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New Standard Aims For Service-Level Cloud Portability
OASIS' TOSCA standard, backed by Cisco, IBM, SAP and others, allows the creation of templates for deploying services on any compliant cloud
Microsoft Shares Dealt Blow By PC Sales Slump
Sales are up but profits are down, as Microsoft aims to diversify into phones and tablets
Google Dismisses Murdoch’s Piracy Allegation Tweets
Rupert Murdoch calls Google a piracy leader for returning results that might infringe copyright
ARM Boss Dismisses Intel Mobile Threat
The boss of ARM, Warren East, has dismissed the threat posed by Intel's move into the mobile chip market
Google Accused Of Scraping Kenyan Startup’s Database
Mocality says it used a sting to catch Google spreading lies and undermining its business
Barclays Confirms 422 British IT Jobs To Go In Restructuring
Barclays is to axe 422 IT positions in the UK, with a further 200 positions being lost overseas as well
Core Internet And Protocol Security Requires Greater DNSSEC Adoption
DNSSEC is capable of securing other Internet protocols, not just the DNS communications, but widespread adoption is needed
Amazon Web Services Expands Direct Connect To Europe
More security-conscious businesses can access Amazon Web Services directly without using the public Internet
TimesTen In-Memory Database Updated By Oracle
In the first update for TimesTen since 2009, Oracle has added parallelised replication and new real-time analytics capabilities
Rising To The Challenge Of A Mobile Workforce
As the commercialisation of IT continues, SoHoBlue’s Nick Morse looks at ways to improve security instead of banning devices altogether
Everything Everywhere To Begin Spectrum Sale
Everything Everywhere is set to launch rare auction for 1800MHz bandwidth, as demanded by the EC
Ofcom Reveals Revised Proposals for 4G Auction
Ofcom proposes increasing coverage to 98 percent and won't reserve spectrum for Everything Everywhere
Lotusphere Looms As IBM Expands Its Social Business Strategy
IBM is setting out its stall for Lotusphere 2012 with a set of new programmes and services to expand its social business strategy, announced at last year's event
London Launch For Dell Compellent Storage Center Upgrade
New backup array for SMBs, upgraded storage network software, and improved integration features top Dell's list of announcements at the European Storage Forum
Stratfor CEO Apologises For Data Breach As Site Is Relaunched
Compromised Stratfor has criticised its attackers but at least the firm is back online - although its limited-time free access offer seems to have overburdened its servers
Foxconn Xbox 360 Workers Threatened Mass Suicide Bid
Tech maker Foxconn has to negotiate with Xbox 360 workers who had threatened a "mass suicide"
IBM Grabs Top Patent Crown Again And Establishes A New Record
IBM has had a record year for patent grants and once again tops the league with 6,180 US patents in 2011, the first company to achieve over 6,000 in a year
French Regulators Rule On HP-Oracle Itanium Dispute
The bitter dispute between Oracle and HP over Itanium support has reached French regulators
Google Agrees Landmark Deal With BBVA For Google Apps
Spanish bank's 110,000 staff will use Google Apps for Business by the end of 2012
The Uphill Struggle For Data Centre Efficiency
After years of effort, why has the efficient data centre movement made so little impact, asks Peter Judge
Kodak Files Patent Lawsuits Against Apple and HTC
Struggling Kodak accuses mobile companies of violating image patents
Virgin Media To Launch 120Mbps Broadband
Government welcomes move to double users' broadband speeds in £110 investment
Apple’s Tim Cook Gets Top 2011 Salary: $378m`
Apple's Tom Cook took home a giant pay package worth £244 million in 2011
4th Cloud Computing World Forum
Cloudera-Powered Big Data Appliance Announced By Oracle
Oracle has launched the Big Data Appliance which was forged from a partnership with Cloudera, the Apache Hadoop interface/tools provider
UK Data Centres Won’t Cut Energy In 2012
The majority of data centres in the UK will fail to cut energy use in 2012, despite environmental and economic pressure
O2 Wins Network Rail Contract
O2 Unify has won a contract to upgrade and replace the Cisco networking infrastructure belonging to Network Rail
IBM Data Centres Get Green Kudos From EU
The European Commission has recognised 27 IBM Data Centres for energy efficiency
Active Power Receives $10m Flywheel Order
Power distributor NetPower Safe plans data centre campus in Switzerland