Cloud

UK Government to cut IT budget by billions

The UK government will slash its IT spending, in a bid for greater standardisation and simplification, according to Treasury advisor…

16 years ago

Ghosts in the machine help E.ON cut server costs

The energy provider has consolidated its data centres across Europe amid rising power prices

16 years ago

IBM pushes for 21st century infrastructure

IBM has a set of new management functions and a "cloud czar", in a bid to provide the management and…

16 years ago

IBM’s Cloud Announcements – Not Just Fluff

System management announcements can be vague; stir in the cloud and you have a recipe for complete incoherence. But IBM's…

16 years ago

Intel Delays ‘Tukwila’ Chip Again

Intel has delayed the four-core "Tukwila" `version of its Itanium processor, originally billed as the first 2 billion transistor chip…

16 years ago

Lenovo Boss Quits as PC Maker Reports A Loss

ThinkPad maker Lenovo posted its first quarterly loss in three years, and CEO William Amelio has said he will resign.

16 years ago

Intel Plans Eight-Core Nehalem and Smarter SOCs

Intel will give details of a 2.3 billion transistor, eight core processor, and smarter system-on-chip (SOC) modules that include wireless…

16 years ago

Citrix: the Virtual Route to Sustainable IT

Sustainable IT departments will have to weather some big changes. One of the largest is the move to virtual servers.…

16 years ago

Box.net Becomes Social Content Management Service

Box.net, which began life as a file management and file-sharing platform in a cloud computing environment, is becoming a more…

16 years ago

New Citrix XenDesktop Release Enhances Desktop Virtualization, User Experience

The new release of Citrix's XenDesktop product aims to make desktop virtualization cheaper and friendlier for office workers, by increasing…

16 years ago

Sun Enhancements to OpenSolaris Take Aim at Linux

Sun Microsystems' OpenSolaris 2008.11 includes improvements around software package management and incorporating community packaging efforts. The updates to the free…

16 years ago

Google Privacy Exec Facing Criminal Charges

Italian officials charge Google Global Privacy Counsel Peter Fleischer with criminal charges of defamation and failure to exercise control over…

16 years ago

IBM Building Next Generation of BlueGene Supercomputers

IBM and the U. S Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have signed a new contract to build the…

16 years ago

Next Windows 7 Milestone: Release Candidate

How ready is Windows 7? Ready enough so there will be no Beta 2. Microsoft plans to go directly from…

16 years ago

CIRBA Virtual Machine Capacity Planning Tool Gets Upgrade0

CIRBA announced Version 5.1 of its virtualization capacity management tool on the 28th January, 2009. I'll be reviewing CIRBA 5.1,…

16 years ago

Panasonic Toughbook Laptops Undergo Makeover, Gain Intel Technology

Panasonic is adding new features and functionality to its line of rugged Toughbook laptops, designed for use in more strenuous…

16 years ago

Layoffs to Continue at IBM, Sources Say

IBM has laid off some 2,800 employees, with more to come, according to the Alliance@IBM organisation. Big Blue has had…

16 years ago

Court Rejects Intel’s Request for Delay in Antitrust Case

A European court rejects Intel's request to delay a hearing in front of the European Commission, Europe's main antitrust body.…

16 years ago

Retailer Wireless Devices Largely Unprotected

A new survey shows 44 percent of the wireless devices used by retailers are vulnerable to attacks by data thieves.…

16 years ago

IT: Part of the Problem, or Part of the Solution?

IT is a serious polluter - but it's also the key to reducing carbon outputs, says Dr Hamadoun Touré of…

16 years ago

Is Java to Blame for Sun Layoffs?

eWEEK readers weigh in on Sun Microsystems' woes and the reason Sun is laying off over 6,000 employees. Is Java…

16 years ago

Sun Cools Down the Data Centre

The IT industry has a poor record of wasting energy in data centres, says server maker Sun Microsystems. But the…

16 years ago

Open-Source Cloud Tools Project Spawns Cloud Foundry

The Cloud Tools project, hosted on Google Code, is a prime example of the emerging trend of open-source application developers…

16 years ago

How to Reduce Network Expenses

In the current economic slowdown, IT administrators are under constant pressure to build and maintain solid networks while every equipment…

16 years ago

AMD Updates Opteron Processor Lineup with Energy-Efficient Chips

Advanced Micro Devices is updating its line of 45-nanometer Opteron processors with five new energy-efficient models that work within 55-watt…

16 years ago

Microsoft Results Disappoint, 5,000 Job Cuts Coming

Microsoft reported quarterly results on the 22nd January that missed Wall Street expectations and the software giant announced that it…

16 years ago

Sun Begins Carrying Out Planned Layoffs

UPDATED: Sun confirms that layoff notifications were sent to about 1,300 employees as the result of its action 14th November,…

16 years ago

Researchers Develop New Semiconductor Ink

U.S. researchers have developed a new type of semiconductor ink that brings companies a step closer to making bendable computer…

16 years ago

Intel, Citrix Collaborating on Desktop Virtualization

Intel and Citrix are planning to bring desktop virtualization technologies to a wider enterprise audience by combining their respective capabilities…

16 years ago

Seagate Solves Firmware Issue, Offers Fix for HDD Owners

Seagate has isolated a potential firmware issue in certain products, including some Barracuda 7200.11 hard drives and related drive families…

16 years ago