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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
UK Start-up Offers Oracle Carbon Metrics
Zogix helps companies extract green data from existing applications
Fujitsu Siemens’ Zero-Watt PC Gets Cautious Welcome
Fujitsu has launched what it claims is a zero watt PC but experts claim power usage is only part of the problem
Microsoft Tests Kumo Search Service
Staff at Microsoft are testing a new, online search tool within the company. But could it beat Google? And will it be called Kumo, or something else?
Cisco Offers Cloud-Based Email Security
The network giant's hosted service has flexibility - but can it compete with existing players like Symantec and Google?
Heretical Seanodes Shares Storage With No External Hardware
Shared storage needs NAS and SAN hardware doesn't it? Not if you listen to Jacques Baldinger, CEO of Seanodes, a radical storage start-up based in Paris.
PCs Hit Biggest Slump Ever
PC unit shipments are facing their strongest decline ever, according to Gartner.
New Netgear Switches Save Energy for SMBs
Netgear has launched new switches for smaller companies, and power-reducing upgrades to its existing range, at the CeBIT show
Intel Atom Processors Destined for More Embedded Devices
New packages mean four different Atom processors should appear in more different machines
SAP Makes Green Promises
The software giant has announced a product to manage customers environmental impact, and made a promise to cut its own carbon footprint
Netbooks Are A Security Risk
Low-cost laptops are vulnerable because many of them come without standard security software, according to experts
Dell And Intel Get A Green Grilling
The big vendors' products, and their own internal IT, may be getting greener, but there's still room for improvement
Debian 5.0 Lenny: Good For Servers
Named for a Toy Story character, the new Debian is a serious contender for open source server deployments
Security Pros Advise on Surviving the Adobe Flaw
With hackers circling round a flaw in Adobe Acrobat, security professionals have advice on how to survive till Adobe gets round to fixing the underlying problem
AMD Wants Into The Cloud, Not Smartphones
AMD wants to have its processors in the heart of cloud-based data centres, and will be launching its own netbook platform - but will leave smartphones to the experts
AMD CEO On The Decision to Spin Off Foundries
AMD started out competing with Intel under the banner "Real Men Have Fabs". Now CEO Dirk Meyer explains the company's decision to spin off manufacturing into a separate company
Can Community-Source Get Apps Built In A Recession?
Community source development can save money and reduce vendor lock-in, by combining the best of the traditional and open-source development models
Dell To Cut Costs And Expand Netbooks
Faced with the recession and dismal fourth-quarter earnings, Dell is planning to cut costs and expand further into areas like netbooks.
How Do We Stop Fast Flux Networks?
Botnets change quickly to avoid being taken down. Larry Seltzer assesses a move to combat them - and says more could be done
Intel Moves On Energy Savings And Wireless Power
A look at some of the technology Intel currently has in active R&D shows ways to save energy within the data centre or PC and new ways to recharge laptop batteries while on the road. Intel says many of these developing technologies are ...
ERP Software Vendor Makes “Eco” Tools
Management add-on helps measure the whole company's environmental impact - and comply with legislation
Nokia Ponders Making A Laptop
With laptop makers moving into the phone sector, Nokia is considering joining the netbook onslaught at the lower end of the laptop market
Ethernet Switches Hit By Recession
The Ethernet switch market, which had been holding up well during the economic downturn over the past couple of years, saw its numbers drop in the fourth quarter as the recession really hit, according to a report from Infonetics Resear ...
Salesforce.com Makes A Bundle
Salesforce.com has had a record quarter while all around is gloom. Could this be vindication for the cloud model?
CeBIT 2009 Will Tackle Green IT Agenda
Boxed server rooms and low-energy laptops will be on show - if your carbon footprint allows you to travel to Hanover for the show
NetBenefit Sees Demand For Green Hosting
Customers are increasingly demanding energy-efficient hosting, says managed service provider NetBenefit.
Will Netbooks Swallow the Laptop?
With hardware makers rushing to bring out netbooks, have they overlooked a danger that consumers and business people will rush to cheaper machines at the expense of full-fat machines? HP's CEO Mark Hurd doesn't think so.
OpenSUSE 11.1 Vies for Desktop Linux Supremacy
Novell's OpenSUSE 11.1 has desktop features and an enviable community involvement strategy for tapping community involvement, but still a few rough spots. Can it stand up to Red Hat Fedora and Ubuntu from Canonical?
Motorola Ups Its WLAN Management Game
Motorola has updated its wireless LAN management offering, promising the new version can save customers money.
Google Adds Billing to App Engine
Google has added billing to its cloud computing platform, Google App Engine. The good news is users can go over the current free usage quotas - the bad news is that those free quotas are going to be reduced.