Datacentre

Why The Mainframe Will Never Die

Users need support in ever more demanding workloads, greening strategies and cloud computing models, which guarantees the mainframe's continuing relevance,…

16 years ago

BT’s Problems Come From Global Services Unit

BT's poor results and shock redundancy plan have come about because of problems in its Global Services division, says Bathwick…

16 years ago

Google Blames Outage on Asian Web Traffic Jam

While the outages of services such as Gmail are usually only temporary, the popularity of these Google services often means…

16 years ago

Struggling NEC Exits Supercomputing Project

The move is the latest by NEC to cut expenses, following the decisions to lay off 20,000 employees and exit…

16 years ago

SuperMicro’s Dual Xeon Workstation Doesn’t Pull Any Punches

SuperMicro's workstation sports a pair of quadcore Intel Xeon (Nehalem) processors and well matched components for major performance at a…

16 years ago

IT Is Key To Climate Change Control

BT and Marks & Spencer and other users are looking to IT for solutions, according to a conference on the…

16 years ago

UK Government Hires Tsar Of Twitter

You can follow Andrew Stott, the former government deputy CIO, now appointed as "digital engagement director"

16 years ago

BT Loses £134 Million, Will Cut 15000 Jobs

Most of the jobs will be lost from contractor positions and sites abroad, the company claims but unions are still…

16 years ago

Oracle Acquires Virtualisation Specialist Virtual Iron

Oracle has been on something of a buying spree in 2009, including its recent buyout of Sun Microsystems.

16 years ago

US Could Follow EU’s Lead on Intel

The European Commission's £950m fine of Intel for antitrust practices has sparked debate in the United States over how to…

16 years ago

Intel’s Gordon Moore Celebrates Fifty Years Of ICs

Fifty years ago, the integrated circuit was invented. Gordon Moore predicted the speed of development since then - and founded…

16 years ago

Intel’s Otellini Looks On the Bright Side

Windows 7 and mobile devices will lift the outlook, said Intel's chief, the day before the EC put the boot…

16 years ago

Will The FTC Follow the EC’s Intel Fine?

All eyes are on the US Federal Trade Commission, after the EC's record fine of Intel, says Peter Judge. Meanwhile,…

16 years ago

AMD Welcomes Intel’s EC Fine

That's three strikes, from three antitrust agencies, says the rival chipmaker

16 years ago

Intel Will Appeal Against £950m EC Fine, Says Otellini

Intel denies accusations of rigging the market against rival AMD and will be protesting against the fine

16 years ago

SGI Lives On – As Rackable Renames Itself

Despite the old SGI's bankruptcy, the brand name is still a big draw worldwide, said Rackable

16 years ago

Google: Search Produces 0.2 Grams Of C02

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has placed his company at the forefront of the energy debate, arguing that green IT can…

16 years ago

Intel May Face Billions In EU Fines

Intel has been charged with purposefully shutting AMD out of the market. If the EU fine of Intel is big…

16 years ago

SEC Reveals Details Of Bidding War For Sun

An SEC affidavit filed by Sun Microsystems reveals the back story of how IBM, Hewlett-Packard and ultimate victor Oracle submitted…

16 years ago

Citrix Receiver for iPhone: Enterprise Apps Go Mobile

If you are using Citrix XenApp to distribute applications to Windows machines, you should look at Citrix Receiver for iPhone…

16 years ago

Energy-Saving Servers: There’s More Work To Do

Energy Star for servers won't be a simple matter, because users will have to take account of the load on…

16 years ago

Smart meters will benefit UK Jobs

The UK government has announced more details of a "world leading" plan to roll out smart meters to every home…

16 years ago

EC Backs Green Benefits for Future Internet

EU Commissioner Viviane Reding calls for a well developed broadband infrastructure, smart cities and smart energy grids

16 years ago

SAP Plans To Acquire Greenhouse Gas Specialist

SAP announces its planned acquisition of Clear Standards, which designs applications for measuring greenhouse gas emissions

16 years ago

Struggling Yahoo Planning New Data Centre

Yahoo continues to wrestle with the global recession and strong competition from rivals Google and Microsoft

16 years ago

Fujitsu Unlocks The Cosmic Cube

What does the name of Fujitsu's new blade-based data centre system, the Dynamic Cube, actually mean? Forget the speeds and…

16 years ago

Aruba Launches Virtual Branch Offices

Remote networking made easy, says the wireless specialist

16 years ago

Fujitsu Claims Energy Lead With Dynamic Cube Primergy BX900

Cisco and HP should fear the German engineering in this brute's cooling system, and its two extra blades, says Fujitsu

16 years ago

Government Demands Green IT Metrics As Standard

The UK Department for Work and Pensions says it won't pay extra for information about the carbon impact and efficiency…

16 years ago

Sun Shareholders Launch Lawsuits Against Oracle Deal

The legal actions claim that the £4.8bn compensation proposed by Oracle is unfair and inadequate

16 years ago