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The barbarians at your door. How to identify and defeat the cyberthreats facing your business today
Many of the cyberthreats your business faces are invisible. Learn how to shine a light on these threats and discover how to take action to protect your business
BCS Launches “Formal” Green IT Qualification
Issues such as the impact of environmental legislation and reducing carbon emissions will be covered in the three day course and exam
Apple 17-Inch MacBook Pro Is A Head-Turner
Apple's top laptop model has top model looks and is the thinnest and lightest in its category, boasting up to 8 hours battery life.
Businesses Will Buy 3.5m Netbooks in 2010
Research firm Techaisle predicts netbook sales worldwide will climb in 2009 and 2010 as IT budgets get trimmed and companies look to cut technology costs
Dell And Nvidia Back Affordable Supercomputing
Dell is offering Nvidia's Tesla GPU technology in three of its Precision workstations, a move it says will make supercomputing capabilities more affordable to users
Ballmer Discusses “Valuable” Yahoo Deal
Microsoft and Yahoo had a much-publicised battle in 2008 surrounding a possible takeover
Google’s Brin Discusses Cloud’s Silver Lining
Despite the global economic recession, Brin is optimistic about Google's ability to innovate and exploit upcoming IT revolutions such as cloud computing
Twitter Founder Denies Acquisition Rumours
In March 2009, the site had a reported 9.3 million users, boosting its popularity immensely both among the general public and within the enterprise
Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS) Has Security Gaps
Cisco has formed impressive partnerships for its new UCS, but why is there no security provider.on the list?
After Ten Years, Is IPv6 Finally Needed?
Internet founder Vint Cerf says the address crisis is serious now - and this time Google believes it
Oracle Is Nuts To Stick With Sun Hardware
Larry Ellison has committed Oracle to investing more in Sun's SPARC, apparently because he think servers are like iPhones. That's just silly, says Peter Judge
Siemens Offers Whole-Company Green IT Consultancy
Siemens IT for Sustainability could be what the IT department needs to green the other 90 percent of the company
Micro Focus Buys Borland And Compuware Division
UK software giant grows in the testing area
Met Office Wants Green DC Supercomputers
The government's weather prediction department would waste less energy if it avoided converting from DC to AC current - but it still needs more power
BA: Too Much Vendor “Bollocks” In Green IT
The chief information officer of BA defended the airline's green efforts - while sniping at "greenwash" from IT vendors
Green IT Is Mainstream: Now Comes The Hard Part
The move to greener IT is unstoppable - even in a recession. But IT departments have a tough job getting their message with the other 90 percent of the company, says Forrester's Chris Mines.
Swede Faces Nasa-hacking Charges
After a federal investigation, the 21-year-old man now faces multiple charges here in the United States
Dell Could Be Preparing Android Netbook
Bsquare matter-of-factly announced in a press release that it would be porting Adobe Flash to a Dell netbook running Android as the operating system
SSDs Could Save Equivalent Of Gambia’s Entire Power Usage
SSD market researcher iSuppli says the increased deployment of SSDs could enable the world's data centres to reduce their cumulative electricity consumption by a whopping 166,643 megawatt hours from 2008 to 2013
WiGig’s 60Hz “Uber Wi-Fi” Could Replace Wires
We could have 3Gbps wireless within the next year or two - and with giant backers, WiGig looks like over-riding any arguments
Cisco Reports 24 Percent Profits Fall
Product sales decreased by 22 percent, while service maintenance sales climbed by 9.4 percent, Cisco says.
Green PC Specialist Sets Sights on Server
PC power management specialist 1E is launching a product aimed at the server
Industry Giants Back Ultra-Fast 60GHz Wireless
But they're not exactly forthcoming about what it will offer, or when
Deutsche Bank: Blades Key To Green Data Centres
The banking group believes that providing they are deployed in the right way, blade servers are most efficient way to turn energy into computing power
London Olympics Says No To Open Source
Despite a mission to make the games as financially and environmentally sustainable as possible, the organisers of London 2012 have ruled out any significant use of open source software
Vizioncore Manages Multiple Virtual Machines
vControl lets end users set up virtual machines in the leading hypervisor environments - and IT can manage them all from one screen
IBM Makes Its SMB Blades More Dynamic
Upgrades to the BladeCenter Express product should let smaller businesses save power and mix operating systems, IBM says
Microsoft To Lose Another 3000 Staff
That more or less completes the 5000 announced earlier. But there could be more in store
T-Mobile UK To Merge?
Deutsche Telekom has reportedly put its UK mobile network, T-Mobile up for sale. That's to be expected, with its numbers declining, but who would buy it, asks Peter Judge
Desktop Power Cuts Beat Server Savings
Desktop management are a quicker green hit than server consolidation, says Andy Lawrence. Oh yes, and IT managers should rule the world too (or at least manage their buildings)