Open Source Robotics Foundation has picked an IBM company, SoftLayer Technologies, to co-host the first cloud-based robotics challenge  for the development of software that allows a simulated robot to perform first responder tasks. About 100 teams worldwide participated in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-sponsored competition through SoftLayer’s remote access technology, IBM announced Thursday. The […] More

Dell has developed cloud computing services intended to work with Citrix Systems' virtual desktops as organizations aim to provide employees secure access to corporate information from multiple devices. The turnkey offerings aim to help clients that use Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp in their information technology environments, Dell said Wednesday. Dell built the desktop virtualization offerings […] More

Hewlett-Packard is developing a new tablet that will run on the Android operating system, ReadWrite reports. Taylor Wimberly writes HP has been working on Android-related projects since 2010 and once shipped TouchPads with Android installed instead of webOS. HP could help Google put Android in the desktop PC market, an area the search giant is […] More

While McAfee has been loud from Las Vegas, VMware has been making noise from overseas with its VMworld Europe in Copenhagen, Denmark. VMware held a similar conference on “owning the cloud” earlier this year in Las Vegas and while it reported multiple advances in that week, it has unleashed a whole slew of new solutions and announcements including […] More