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SUSE Cloud 2.0 Available For Deployment
The OpenStack-based SUSE Cloud 2.0 platform is now available for deployment and download
Cisco NCS Router Targets ‘Internet of Everything’
Cisco Systems has launched a new networking platform to help service providers tackle the explosion of Internet traffic. The networking giant’s Network Convergence Systems (NCS), introduced during a Webcast event 25 September, is de ...
Dropbox Joins Cloud Giants Calling For NSA Transparency
Dropbox says it needs to show detailed figures on national security requests if it is to be transparent
Boxworks 2013: Box Eyes Future IPO As Expansion Continues
Box CEO Aaron Levie and COO Dan Levin say IPO is on the cards
Safety First At Portugal Telecom’s New €90m Data Centre
Quizzed about PRISM, PT promised data "safety" at Europe's largest data centre
Microsoft Offers 200GB SkyDrive Plan
Users can pay $100 a year for a whopping 200GB of storage on SkyDrive, Microsoft announces
eBay Announces Argos Deal For Click And Collect
eBay expands click and collect strategy in the UK, but may draw more attention to its tax practices
1970s Voyager 1 Spacecraft Conducts Interstellar Experiments
Voyager 1, launched in 1977, is now carrying out experiments with particles released by stars other than Earth's sun
IBM To Open $17m Colombian Cloud Facility
IBM is to invest $17m in a new cloud data centre in Bogota, the 25th such facility the company has opened around the world
Gartner: Most Organisations Plan To Invest In Big Data, But Only Eight Percent Are Using It
The industry does not believe the hype, says analyst firm
Spotify Shifts To HortonWorks’ Hadoop Platform
Music provider Spotify moves its burgeoning Big Data repository of music preferences from one Hadoop player to another
Study Uncovers Executive-Level Mobile Web Conflict
Chief marketing officers and chief information officers are clashing over who will define businesses' mobile web strategies, according to a Netbiscuits study
Tech City Is Not Enough: UK Firms Need Government Help to IPO
John Newton of Alfresco asks why are there so few British tech IPOs?
IT Life: Taking Customers To The Clouds
Ian Finlay may have made the first international WAN. At Abiquo he just wants to meet customer needs without undue complexity
Intel Explains Open Source, OpenStack Commitments
Intel’s open source executive explains the chipmaker’s commitment to open source and the OpenStack cloud
Quiz Of The Week: The Internet Of Things
See if you score more than your toaster on our Internet of things test!
CERN Preparing Clouds For Big 2015 LHC Switch-On
As CERN prepares to restart the Collider, the IT guys are turning to OpenStack and a European Science Cloud for help
Linus Torvalds Jokes The NSA Wanted A Backdoor In Linux
Torvalds' LinuxCon keynote covered a lot more than the NSA backdoor joke, says Sean Michael Kerner
Barclays Offers Free Document Hosting Service To Online Banking Customers
‘Cloud It’ allows users to upload and manage an unlimited amount of documents in the cloud
BlackBerry To Axe 40 Percent Of Staff – Report
BlackBerry is reportedly going to axe 40 percent of its staff in an effort to slim down for a possible sale
Oracle Grows Profit But Misses Expectations
Profits and revenues continue to grow at Larry Ellison’s company, but it still missed analyst expectations
Brocade Beefs Up Network Virtualisation Credentials
Brocade adds new VDX switches, a new Vyatta virtual router, and enhances its VCS Fabric software
Microsoft Eases Investor Worry With £25bn Share Buyback
With so many changes to its corporate structure, Microsoft seeks to placate shareholders by making them some money
WordPress Co-Founder: Biggest Acquisition Ever And Security Boost Incoming
Matt Mullenweg tells TechWeekEurope WordPress is planning to splash the cash on its largest ever acquisition and bolster its small security team
Nirvanix To Close Cloud Storage Service
Cloud storage provider Nirvanix is to close down, and customers have two weeks to move their data
Cray Tweaks CS300 For Large Memory Workloads
Cray creates two new configurations of its CS300 machine to cope with high-memory workloads
Google 1Gbps Fibre Network Hit By Liability Delay
Google’s construction of 1Gbps fibre network in Kansas has been halted after liability concerns
Boxworks 2013: New Box Preview Converts Documents Into HTML5
Box wants to change the way users view documents on the web
Boxworks 2013: Box Metadata Lets Users Add Contextual Information To Files
Steven Sinfosky calls contextual data a 25 year problem ready to be solved