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YouSendIt Adds SharePoint Collaboration Tool
YouSendIt's Workstream file management and sharing tool allows businesses to transfer files among employees and with the outside world
Personal Cloud to Replace PCs By 2014
Research suggests that post-PC era will arrive earlier than thought
Scotland Demands More Money For Broadband
SNP politician Alex Neil says Scotland is being “short changed” by the government over broadband funding
Microsoft Offers Refund For Azure’s Leap Year Outage
Microsoft provides detail of the Leap Day Azure cloud outage and offered a 33 percent rebate to all customers
A Word With The Student Cyber Security Star
We talk with newly-crowned Cyber Security Champion, Jonathan Millican, about his victory and his plans for the future.
ICO Raps Scottish Charity For USB Data Breach
A Scottish charity is told off after one of its workers is robbed of two unencrypted USB sticks.
Storage Software Market Breaks Records
The worldwide storage software market has broken revenue records, hitting nearly £2.5bn, IDC has found
Microsoft Moves Into Big Data With SQL Server 2012
SQL Server 2012 is set for a 1 April release, with features designed for larger workloads either on-premises or in the cloud
Email Mountains Contain Gold, Says Attachment Inventor
There's gold in our heaps of emails, says Nathaniel Borenstein, who delivered the email attachment 20 years ago today
Green Grid Updates Cooling Maps With New ASHRAE Classes
The Green Grid has updated its free data centre cooling maps to allow managers to take advantage of free air-cooling
North East Councils Dismiss Need For Broadband Funding
North and South Tyneside Councils have missed the BDUK broadband funding deadline, but said they do not need it
Big Data Means Big Growth For Vendors, Claims IDC
An IDC study estimates value of the 2015 market for big data technology and services will be five times that of 2010
CeBIT 2012: Neelie Kroes Promises 9m Euros For Digital Single Market
The digital single market needs cross boarder services, says EU commissioner Kroes
Google Cloud Storage And Zmanda Connect For Backup Services
Zmanda has connected its flagship Amanda Enterprise suite to Google's cloud storage capacity to offer a backup service
Cisco Reveals New UCS Servers Featuring Intel Xeon E5 Chips
Cisco updates networking and management capabilities of its Unified Computing System
Intel Unimpressed With AMD SeaMicro Purchase
Intel executives have dismissed AMD's purchase of SeaMicro, despite praising the company earlier in the year
BT Takes White Space Trial To Cornwall
BT expands testing of white space technology after confirming it will hold a trial in Cornwall
Can Xeon E5s Keep Intel Ahead?
Intel’s new data centre systems chief Diane Bryant on keeping up with data centre demands and why Intel turned down SeaMicro
IBM Offers Support For Challenges In The Shift To Enterprise Clouds
IBM introduced a series of offerings at its Pulse 2012 conference to address the emerging shift in enterprise cloud adoption
BT May Appeal Against Line Rentals Set By Ofcom
Ofcom has set the price that BT can charge rivals for access to its network, but the carrier is considering an appeal
Dell Survey Shows Cloud Business Application Adoption Rising Among SMBs
Low total cost of ownership and fast deployment time are shown to be key benefits of Cloud adoption for smaller businesses
Google Answers Amazon And Trims Cloud Storage Prices
Google has responded to Amazon's cloud price cut by trimming its Cloud Storage service costs as well
CeBIT 2012: Iceotope Claims Huge Data Centre Savings With Liquid Cooling
Using liquid instead of air can cut cooling by 97 percent, Iceotope believes
Liquid Cooling – It All Comes Flooding Back
A couple of years back, we heard that servers would be going to liquid cooling,. The idea seems to be resurfacing, says Peter Judge
Simpler, Easier Campus Networks Promised In Brocade’s HyperEdge Plans
Brocade aims to ease campus LAN management with HyperEdge, to be released next year as part of the its Effortless Network push
Xeon E5 Servers Cut Energy And Eat Big Data: In Pictures
Major server vendors unveil more energy efficient Xeon E5 servers in London
CeBIT 2012: IBM Announces Cloud-Based Desktop Streaming
With a USB stick and a cloud service, IBM is offering a secure enterprise desktop
Micron Introduces First Enterprise 2.5-inch PCIe SSD
The PCIe interface on a hot-swappable 2.5-inch card gives data centre administrators a high-speed option for storage servers
Intel Rolls Out Energy-Efficient Xeon E5 Chips For Cloud And Big Data
IBM, Dell, HP, Hitachi unveil Intel’s Xeon servers offering 80 percent more performance and 50 percent better energy efficiency