crisp 165Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time¹ within a Nano IPS Panel that is NVIDIA® G-SYNC® compatible² and runs at a captivating 2K resolution. https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/bae1fdbe-86be-40f3-8d7f-c2d1b968006dOMEN Command Center receives compelling updates including a new intuitive user interface and My Games integration with digital game distribution platforms. https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/06a6ad06-a1d0-4c8b-8e8a-e0173211cdeePALO ALTO, Calif., May 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Debuting a new OMEN look and feel, today HP unveiled the OMEN 25L and 30L Desktops, engineered for gaming performance, designed for immersion, and crafted for gaming expansion. Both desktops perfectly pair with the latest immersive OMEN 27i Gaming Monitor with powerful specs to enhance gaming experiences and let the action take center stage.With people spending more time at home, gaming has increased dramatically as players look to find social connections and outlets for stress relief and entertainment. In late March 2020, Steam set a record with over 23.5 million concurrent active users, an increase of more than three million people compared to the then record number of users just two weeks prior³. The latest OMEN devices are built with powerful premium components and technology that addresses the mounting needs of all gamers, veterans and newcomers alike."The OMEN brand continues to evolve its identity and grow a world class ecosystem of hardware and software solutions in meaningful ways that address the needs of all gamers, especially at a time when socially connecting from home with friends and loved ones is so important," said Kevin Frost, vice president and general manager, Consumer Personal Systems, HP Inc. "The latest OMEN Gaming Desktop adds components from Cooler Master, WD_Black from Western Digital, and expanded options from HyperX® which reinforces our commitment toward providing the best tools for progressing in your favorite games."A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/fdecb7d4-206a-4689-b335-48a41a1f4027ENGINEERED FOR GAMING PERFORMANCE AND EXPANDIBILITYBuilt with refined thermals and a tool-less design for access to internals that adhere to microATX standards, the redesigned OMEN desktops offer gamers the choice of 25 and 30-liter options to allow for maximum flexibility when it comes to desired hardware. Multiple chassis options including a 30L model that has a tempered-glass front bezel and EMI-coated glass side panel, the desktops yield a gorgeous aesthetic and highlights the interior's diligent cable routing and color consistency. The new desktops deliver:Powerful Performance: Never skip a beat with incredible visuals powered by up to the NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2080 Ti or up to AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 XT graphics. Harness the computing power a game needs with up to the new 10^th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10900K with up to 5.3GHz⁴, 10 cores⁵ and 20 threads or up to the latest AMD Ryzen™ 9 3900 desktop processors⁶, which showcase "Zen 2" core architecture and 7nm process technology.Top Tier Components: Cooler Master makes their OMEN debut with optional configurable 92mm air or 120mm liquid cooler options for the CPU and up to a 750W Cooler Master 80 PLUS Platinum PSU. Colorfully and mightily outfit the interior with up to 64GB of HyperX® FURY DDR4-3200Mhz XMP memory with RBG. Enjoy lightning quick access to important files with top-tier storage by way of up to two 2TB WD_Black PCIe M.2 SSDs⁷.OMEN Command Center Integration: Customize to perfection with lighting control for up to six zones, including front logo, front fan, interior lighting, CPU cooler, memory and graphics⁸, along with five unique lighting modes. Intelligent Overclocking^9,10 promotes the best performance possible by utilizing a patented algorithm to identify the highest optimal setting for your CPU and automatically overclocks it for you. Fan Control⁹ comes with a quiet, normal, and turbo setting for added cooling control. Comes with the latest OMEN Command Center¹¹ features: Remote Play¹², My Games¹³, Profiles¹⁴, Coaching¹⁵, and Rewards¹⁶.A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/e22a156e-6969-4a90-8e84-24428c3a9ed6DESIGNED FOR IMMERSIVE GAMINGOMEN 27i Gaming Monitor delivers with a Nano IPS panel that yields a color gamut of DCI-P3 98%¹⁷ to provide deeper hues and more accurate colors with a 25% wider color gamut than sRGB and largely nullifies color degradation from shallower angles. This gaming monitor is crafted for winning with features that deliver:Brightness: With a Quad HD¹⁸ (2560x1440) resolution and 350 nits brightness, this monitor hits the mark to make games jump to life.Crisp Visuals: Experience pristinely fluid gameplay with NVIDIA® G-SYNC® Compatibility² that makes display stutter, input lag, and screen tears things of the past. Responsiveness is paramount and with a 165Hz refresh rate and 1ms¹⁹ response time with overdrive, each moment is captured in its full glory.Battle-Hardened Build: Coated in a spectacular black shade, this high performance 27" diagonal monitor arrives with a dual pillar height, adjustable stand and four easy-to-access tilted ports. Additionally, an immersive diamond panel lighting solution on the rear can be controlled through OMEN Command Center¹¹ along with the patented aim assist feature which creates a custom shaped and colored reticle.A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/d847b50e-7f61-4393-9eda-d92e8522df83ENHANCED GAMING EXPERIENCESSame great features with a fast and striking new interface, OMEN Command Center now showcases a homepage that shares news on the latest events, products, and happenings with OMEN Squad, all from one incredible app. Features include:My Games: Makes playing games from Steam, Epic Games Store, Origin, Uplay, or installed elsewhere on your PC¹⁹ easier than ever before with one simple location to launch them all.My Gear: A one-stop shop to manage your OMEN gaming devices, boost your network, control lighting and fans, and even create your own personal profiles.My Services: Augments your gaming experiences in fun and fulfilling ways with Coaching¹⁵ and an improved Rewards¹⁶. Remote Play¹², formerly known as Game Stream, enables you to use your OMEN PC as your own personal cloud to play from another PC and is also available via Google Play and the Apple App Store.For more information about the OMEN ecosystem of gaming PCs, displays and accessories, visit: omen.comPricing and Availability²⁰OMEN 25L Desktop is expected to be available May 5^th via HP.com for a starting price of $899.99.OMEN 30L Desktop is expected to be available May 5^th via HP.com for a starting price of $1199.99.OMEN 27i Monitor is expected to be available May 4^th via BestBuy.com and May 22^nd via HP.com for a starting price of $499.99.May the 4^th be with you!About HP

