Datacentre

EC Aims To Slash Red Tape With IT

Around €14 million has been earmarked to improve online services across several European countries

16 years ago

China Calls On Google To Control Explicit Content

China has begun blocking Chinese-language search engine results deemed pornographic and is calling on Google to do more to combat…

16 years ago

IBM Discusses Smarter Planet Plan

IBM has outlined how it is using its Maximo software, gained in its 2006 acquisition of MRO Software, to help…

16 years ago

Citrix Hits VMware with Free XenServer 5.5 Download

The new XenServer has better back-up. conversion and search - and you can get started with a free download. VMware…

16 years ago

EC Predicts Internet-Enabled Yogurt Pots (And Smart Meters)

But only with IPV6 in place and the help of a truly international ICANN says the European Commission

16 years ago

HP Allies With Alcatel-Lucent Against Cisco, IBM

The Alcatel-Lucent alliance will add to what HP can do in networking. It also will help HP build up its…

16 years ago

Moore’s Law May Fade Away In Five Years

Research company iSuppli says the cost of making increasingly smaller chips will get to the point that by 2014, the…

16 years ago

Microsoft Readies Free Security Software

The free product represents Microsoft's latest swing at the consumer security market, which is dominated by vendors such as Symantec…

16 years ago

Retailers Look To Outsourcing To Cut Costs

Shops are getting smarter about using outsourcing, says Datamonitor

16 years ago

EC Puts UK’s £6 Broadband Tax Under The Microscope

European authorities are checking whether the broadband levy, proposed in the Digital Britain report, complies with competition rules

16 years ago

Researchers Uncover 40,000 Compromised Sites

Researchers at Websense uncover a mass compromise of legitimate sites in an attack called Nine-Ball that is redirecting users to…

16 years ago

CA Pushes Linux On Mainframes

A recent survey sponsored by CA indicated that larger enterprises are expecting to invest more money into running Linux applications…

16 years ago

Dell Focuses On Virtualisation, Data Centres

The new Dell products have been tailored to focus on the needs of both enterprise and SMBs

16 years ago

Are Mainframe Skills Dying Out In The UK?

Big old tin is a useful part of a secure data centre, if you can get someone to look after…

16 years ago

EC Wants Digital Europe Not Just Digital Britain

The UK may have come up with its own levy for broadband roll-out but the EC wants Europe-wide agreement on…

16 years ago

OASIS Tries To Live Up To Open Standards

OASIS has revised its intellectual property policy to include a non-assertion mode, which means standards contributors must forego royalty claims…

16 years ago

HP And VMware Team Up On Virtualisation

VMware is incorporating HP's Discover and Dependency Mapping app into its upcoming vCenter ConfigControl software

16 years ago

China Claims Blocking Software Is Not Compulsory

While PC makers were told the software must be included with all PCs sold in China, the Chinese government is…

16 years ago

Digital Britain: £6 Levy For Faster Broadband

Final report also includes plans for Ofcom to police file-sharing and universal broadband service

16 years ago

“Spooks” Caught Up In Digital Britain Debate

UK TV spy series producer calls for the government to crack-down on file-sharing

16 years ago

UK Still Lags At Open Source

Despite a recession which could promote open source, the UK is less likely to use it than Mali

16 years ago

Opera Wants To Unite Web, Critics Argue For Boycott

Opera has integrated a web server into its browser but Windows fans are calling on computer users to shun the…

16 years ago

May Force.com Be With You Says Cloud Pioneer

Salesforce.com has been aggressively focused on expanding its cloud-based capabilities as the enterprise shifts its emphasis away from on-premises infrastructure

16 years ago

IBM Embraces Corporate Cloud

IBM is making available a new portfolio of cloud computing products and services that it claims will provide corporate users…

16 years ago

Government: Communications Minister Always Meant To Go

The man behind the Digital Briain report, Lord Carter, didn't quit says government, leaving after the publication of the document…

16 years ago

IBM Breakthrough Could Benefit Solar Tech

The results hold potential to impact a variety of fields such as catalysis or photovoltaics

16 years ago

Hacking Ring Breaks Into US Telephony System

US DOJ claims hacking ring broke into the telephone systems of large corporations and sold the information to Pakistani nationals…

16 years ago

Security Holes Found In Chinese Blocking Software

The Green Dam software Chinese officials want on all PCs by 1 July blocks more than just adult content, researchers…

16 years ago

Google Showcases Cloud Data Management

Google is showcasing an alpha version of a cloud-based data management system designed to make it easy for users to…

16 years ago

VMware vSphere 4.0 Kicks Rivals Into Touch

A host of improvements and additional functions takes vSphere 4.0 ahead of the competition, easing the creation of large scale…

16 years ago