Datacentre

Mandelson’s Cut-Off Plan Could Hold Back Innovation

Content producers should be pushed to embrace legitmate downloads or risk undermining the roll-out of UK broadband, says Andrew Donoghue

15 years ago

IT Could Help Meet G20 Carbon Targets, Says Analyst

IT could help the world hit targets for cuts in CO2 emissions by 2020, say analysts amid calls for more…

15 years ago

Climate Unit Appoints Replacement Director

As Professor Phil Jones steps down from the beleagured Climatic Research Unit, the new acting director tells eWEEK the work…

15 years ago

Cisco Extends Deadline For Tandberg Purchase

Cisco pushes back the deadline for deciding whether to push forward with its $3.4 billion (£2bn) bid for video conferencing…

15 years ago

Cisco Helps Amsterdam Get The Dope On Carbon Emission

Networking giant Cisco is helping the city of Amsterdam provide detailed information on carbon emissions to its residents

15 years ago

Google Looks To ‘Air Wands’ For Data Centre Cooling

Google's patent application for a new cooling method for its servers gives a rare insight into the workings of its…

15 years ago

Government’s New ICT Strategy Could Save £3.2bn

UK public services will be delivered via a government cloud and app store, with an emphasis on green IT and…

15 years ago

Latest Ruby On Rails Web Development Framework Released

The Ruby on Rails community releases Rails 2.3.5. Version 2.3.5 of the Ruby on Rails Web development framework features improved…

15 years ago

IBM Confirms Guardium Security Acquisition

After initially refusing to comment, IBM gives in and confirms reports that it is acquiring Guardium

15 years ago

Starent Settles Lawsuits Blocking Cisco Purchase

Starent Networks, which Cisco Systems wants to buy for $2.9 billion (£1.8bn), settles one of several lawsuits seeking to block…

15 years ago

Server Market Stabilising Despite Falling Numbers

Shipments of servers in the third quarter fell 17 percent, but according to Gartner there are signs that the market…

15 years ago

US Air Force Upgrading Playstation 3 Linux Cluster

The US airforce is buying thousands of PS3s as part of a move to expand its supercomputing project, but there…

15 years ago

Tories’ File-Sharing Policy Pillaged By Pirate Party

The Conservative party's attempts to paint itself as the party of tech innovation through ties with Google could be upset…

15 years ago

EU Says Supercomputing Key To Predicting Future Recessions

Traditional economics failed to predict the credit crunch - but supercomputers might stand a better chance, according to the EU

15 years ago

Web Apps And ‘Windows As A Runtime’ Open New OS Doors

Two trends are working to expand the viability not only of Linux but of Mac OS X, Solaris and other…

15 years ago

IT Managers Called To Duty With New Online Game

It's never going to be as big as Call of Duty, but IT managers can show their skills and save…

15 years ago

Two Thirds Of Enterprises Not Ready For Carbon Accounting

With the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) looming, organisations need to get with the programme, or they will be hit with…

15 years ago

UK Rural Broadband Faces Political Limbo

Radically different policies from Labour and Conservatives could stall investment this side of a general election, the Broadband Stakeholders Group…

15 years ago

Virtualisation Moves On To Conquer Networks And Desktops

With claimed annual savings of £2500 per server and £78 per desktop, virtualisation is moving on to conquer networks and…

15 years ago

Irish MEPs Accuse EC Of Paying Dell To Close Limerick Facility

The European Commission claims Dell has moved its manufacturing from Limerick to China, while Dell maintains the jobs went to…

15 years ago

Bankrupt Nortel Continues Business Break-Up

Bankrupt Nortel Networks is selling off another piece of its business, this time its GSM/GSM-R unit to Telefon AB and…

15 years ago

Google And Microsoft Face Fresh Web OS Challenge

TransMedia will launch a fresh version of its Glide operating system with a focus on desktop and Web search

15 years ago

US Senate Asks EC To Roll-Over On MySQL Oracle Concerns

A group of US senators have asked European Commission antitrust regulators to end their investigation of Oracle's acquisition of Sun…

15 years ago

EU Telecoms Package Finally Approved

The EU telecoms package has finally been approved, following repeated delays due to the net cut-off row. Now governments need…

15 years ago

IBM Says Death Of Cell Technology Rumours Greatly Exaggerated

IBM has halted development of the next generation of the Cell chip, but officials say the technology will play a…

15 years ago

LSE Study Raises Questions About Returns From Energy Efficiency

Improvements and simplification of data centre management software are proving to contribute to a company's bottom line profit according to…

15 years ago

Expert Scratches Holes In IBM Cat Brain Claims

Claims by an IBM researcher that he and other scientists were able to simulate a cat's brain using a new…

15 years ago

Semiconductor Market Declines But Beats Predictions

2009 has been a tough year for the semiconductor market, but according to one industry watcher, it has declined less…

15 years ago

Government To Launch Green CIO Guide Following COP15

The UK government is preparing to launch a handbook for CIOs as part of a bid to refresh its ICT…

15 years ago

Removing A Server Can Cut Energy Bill By £240 A Year

Energy efficiency should be a high priority for data centre operators according to analyst group Gartner

15 years ago