I didn’t quit the DVR. I just quit TiVo. - Zatz Not Funny

Posted: 05 May 2020 09:13 AM PDT

Despite Roku proclaiming the "DVR is dead" (all the way back in 2011!) and the seismic shift to streaming content, quite a few still appreciate the ability to consume and record "linear" television content. Including me. Yet, as the last TiVo blogger standing, I've… unplugged my TiVos.

I've often been something of a prickly customer, but TiVo choosing to prepend video advertisements onto my recordings* finally pushed me down this path and the apparent cancellation of set-top streaming clients (think Roku and Apple TV) sealed the deal in January. TiVo hasn't fulfilled their promises of television on my terms. I recognize my new, possibly convoluted solution won't be for most and I'm not advocating satisfied customers abandon something that works for their household. But this has always been a first person blog and, thus, I'm reporting my needs are now being met in a chiller, more efficient manner – along with full WAF. While, my approach may be unique, I suspect the defection trend likely isn't.

As to the upcoming TiVo Stream 4K, well I've already invested in several solid streamers. And, even should the TiVo Android TV dongle provide the best cross-app experience out there (that's the pitch), it doesn't directly integrate with live television other than Sling TV. As in: my (your) existing TiVo ecosystem and content are begin left behind. Lastly, given what seems to be frequent internal turmoil and leadership changes, I just don't have faith in the company to stick with it.

So, yeah, I'm out. So long TiVo, and thanks for all the fish.

Rackspace, AWS and Nvidia COVID-19 initiatives

Rackspace has developed special offers to help customers affected by the quickly moving situation around COVID-19. I has a webpage providing access to experts, resources and services. It will use this page to capture the response efforts of the technology community, its partners, ecosystem, and Rackspace staff, to get services to customers faster.

The hosting firm is setting aside $10m in no-cost OpenStack public cloud hosting resources over the next six months for organisations participating in COVID-19 response efforts. Also, existing customers can add Microsoft Teams to their Office 365 account for free for six months.

AWS has launched an initiative to accelerate the research, diagnostics and, testing of Covid-19, committing $20m for customers working on diagnostics solutions. The programme is open to accredited research institutions and private entities that are using AWS to support research-oriented workloads for the development of point-of-care diagnostics (testing that can be done at home or a clinic with same-day results). The AWS Diagnostic Development Initiative includes 35 global research institutions, startups, and businesses focused on tackling this challenge.

