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Riverbed Buys Opnet To Bolster APM Abilities
Riverbed Technology has paid a cool $1 billion for application performance management specialist Opnet
Google Offers Hurricane Sandy Safety Alerts
Google has collated all public safety alerts as the US east coast struggles to recover from Hurricane Sandy
Splunk Gets High Availability Update
Splunk wants a bigger piece of the Big Data pie
RSA Builds On Big Data Security Strategy With Silver Tail Acquisition
Acquisition builds on Art Coviello's promise to deliver Big Data-led strategy
Apple Execs Take The Blame For Apple’s Flaws
Two executives are being laid off by Apple. The one common factor is they are taking the blame for Apple's failures, says Peter Judge
BMC Says MyIT Will Simplify IT Support
Management firm BMC wants to make business IT as easy to use as consumer tech
AMD Partners With ARM To Sell Efficient Server Chips
New partner to continue the struggle against Intel in the data centre
Survey: IT Professionals Back Obama
President Obama still has the support of professionals in the IT industry, according to a new survey, but this has dropped from four years ago
Paul Ceglia Arrested And Charged With Fraud Over Facebook Lawsuit
The man who sued Facebook is accused of doctoring, fabricating and destroying evidence
Analyst Links Elections To Decline In US IT Spending
Weak third-quarter earnings by Intel, IBM, Microsoft and others are due in part to business uncertainty surrounding the US' 6 November presidential and congressional elections, according to a Forrester analyst
Amazon Results Report First Loss Since 2003
Amazon results show that the company lost £170 million in the third quarter
G-Cloud 2 Goes Live With 458 Suppliers
Amazon is absent, but three quarters of suppliers on G-Cloud framework are SMBs
AMD Speculation Points To ARM Server Announcement
There is speculation that AMD will reveal on Monday an expanded relationship with ARM for server chips
IT Life: The Joy Of Log Management
Forty years at the cutting edge of log management, has left Assuria's Nick Connor with an abiding love of the field
The Unanswered Questions Of Cloud Technology
Cloud computing is being sold widely - but are there still questions to answer on the technolotgy questions? Peter Judge finds out
Salesforce Cuts Jobs After Radian6 And Buddy Media Mergers
Buddy Media and Radian6 mergers lead to job cuts at Salesforce
Dell Lends An ARM Server Concept To Open Source Community
Dell donates a concept to the Apache Software Foundation, as ARM server revolution gets going
Platfora App Promises Much Easier Hadoop Analytics
The new Platfora application promises to make deep analytical Hadoop queries much simpler and easier
Riverbed Cascade Enhances Virtual Network Visibility
Riverbed's new network management tools provide greater visibility of networks in virtualised environments
Let’s Save Data Centres From Stupid Austerity!
Data centres' contribution to our economy will be enormous, and they richly deserve a tax break in the form of a climate change agreement, says Peter Judge
Project Impala Gives Cloudera’s Hadoop A Real Time Boost
Hadoop goes beyond batch to real time with Impala
Green Group Tells Data Centres To Run Servers Hotter
IT kit has toughened up, so data centres can turn off the coolers
Suppliers Urged To Register For G-Cloud Part Two
G-Cloud ii is coming this Friday
HP Eases IT Admin Headache With Service Anywhere
HP has launched a new software as a service (SaaS) platform that moves enterprise helpdesks into the Cloud
AMD Targets Power Users With FX Vishera Chips
AMD has launched updated FX processors aimed firmly at power users such as gamers and PC enthusiasts
Another Amazon Web Services Outage Takes Out Top Websites
AWS has more issues in northern Virginia
Cisco Executive Joins Brocade For SDN Push
David Meyer has left Cisco after 15 years to become CTO and chief scientist of Brocade, where he will oversee the company's SDN and cloud efforts
What Happens If We Can’t Get Big Data Skills?
Big Data may be risky, but it's cheap enough to learn on the job, says Peter Judge
Companies Value Big Data But Are Still Hesitating, Says IBM
Lack of understanding may be holding up Big Data, says a study from IBM and Oxford University