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Key Management Changes As New IBM CEO Rometty Takes Over
Ginni Rometty IBM's new CEO, has made her first move by adding new blood to the sales, growth markets and services divisions
Data Management Software Revenue To Grow 21 Percent This Year
The market for customer data management is expected to grow to $644 million in 2012 and exceed $1 billion in 2015, says Gartner
RIM CEOs Could Be Ousted As Chairmen As Playbook Price Slashed
RIM co-chief executives could be ousted as chairmen of the board, as Playbooks get as $400 price cut
Google Snaps Up More IBM Patents
Google is on the patent hunt once again, this time snapping up another 217 patents from IBM
Microsoft Gears Up For Linux On Windows Azure
Microsoft is reportedly to give its cloud platform users the chance to run Linux on its Windows Azure cloud this year
Hactivists Plot Satellite System To Bypass Web Censorship
So called hacktivists are considering an outlandish plan to launch their own satellites to create a free space-based Internet, immune to censorship
TechWeek Europe Readers Prefer Their Own Clouds
Our readers like cloud computing, but on their own terms, according to a series of polls on TechWeekEurope
Physical Infrastructure Still A Power Play In Virtualised Worlds
Virtualisation and cloud computing continue to grow but Panduit’s David Palmer-Stevens stresses the importance of the underpinning physical infrastructure
Amazon Offers Hourly Rental Of Cloud Supercomputer
Need a supercomputer but cannot afford the prices? Well Amazon is now offering hourly rentals of the world’s 42nd fastest supercomputer
Growing Security Headache For Industrial Sector In 2012
McAfee researchers have been crystal ball watching to divine 2012's security trends. Tom Jowitt investigates their findings
Intel Launches Mobile Platform ‘Cedar Trail’
Intel has launched a new mobile platform named 'Cedar Trail', based on its Atom family of processors
Push To Allow NHS Patients To See Medical Records Online
New proposals from the influential NHS Future Forum could allow patients to view their medical records online by 2015
Google, Amazon And Others May Go Dark Over SOPA
Several big name IT companies are considering overt protests against the proposed US Stop Online Piracy Act
CSC Warns Of Huge Write-down Over Botched NHS Project
CSC has admitted it may have to write off the entire value of its investment in the NHS NPfIT system fiasco
Open-Source OpenLogic Brings CloudSwing To Rackspace
Rackspace Hosting's Cloud Tools programme has been expanded with CloudSwing PaaS stacks
Green Data Centres Hold The Keys To Better Management
Green data centres and technologies offer a good ROI for IT departments looking to cut costs and complex infrastructures, says Bob Violino
VeriSign Reports 220 Million Domains On The Internet
VeriSign says there were more than 220 million domains registered at the end of the third quarter: 8.9 percent more than 2010
Sony And Samsung End LCD Panel Joint Venture
Samsung will become Sony's supplier as it acquires S-LCD, the two companies' panel manufacturing joint venture
Users Threaten Boycott As GoDaddy Announces Support For SOPA
Domain resellers and owners are boycotting registrar GoDaddy over its support for the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act
Jive IPO Sets Stage for Social Cloud Collaboration Boom
Jive Software's initial public offering earlier this month opened some eyes for skeptics of social enterprise software. Expect major consolidation in the space to commence in 2012
Top Glitches Played Havoc With Reputations in 2011
As the year winds to a close, Susan Chadwick, of Edge Testing Solutions explores the minefield that is risk-based software testing and rates her top glitches for 2011
Schneider Electric Buys Viridity To Increase Power Management Offerings
With Viridity, Schneider Electric is the latest UPS hardware maker to add power management to its product portfolio
Thinfilm Teams With Xerox PARC For Printed Memory Device
The Palo Alto Research Center has teamed up with Thinfilm to develop non-volatile memory on plastic sheets
3UK Readies 4G Trial In Thames Valley
3 becomes latest operator to announce plans to trial 4G technology next year
Rambus and Broadcom Settle Patent Dispute
Broadcom negotiates five year licensing deal to use Rambus technology in its products
German Court Likely To Allow Samsung Galaxy 10.1N Sale
A German regional court says that the device is sufficiently different from Apple's iPad
AMD Unveils Faster Processors And Graphics
AMD has taken the wraps off a number of more powerful CPUs and GPUs in the Christmas run up
Database And Systems Management Markets Grew In 2011
The global database and systems management markets grew in 2011defspite a weak economy, according to IDC
Hasbro Sues Asus Over Transformer Prime Trademark
Hasbro says Transformer Prime tablet infringes its trademark for the popular toys and movie franchise