Nvidia has made its Parabricks genome-sequencing software available at no charge to researchers sequencing the coronavirus and the genomes of those suffering from COVID-19. Parabricks can cut the time for variant calling on an entire human genome from two days to one hour on a single server.

Covid-19 disrupts HDD manufacture in Malaysia and the Philippines

Wells Fargo analyst Aaron Rakers this week told subscribers: "Some of our HDD industry checks have pointed out that HDD manufacturing could be meaningfully disrupted by closures in Malaysia & the Philippines. While the extent of the closures, imposed by the governments, is unknown, we would note that the HDD industry has meaningful supply chain and manufacturing concentration in these countries – e.g., Seagate, Western Digital, Showa Denko, Furukawa, Nidec, etc. These companies are likely appealing for provincial government waivers."

Huawei posts another SPC-1 benchmark result

Huawei has grabbed the sixth best SPC-1 benchmark result with an OceanStor 5310 V5 array, scoring 1,600,658 SPC-1 IOPS. This benchmark tests storage system responsiveness in terms of IOPs and provides measures of overall response time and price-performance in terms of $/K-IOPS.

The Huawei box had an 0.68 millisecs response time, beaten by the NetApp A800 at 0.59ms and a DataCore Parallel Server at 0.28ms. Huawei provided prices in Chinese currency only. We converted them to US dollars to fill in the system cost and price/performance columns in our table of top 10 results;

The 0.44 $/IOPS number is pretty good, beaten only by two DataCore systems and a Huawei FusionStorage array.

Acronis uses WD JBODs

Acronis, the data protection and security biz, is using Western Digital Ultrastar Data60 and Data102 JBODs (Just a Box of Drives) in its 14 data centres around the globe. These are high-density enclosures and intended to meet capacity demands and support long-term expansion plans.

Alex Beyk, director of global technical operations at Acronis, said: "With Western Digital, we're getting a storage solution that we can trust, with a total cost of ownership that other storage vendors could not match."

The Ultrastar Data60 and Data102 are 4U, high-density, high-capacity 12Gbit/s SAS JBODs that can be configured with up to 60 x 3.5-inch and 102 x 2.5-inch hard disk drives (HDDs) with up to 900TB and 1.5PB raw capacity.

Up to 24 of those drives can be SSDs. Western Digital said they have anti-vibration and thermal zone cooling tech to enhance reliability.

Code42 improves remote worker data loss threat detection

Inside threat detector Code42 has added new capabilities, free for 60 days, that pinpoints suspicious data activity among remote employees.

Joe Payne, Code42 CEO, said: "The way we work is changing due to the coronavirus pandemic. The number of employees logging in from home is surging along with their reliance on collaborative technologies. Employees are sharing files, Slacking and messaging colleagues to get their work done.

"Suddenly security teams are on the hook to manage a spike in data activity that now lives outside their typical network infrastructure. What they had visibility into last week is invisible this week. To help organizations during this time, we are offering them an organisational-wide view of data risks posed by their remote workforce at no charge."

The new functionality can;

Pinpoint remote employees whose file activity represents the greatest risk.
Detect unauthorised usage of Dropbox, iCloud, Box, OneDrive and Google Drive.
Provide an organisation-wide view of browser upload activity, including attachments to personal email, and uploads to personal cloud sync systems.
Alert security teams to users who are executing risky file activity based on file type, count and size.
Offer historical user activity profiles to speed insider threat investigations.

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ATTO claims Ethernet storage networks can be fully optimised within minutes when built with its FastFrame 3 Ethernet network interface cards (NICs) and managed by its 360 Tuning, Monitoring and Analytics Software.

Cloud file storage gateway and security supplier CTERA said it had a strong 2019 with a 60 per cent year-over-year annual recurring revenue increase. It says its product is used in more than 50,000 enterprise locations and millions of corporate devices in 110 countries.

iXsystems is unifying its FreeNAS and TrueNAS products. FreeNAS is the free open source software an TrueNAS is the enterprise version. The vast majority of code is shared. With the recent 11.3 release, TrueNAS gained parity with FreeNAS on features such as VMs and Plugins. The 12.0 release coming in the latter half of the year will also unify both products into a single software image and name; TrueNAS. There are no plans to stop releasing a free version. TrueNAS CORE will be the name of the free version with TrueNAS Enterprise being the paid-for version.

