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Canonical Busts Out Metal-as-a-Service For Cloudy Days
MaaS looks to bring cloud-like server management to IT teams
Cisco And EMC Team Up For Data Centre Training
Cisco has partnered with EMC and VMWare to provide training for areas that impact the data centre, such as the cloud and networking
Yahoo To Slash 2,000 Staff, More To Come
Redundancies to affect all areas of the company
Broadband Promises Green Future Says UN Report
Broadband allows for flexible working practices, but it's also a boon for the environment, says a UN report
Dell Continues Shopping Spree With Clerity Buy
Dell continues to splash the cash for acquisitions, this time acquiring application modernisation specialist Clerity
Oracle And Google Head To April Trial After Settlement Talks Collapse
Tech giants reach an "irreconcilable impasse" in settlement negotiations
Introducing The IT Life Series
TechWeekEurope will be finding out what is on IT managers' minds with our new IT Life series
EC Opens Motorola Patent Antitrust Investigation
Commission to see if Motorola abused its position through patent litigation
Microsoft Closes German Distribution Centre Over Patent Risk
Microsoft moves distribution to Netherlands over Motorola patent dispute fears
ENISA Urges Security Monitoring For Cloud Contracts
Many public sector IT procurement officers are under-informed on security issues related to the shift to the cloud, but that must change, according to the EU security agency
Former Acer CEO Lanci Appointed Lenovo’s EMEA Chief
New chief of operations says he wants to break into top three
Samsung To Build £4.4 Billion NAND Chip Plant In China
The company will produce silicon to cater for China’s growing domestic market
Apache Promotes Big Data Tool
Sqoop, a big data tool for transferring data between Hadoop and structured data stores, has graduated to top-level project status at the Apache Software Foundation
LSI Introduces Data Centre PCIe Cards
LSI's Nytro line of PCIe cards combines fast flash hardware with its own intelligent caching and management software
Who’s Hacking Who In Cyber Wars Is Not The Real Concern
China gets the blame for being the cyber-warmongering nation but everybody's at it and its industry that takes the arrows and needs protecting, says Eric Doyle
Fusion-io CEO: Storage Heading For Commoditisation
Fusion-io CEO David Flynn talks to us about how the storage industry is heading for commoditisation because of flash at the server
BT Boss Set To Receive Bonus Of £5 Million
Ian Livingstone expected to get 2.13 million shares for his role in BT's recovery
Dell Plans Wyse Cloud Acquisition
Dell's signs 'definitive agreement' for latest acquisition to expand desktop virtualisation offering
IBM £26.6m Exascale Project To Power World’s Largest Radio Telescope
The Square Kilometre Array will process twice the amount of data generated on the Internet every day
FLA Overlooked Foxconn’s ‘Forced And Bogus’ Internships, Campaigners Say
FLA report supposedly played down allegations that Foxconn forced students into irrelevant and lengthy internships
Servers And Troubleshooting Are Top IT Headaches
Managing servers and troubleshooting duties are the top two time consuming duties for IT departments
SMBs Lack Adequate Backup Plans, Warns Mozy
A Mozy survey has found that significant number of SMBs don't implement safe backup strategies, despite the risks
Capita Confirms 400 British IT Jobs At Risk
Capita confirms 400 jobs within its IT division are under threat, with some jobs moving to India
Ofcom Could Reassign 700MHz For Mobile Broadband
Frequency used for digital television could be used to increase mobile capacity
AWS Cloud Hosts Massive Human Genetics Catalogue
AWS gives researchers instant access to the complete 200TB database from the 1000 Genomes Project
BlackBerry Maker’s New CEO Begins Painful Restructuring Of RIM
The moves include the ditching of consumer market forays and the resignation of ex-CEO Jim Balsillie from the board
Report Prompts Apple And Foxconn To Improve Factory Conditions
Investigation by FLA prompts Apple and Foxconn to introduce better working hours and wages
Virgin Completes 100Mbps Rollout, Claims 30Mbps Baseline
After completing its 100Mbps rollout, Virgin introduces some new packages.
Bamboo 4 Continuous Integration Server Released By Atlassian
Collaboration software maker Atlassian ships Bamboo 4 continuous integration server for developers