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Symantec Cloud Service Guards SSL Certificates
Symantec's Certificate Intelligence Centre manages SSL certificates, from any issuing authority
IDT Unveils Power Efficient DC Architecture
IDT is offering a power architecture designed to help existing data centres exploit their computing resources
Broadcom Snaps Up NetLogic For £2.4bn
Broadcom has paid £2.4bn in cash to acquire embedded processor specialist NetLogic
New Fibre Optic Cable To Boost Transatlantic Comms
The first new transatlantic communications cable in nearly ten years is to be laid in the Atlantic ocean
TalkTalk Boss Slams BT Fibre ‘Monopoly’
Government support could give BT a monopoly, warns TalkTalk boss
Intel Goes On £15m Investment Spree
Intel is investing $24m into software companies related to cloud services, embedded computing and security
HP Urged To Ditch Networking Hardware Business
A Forrester analyst has called on HP to offload its low-margin networking hardware business
Google Touts Its Green Data Centre Credentials
Google has for the first time released details about the energy consumption of its data centres
Organisations Not Ready For Cloud: Computacenter
Many organisations don't have the infrastructure to adopt the cloud, even if they wanted to, says Computacenter
Office 365 Outage Affects Millions
Microsoft's cloud services have suffered further downtime, this time affecting millions around the world
HP Opens Private Beta Test Bed For Cloud Services
HP is capitalising on its membership of the OpenStack community to compete with Amazon Web Services
Over 1,000 Fujitsu Workers To Strike Next Week
Unite and PCS unions have announced joint strike action over unfair pay for Fujitsu workers
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Steps Up To The Cloud
Microsoft has launched its Dynamics AX 2012 ERP application which integrates with the "all in" cloud strategy
Tablet Sales Impacting PC Growth, Gartner Warns
PC shipments in 2011 have been impacted by both tablets and economic concerns, an analyst claims
IBM Offers £622m Financing For SMB Tech Acquisition
IBM is offering the SMB community access to £622m in financing to help them acquire new technology
ICO Censures Manchester Hospital For Data Breach
A Manchester hospital has lost information about patient treatments in the latest NHS data breach scandal
CEO Changes Leave Questions At Apple, Google
Google's Eric Schmidt and Apple's Steve Jobs both stepped down in 2011. Which company is better positioned, asks Clint Boulton
Car-Jacking By Phone Warning In McAfee Report
Vehicles' electronic systems are vulnerable to hacking attacks because security has not been a priority
BT Merges Standalone Units Into New IT Services Entity
BT has merged three standalone businesses into a single IT services unit with annual turnover of £400m
Hyper-V Desktops On Microsoft’s Windows 8
Microsoft is working to enable Hyper-V virtualisation technology inside the upcoming Windows 8 OS
First AMD ‘Bulldozer’ Opteron Server Chips Ship
The Opteron 6200 Interlagos chips offer 16 cores with improved energy efficiency over current 12-core chips
IntraLinks Intros Secure Web-Based Courier Service
IntraLinks's cloud-based Courier service promises secure sharing of files, recall, and auditing
RIM Investor Calls For Sale Of BlackBerry Maker
A Canadian investor in Research in Motion has called for the BlackBerry maker to put itself up for sale
Are Data Centres Going The Wrong Way On Green Power?
Peter Judge asks why data centres are switching to renewable energy, just as the government may be backing away from it
Google And Amazon Bosses Help Fund API Startup
Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Google's Eric Schmidt join investor rush to fund Mashape marketplace for cloud APIs
Imperva Cloud Service Takes Strain Of DDoS Attacks
Imperva's cloud protects customers from network- and application-based distributed denial of service attacks
HP Plans to Keep webOS Unit Away From Hardware
A report says an email confirms HP's decision to split its webOS software and hardware into separate divisions
Data Centre Investment Beats The Downturn: Report
The data centre sector is beating the economic downturn, with investment expected to exceed $35bn in 2012
October Launch For Windows Intune Cloud Service
Microsoft is readying its Windows Intune IT management service for general availability in October