Cloud

Windows 7 Pricing Confuses, While Apple Keeps It Simple

Microsoft has announced a confusing pricing scheme for its new Windows 7 OS while, Apple is keeping it simple with…

15 years ago

Sun Shines On Oracle Fusion Launch

Oracle's newest middleware technology platform takes advantage of virtualisation and includes new developer tools for easier application building

15 years ago

Recession Drives Green IT Into Data Centres

Despite squeezed budgets, green IT is changing tech buying behaviour and data centre structures.

15 years ago

Northumbria University Gets Wyse to Sustainable IT

A major new deployment of energy efficient thin client computers complements campus green-building design features as part of an environmental…

15 years ago

Phones4U Cuts Energy With Fujitsu Primergy

A new BladeFrame-based data centre infrastructure will allow the mobile phone retailer to cut costs and support new growth

15 years ago

Canonical Puts Ubuntu Enterprise Services Into The Cloud

Canonical, the founder of the Ubuntu Linux project, has launched new professional services to help and support users building private…

15 years ago

Firefox 3.5 Armed with Privacy Controls

Mozilla adds new privacy features to the latest version of Firefox in response to features in Internet Explorer 8, Apple…

15 years ago

Cisco Pushes Beyond Traditional Roots To Challenge HP, IBM

Cisco chief John Chambers has pointed to new sectors it will either enter or grow in, bringing it into even…

15 years ago

Pre Sales Top 370,000, Claims Palm Blogger

Palm has sold 370,000 Palm Pre smartphones and expects to sell a million in its first quarter, according to a…

15 years ago

Researcher Discovers Theft Of 88,000 FTP Credentials

A Trojan which stole 88,000 FTP credentials may have been in action for more than two years, say researchers

15 years ago

Globalisation Poses Urgent Questions

ICT professionals tend to view globalisation as an inevitable and positive force for change. But, asks Simon Perry, what sort…

15 years ago

Report Sees Big Growth Future for SaaS Security

A report from research firm Infonetics predicts software-as-a-service (SaaS) is the future of managed network security.

16 years ago

Pirate Bay Sold For £4.7 Million

The Swedish software firm buying Pirate Bay plans to use its brand together with new file-sharing technology to create a…

16 years ago

Oracle Deal DOJ Delays Simply an “Irritation” for Sun

The US Federal government has decided to spend more time performing due diligence on the proposed Oracle-Sun merger, while Java…

16 years ago

Apple Confirms Jobs Goes Back to Work

Apple chief Steve Jobs has returned to work after a six-month medical leave that involved a liver transplant, a company…

16 years ago

Microsoft To Open Green Cloud Dublin, Chicago Data Centres

Microsoft plans to roll out two new data centres in Dublin and Chicago in July, preparing for increased demand for…

16 years ago

SMBs Will Be The Dominant Market In The Cloud, Says Parallels

Head of automation and virtualisation software company, Parallels is betting big on the cloud. But Serguei Beloussov says operating system…

16 years ago

Microsoft Moves Into Energy Metering

New online application beta aims to help US consumers track, understand and reduce home energy usage.

16 years ago

Sun Ray Users Get More Options With RingCube Desktop Virtualisation

Sun Microsystems and RingCube are joining forces to offer Sun Ray users more options when deploying a desktop virtualisation environment.

16 years ago

Gartner Predicts PC Shipment Growth Upturn in Fourth Quarter

Gartner's latest assessment of worldwide PC shipments expects the PC market to post positive growth in the fourth quarter, and…

16 years ago

Tory Paper Demands Government Give Back Our Data

A new Conservative think tank report is calling for citizen-centric, open source IT development to put an end to wasteful,…

16 years ago

EMC, Net App Battle for Storage Vendor, Data Domain Hots Up

UPDATED: EMC extends its all-cash offer of $1.8 billion to purchase all outstanding shares of Data Domain to rivel NetApp's…

16 years ago

Customers Get Better Support From Apple Than Dell and HP

Apple customers were more satisfied with the outcome of tech-support calls than HP or Dell customers, according to a study…

16 years ago

Social Networkers Are Slack On Internet Security

A Webroot survey has found those using social networks such as MySpace and Facebook are not doing enough to protect…

16 years ago

IBM Discovers Scheme To Manipulate Encrypted Data

A Researcher at IBM has found an encryption method that lets you operate on data without decrypting it: good news…

16 years ago

Europe’s New Broadband Won’t Be A Telco Monopoly, Warns Reding

Europe needs fast broadband to compete, but the EC will not allow telcos to take advantage and establish monopolies, said…

16 years ago

UK Public Sector Asks for £1 Billion For Radical IT Change

Central Government money could get a quick payback and help meet carbon targets projects by overhauling local IT, says SOCITM

16 years ago

US To Spend £2bn On Smart Grid Technology

The US Department of Energy is ready to spend $3.9 billion (£2.4bn) on efforts to modernise the U.S. electric grid

16 years ago

Microsoft Taking No Chances, Cuts Price Of Windows 7

Microsoft plans price cuts, free upgrades and other incentives to spread Windows 7 to as many users as possible once…

16 years ago

Disaster Recovery The Achilles Heel Of Virtualisation

Many companies are not able to deploy separate backup data centre locations to provide the complete data-recovery system, relying instead…

16 years ago