Cloud data warehouser Snowflake has a released a Federated Data Access (FDA) connector integration with Adobe Campaign, part of Adobe Experience Cloud. The integration enables Adobe Campaign users to extend their data into Snowflake to get marketing campaign data insights in real-time, and with zero-management.

On-premises and Cloud data warehouser Yellowbrick Data has signed a partnership deal with global telco systems house Digital Outcomes Now. John Gillespie, CEO of Digital Outcomes Now, said: "Yellowbrick Data has created a breakthrough in processing analytic datasets that is extremely well positioned to deliver on this coming 5G opportunity. In 1/20th the rack space of traditional Data Analytics platforms, Yellowbrick Data is able to process complex data queries at over 100x the performance of traditional systems."

Netlist has filed new legal proceedings for patent infringement against SK hynix RDIMM and LRDIMM memory products in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. In October 2019 the International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a Notice of Initial Determination finding that Netlist's standard-essential '907 patent is being infringed by Korean manufacturer SK hynix. The ITC has issued a target date of April 7, 2020 for completion of the Investigation and issuance of a Final Initial Determination.

Quantum Spatial, a US geospatial data mapping firm is standardising on hyperscale file data management supplier Igneous. Carl Lucas, VP of Information Technology at Quantum Spatial, said: "We move petabytes of data each month as we offload and process customer projects. Igneous' SaaS-based monitoring alerts us if anything is happening. It helps me sleep at night."

TRU SDS (Software Defined Storage) vendor StorONE has partnered SQream, a provider of accelerated analytics on massive data stores, to provides a high-performance massive data analytics offering. With the StorONE Enterprise Storage Platform, S1, SQream DB can saturate a multi-node, parallel file over 100GbE, ensuring the NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPUs the software uses are fully utilized.

Private virtual storage array supplier Zadara has teamed with backup provider Veeam to drive application and data availability in a flexible, 100 per cent-OpEx backup-as-a-service model. This brings a unified, single platform solution to companies looking to take back control over ransomware attacks, improving defences without the need to make disruptive changes to their IT infrastructure.

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Posted: 05 May 2020 06:23 PM PDT

One thing to look ahead to: It's been an attention-grabbing week for the as soon as once more vibrant PC trade. We noticed the discharge of a number of new programs from totally different distributors, bulletins on the long run instructions of Home windows, and hints of but extra new programs and chip developments on the near-term horizon.

Whereas a lot of the information wasn't triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, all of it takes on a brand new diploma of relevance due to it. Why? As current US retail gross sales experiences exhibit and conversations with PC OEMs and element suppliers have confirmed, PCs and peripherals are sizzling again-really sizzling.

Admittedly, there are various questions on how lengthy the gross sales burst can final, and most forecasts for the total 12 months nonetheless present a comparatively giant decline, however there's little doubt that within the present period, the PC has regained its position as crucial digital system that most individuals own-both for private and work-related functions. And, I might argue, even when (or when) the gross sales do begin to decline, the philosophical significance of the PC and its relative diploma of usage-thanks partially to prolonged work-from-home initiatives-will possible stay excessive for a while to come back.

The current weblog put up from Microsoft's Home windows and Floor chief Panos Panay gives attention-grabbing insights in that regard, as he famous that Home windows utilization has elevated by 75% in comparison with final 12 months. In recognition of that reality, the corporate has even determined to pivot on their Home windows 10X technique –which was initially focused solely at dual-screen gadgets — to make it out there for all common single-screen PCs. Full particulars on what precisely that may deliver stay to be seen, however the important thing takeaway is Home windows PCs can be getting their first main OS improve in a while. To my thoughts, that's a transparent signal of an important product class.

Apple is transferring ahead with their private laptop methods as effectively, having been one in every of a number of distributors who introduced new programs this week. Of their case, it was an improve to their MacBook Professional line with enhanced parts and, in accordance with preliminary experiences, a a lot improved keyboard.

