Hewlett-Packard is pulling together its network and server strength into a converged infrastructure to take on Cisco and others
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2009
IBM: Fossil Fuel Companies Are Climate Change Victims, Not Perpetrators
Skirting carefully around the fact that fossil fuels contribute to climate change, IBM has plenty of advice for how oil and gas companies can respond to the threat from global warming
Red Hat Undercuts Microsoft With Server Virtualisation Tool
Red Hat is rolling out its Enterprise Virtualization for Servers platform, which is aimed at heterogeneous server environments and cloud computing deployment
Microsoft Goes On Cloud Cost Cutting Offensive
Microsoft cuts the prices of its Business Productivity Suite as it seeks to block cloud-based competition from Google, Oracle and other companies
French Regulator Slices Apple iPhone Free Of Orange
After a French regulatory agency votes against the exclusive deal between Orange and Apple to distribute the iPhone in France, both companies agree to comply
Microsoft Invests £60K In Open Source Apache Foundation
Microsoft may have helped its status with the open-source community by reiterating its pledge to deliver $100,000 (£60,700) to the Apache Software Foundation over the next few years.
Nokia Siemens To Axe Nearly 10 Percent Of Staff
Economic pressures force Nokia Siemens to eliminate close to 6,000 jobs from its workforce
Apple Update Kills Intel Atom Support
The latest software upgrade to Apple's Snow Leopard has ended support for Intel Atom chips, reports are suggesting
Cisco Believes Tandberg Offer Is Fair
Cisco is playing hard ball after an executive said that its takeover offer of $3 billion for Tandberg is a fair price for the video conferencing rival
Sony Ericsson Launches Xperia X10 Android Smartphone
Sony Ericsson has taken the wraps off its first Google Android-based device, the Xperia X10, which will go on sale in early 2010
M86 Beefs Up Web Security With Finjan Acquisition
M86 Security is to acquire most of the assets of Finjan, a provider of web gateway security appliances
Former YouSendIt Boss Charged With DoS Attack
The former CEO of YouSendIt has been charged with denial-of-service against the company, highlighting the dangers of disgruntled staff
Data Centres: Does Reliability Clash With Efficiency?
New data centres are more efficient than their predecessors, but they have to be reliable too. Peter Judge asks - what happens when the need for reliability clashes with the demand for efficiency?
EU Considers Digital Consumer Protection Crackdown
European regulators claim that consumers need greater online protection
Ditch Microsoft, Save £269m Says Hungarian Open Source Group
Despite a struggling economy and public debt, the Hungarian government continues to spend millions on Microsoft licences when cheaper alternatives exist, say open source groups
Prison IT System Branded “A Shambles”
The Public Accounts Committee has condemned the handling of the National Offender Management Information System, designed to track prisoners.
Computacenter Launches Tier IV Data Centre In Romford UK
Computacenter has launched Europe's first certified Tier IV data centre - in the last major data centre site to be built within the M25
Lists Threatens Openess Of Twitter Network
Blogging celebrity Anil Dash examines Twitter Lists as a way to tag real-time Web feeds
Obama Pressured To Appoint Cyber-security Chief
TechAmerica tells President Obama his promise to appoint a cyber-security coordinator in the White House is growing more urgent by the day
Trojan Uses Facebook To Network With Server
Researchers at Symantec find a Trojan that uses Facebook to communicate with a command and control server
iPhone Could Be Amazon Kindle E-Book Rival
Apple's iPhone could become a major competitor to Amazon.com's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook e-readers, says one analytics company, if the number of e-book apps continues to grow
Yahoo Drifts Towards Open Source Cloud Computing
Yahoo takes its second major step in five months toward open-source cloud computing by introducing an open-source version of Traffic Server
Microsoft Gets Touchy With Updated Bing Mobile Site
Microsoft has refreshed its mobile search site (m.bing.com) and optimised it for touch-screen devices including the iPhone
First Look at VMware Fusion 3
For users wanting the Windows 7 experience on their Mac, VMware has released the third major revision of its Fusion virtual machine software
Cloud Ushers In New Security Frontier
Widespread adoption of cloud computing is likely to entail a plethora of management and security challenges, warns original Windows NT developer Mark Shavlik
Motorola Droid Renamed ‘Milestone’ For Europeans
Motorola's Droid handset is to be renamed the Milestone for its launch on this side of the Atlantic
Suspended Hardware Boss Leaves IBM
Robert Moffat, the high-ranking IBM executive who had been seen as a possible future CEO at the company, has left IBM
Orange Confirms iPhone Launch and Pricing Plans
Orange has become the first UK mobile operator (other than O2) to launch the iPhone on its network, after it confirmed the official release date and pricing plans
Review: Red Hat’s Fedora 12 Beta Operating System
eWEEK Labs' tests show that Fedora 12 will provide the latest and greatest versions of popular open-source applications, as well as features that strengthen not only Fedora but also Linux distributions in general
Asus Launches First USB 3.0 Motherboard
One of the world's major electronics makers has launched a motherboard that can support the speedy USB 3.0 specfication