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Microsoft Tightens Office 365 And Yammer Integration
Office 365 continues to receive rapid-fire upgrades, with streamlined Yammer logins and encrypted email
Rackspace Starts Work On New UK Data Centre
Rackspace's 130,000 sq. foot, ultra-sustainable data centre will be the centrepiece of 15 acre campus in Crawley
Microsoft Celebrates OneDrive Launch With Free Storage Offer
OneDrive replaces SkyDrive around the world, with free storage offers for users
Intel Touts High-End Xeon Chips For Big Data
The updated Intel Xeon E7 chip lineup offers up to 15 cores and a number of performance improvements
Microsoft Office 365 Adds DocuSign Electronic Signatures
Microsoft Office 365 users will be able to sign documents without leaving Outlook or Word
TwinStrata Adds File Sharing To Cloud Storage
TwinStrata has updated its CloudArray software, adding broader file access and sharing features
Study Finds Cost Savings From Cloud Shift
The move to the cloud is paying off for organisations who have fully committed to it with a more than 15 percent reduction on IT spending, according to the Computer Economics study
Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson Take UC To The Cloud
The two companies have introduced separate cloud-based offerings aimed at service providers
Ericsson Joins Forces With Ciena On SDN
Ericsson and Ciena are to pool their development and marketing efforts around the development of flexible networking technology
Samsung Commits To IBM’s OpenPower Foundation
The OpenPower Foundation gains a big name backer as Samsung signs up to IBM's data centre server venture
Microsoft Releases Oracle On Azure Cloud Details
Microsoft outlines the details for Oracle subscription plans running on its Windows Azure cloud platform
BBM 2.0 Adds Free Voice Calls And Dropbox Integration To iPhone And Android
BBM brings Voice and Channels to iOS And Android and a number of new features to all platforms
Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside To Join Dropbox
Dennis Woodside leaves Motorola to become Dropbox’s first ever Chief Operating Officer
Google Partners VMware For Chromebook Business Push
Google and VMware team up to cause another headache for the desktop sector and Microsoft in particular
Microsoft Turns On Multifactor Authentication For Office 365
To minimise the risk of breaches, Microsoft turns on multifactor authentication for the user base of Office 365
Cisco Profit Plummets As Weak Demand Bites
Cisco predicts more pain ahead but is optimistic about its direction, despite slides in both profit and revenue
Big Switch CEO Touts New SDN Strategy
The boss of Big Switch explains how a strategic change gives it an edge in the competitive SDN space
Microsoft To Rebrand Office Web Apps As ‘Office Online’
After the SkyDrive decision, Microsoft readies another product rebrand for its free 'Office Web Apps' cloud service
Rackspace CEO Retires As Firm Looks Towards Hybrid Cloud
Rackspace CEO Lanham Napier retires and is replaced by co-founder Graham Weston, who will steer the company to higher-level services
Cloudera Offers Apache Spark For Hadoop Big Data
Creator of Hadoop Doug Cutting says the use of MapReduce engine for Big Data projects will decline, replaced by Apache Spark
IT Life: Luckily, It’s Not Brain Surgery
Stewart Smythe wanted to be a brain surgeon. He wound up running a service provider
Vidyo Lets Google+ Hangouts Connect To Enterprise Video Conferencing
VidyoH2O allows Google+ Hangouts video tools to communicate with the H.323 protocol used by products from Cisco, Polycom, LifeSize and others
Schneider Electric PowerChute Offers Extended Power Failure Protection
Schneider Electric's PowerChute platform allows users to migrate data to an unaffected area in the event of an extended power failure
Docker Container Virtualisation Comes To Mac OS X
With its latest version, Docker has introduced native support for Apple's Mac OS X, while also shifting to a scheduled release model
Microsoft Reassures Governments Over Cloud OS Data Security
Microsoft has said its global hybrid cloud platform will keep data safely within national borders as it looks for government customers
Bill Gates To Take On Tech Advisor Role Under Satya Nadella
Bill Gates is to leave Microsoft's board of directors, but will increase the time he spends at the company in a new role as technology advisor
Twitter Earnings Show Revenue Increase, Slower User Growth
In its first earnings report since going public, Twitter showed improved revenues but a user base that is growing more slowly
EU Carbon Trading Chokes On Data Centre Diesels
Data centres burn almost no diesel, but the EU's carbon trading scheme is taxing them by mistake, says Peter Judge
Eric Schmidt Awarded $100 million Of Google Stock
Google executive chairman awarded major reward package as recognition of the company's recent successes