Samsung additionally widened their line of Home windows notebooks with the formal launch of their Galaxy E-book Flex and Galaxy E-book Flex α 2-in-1 convertibles, and Galaxy E-book Ion clamshell, all of which characteristic the identical QLED show know-how present in Samsung's TVs. The Galaxy E-book Flex and Ion even have the identical kind of wi-fi PowerShare options for charging cellular peripherals as their Galaxy line of smartphones.

The broadest array of recent product bulletins this week, nevertheless, comes from HP. What's attention-grabbing in regards to the HP information isn't simply the variety of merchandise, however how their vary of choices are reflective of a number of vital developments within the PC market total. Gaming PCs, for instance, have been a rising class for a while now, even regardless of the opposite challenges the PC market has confronted. With the prolonged time that individuals have been staying residence, curiosity, utilization and demand for gaming PCs has grown even stronger.

Clearly, HP didn't plan issues on this means, however the timing of their new Omen 25L and 30L gaming desktops and Omen 27i gaming monitor couldn't have been higher. The desktops provide numerous refinements over their predecessors, together with a selection of excessive efficiency Intel i9 or AMD Ryzen 9 CPUs, Nvidia RTX 2080 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT graphics playing cards, Cooler Grasp cooling parts, HyperX high-speed DRAM, WD Black SSDs and a brand new case design. The brand new gaming monitor options Quad HD (2,560 x 1,440) decision and a 165 Hz refresh price with assist for Nvidia's G-Sync know-how.

HP confirmed much more fortuitous timing with the launch of their new line of enterprise-focused Chromebooks and, imagine it or a not, a brand new cellular skinny consumer. Chromebooks have been performing yeoman's obligation within the training marketplace for learn-from-home college students because of the pandemic, however there's additionally been rising curiosity within the enterprise aspect of the world as effectively.

Whereas the marketplace for business-focused Chromebooks has admittedly been comparatively modest up to now, the first purpose has been that almost all corporations are nonetheless utilizing many legacy purposes that haven't been optimized for the cloud. Now that many utility modernization efforts are being fast-tracked inside organizations, nevertheless, a cloud software-friendly system begins to make much more sense.

Now that many utility modernization efforts are being fast-tracked inside organizations, nevertheless, a cloud software-friendly system begins to make much more sense.

With its newest bulletins, HP expanded their vary of enterprise Chromebook choices. They now begin with the upgraded $399 Chromebook Enterprise 14 G6, which presents fundamental efficiency, however a big 14" show and a wipeable/washable keyboard, then transfer as much as the mid-range Professional c640 Chromebook Enterprise, and end up on the Elite C1030 Chromebook Enterprise. Curiously, the C1030 is the primary Intel Athena mission licensed Chromebook (it incorporates a 10th Gen Intel Core CPU) and presents the identical 2-in-1 type issue as their high-end EliteBook Home windows PCs. It's additionally the world's first Chromebook made with a 75% recycled aluminum high lid, a 50% recycled plastic keyboard, and audio system produced from ocean-bound plastics-all a part of HP's ongoing sustainability efforts.

HP additionally launched the mt22 Cell Skinny Consumer, a tool that in one other period, would barely get a lot of a point out. Nevertheless, with the now crucial want in sure industries for contemporary gadgets which can be optimized for VDI (digital desktop infrastructure) and Home windows Digital Desktop (WVD), the mt22 seems to be to be an amazing answer for employees in regulated or extremely safe industries who nonetheless want to have the ability to work-from-home. Lastly, HP additionally introduced ThinPro Go, a USB stick that may basically flip any functioning PC with an web connection into a skinny consumer system working HP's Linux-based ThinPro OS. Whereas related sorts of gadgets that work by booting from the USB stick have existed prior to now, they as soon as once more tackle new which means and relevance in our present period.

All instructed, HP's bulletins replicate the continued range that exists in at the moment's market and spotlight what number of totally different, however important, roles PCs proceed to play. Couple that with the opposite PC-related bulletins from this week and it's clear that the class continues to innovate in a means that surprises us all.

Bob O'Donnell is the founder and chief analyst of TECHnalysis Research, LLC a know-how consulting and market analysis agency. You possibly can comply with him on Twitter @bobodtech. This text was initially revealed on Tech.pinions.

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