Cloud

PayPal Sidelines VMware For OpenStack

PayPal puts OpenStack virtualisation platform to virtualise 10,000 servers. Will the rest of eBay follow?

12 years ago

Cisco Buys SolveDirect For Cloud Infrastructure Expertise

Cisco's acquisition of Austrian firm SolveDirect is designed to help build the company's enterprise IT portfolio, and also follows a…

12 years ago

Border Agency Data Failures Could Let Crooks Into UK

Agency failing to make adequate checks on criminal suspect databases, MPs claim

12 years ago

Amazon An Early Winner In ICANN gTLD Rollout

Tech giant Amazon passes initial evaluation for three of its applications

12 years ago

Supercomputer Demand Drives HPC Server Growth

Record revenues in the high-performance computing market last year were fuelled by the purchase of supercomputers by businesses and countries…

12 years ago

Apple iCloud Takes Lead In Cloud Storage Wars

Cloud storage use is dominated by younger males, who largely use it to store music, while older consumers as yet…

12 years ago

HP Seeks $4bn Damages From Oracle In Itanium Row

An HP witness claims that Oracle's decision to stop supporting Itanium has cost HP several billion dollars, while Oracle argues…

12 years ago

Open-Xchange Launches Web Productivity Tools

Can OX-Text take on Google Apps and Microsoft Office 365?

12 years ago

Apple Data Centres Use Only Renewable Energy

Apple's total consumption is 75 percent renewable - Greenpeace still not impressed

12 years ago

Python Software Foundation Settles UK Trademark Dispute

The Python Software Foundation and UK-based services firm Veber said they have reached a settlement over the use of the…

12 years ago

Apple Applauded For Adding Two-Factor Authentication To iCloud

Move should lead to fewer Mat Honan-type iCloud hacks

12 years ago

Yahoo’s Mayer Reportedly Revamps Hiring Policies

Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer is now reportedly personally vetting every new hire, a policy borrowed from her former employer,…

12 years ago

Google Keep Gets Frosty Reception

Worries over Google's respect for users after Reader death, whilst functionality fails to impress some

12 years ago

Google Chrome Android Merger Ruled Out By Chairman Eric Schmidt

Schmidt rules out merger and says he isn't leaving the company

12 years ago

Reports: Blackstone Competing To Take Dell Private

Will Investment firm Blackstone Group scupper Michael Dell's plans for his firm?

12 years ago

Microsoft Investigated Over Bribery Claims – Report

Microsoft facing claims its partners took bribes in China, Italy and Romania to gain government contacts

12 years ago

Yahoo In Talks To Buy Dailymotion Stake – Report

Yahoo could buy Dailymotion as part of its efforts to expand beyond the US

12 years ago

Using The Public Web For Big Data

Large-scale data as a service will let businesses combine the public web with private data, says Mark Little of Red…

12 years ago

Microsoft Aims For Big Data With HDInsight

Microsoft has finally released the public preview of HDInsight Service, its cloud-based distribution of Hadoop

12 years ago

ARM CEO Warren East To Retire

ARM leader hands on the baton

12 years ago

Google Briefly Pre-Releases Note-Taking Application

Google's note-taking application Keep, released briefly over the weekend, appears to be intended as a rival to Evernote and Microsoft…

12 years ago

Will Companies Stop Paying For Security?

Will the cloud and consumer devices overturn the security market? We ask Christian Fredrikson

12 years ago

Europe’s Data Centres Hit By US Shale Gas Prices

Europe's data centres could be hurt by cheap US competition fuelled by shale gas, while efficiency technology could also lose…

12 years ago

Cisco Chief Promises Improved Working Conditions For Women

After meeting with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, John Chambers has said Cisco could do more on gender issues

12 years ago

Government Axes CIO Role Amid Digital Shakeup

The Cabinet Office has confirmed it is dropping the role of government CIO as part of its ongoing shakeup of…

12 years ago

Microsoft Blames Firmware Update For Cloud Failure

A firmware update caused a data centre temperature spike, that in turn nixed access to Hotmail and Outlook.com

12 years ago

VMware Confirms Hybrid Cloud Arrival Later This Year

VMware has finally confirmed its long rumoured Hybrid Cloud service offering

12 years ago

Oracle To Buy “Director” Cloud OS Developer Nimbula

Oracle beefs up its Public Cloud offering with a "Cloud OS"

12 years ago

Android Boss Andy Rubin Steps Down

The influential boss of the Android OS, Andy Rubin, has stepped down to concentrate on other projects

12 years ago