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Citrix Buys Cloud.com To Bolster Cloud Development
Citrix is seeking to build out its cloud infrastructure using assets acquired from Cloud.com
IBM Announces ‘Entry-Level’ Mainframe
IBM's new zEnterprise system is aimed at medium-sized organisations
vSphere 5 Aims To Make Infrastructure Transparent
vSphere 5 is VMware's largest integrated product ever, touching on storage, networking and security
Cloud Thriving As Enterprise Uptake Rises
More than 30 percent of enterprises are deploying at least one cloud solution, a survey has found
Cisco Set To Axe 5,000 Jobs, Analyst Warns
Cisco could be about to cut as many as 5,000 jobs to save £626m as part of its global reorganisation
Facebook Needs ‘Major Rewrite’ Warns Database Guru
Facebook's reliance on MySQL is unsustainable and requires a total rewrite, warns Michael Stonebraker
Global SaaS Revenue To Reach £7.6bn In 2011
The SaaS market is expected to grow by 20.7 percent in 2011, driven largely by CRM applications
Green Consortium Wins ‘Open Platform’ Funding
A consortium that includes IBM and academics is developing a platform to exchange climate change data
Atlantis Lift Off Ends NASA Space Shuttle Programme
The Space Shuttle Atlantis has lifted off from Kennedy Space Centre for NASA's final Shuttle mission
HP Clashes With Oracle Over Itanium Lawsuit
HP has threatened to reveal the legal documents surrounding the settling of the Mark Hurd lawsuit
AMI Report Reveals MS Office 365 Interest Among SMBs
The benefits of Office 365 to the small and medium business sector has been revealed by an AMI report
RIM Gains One Million Customers In Three Week Period
RIM continues to attract more subscribers for its handsets despite the market gloom surrounding it
University Building Human Brain Model
The university of Manchester is working on a model of the human brain based on one million ARM processors
Apple Claims Over 15 Billion App Store Downloads
Apple is claiming its App Store currently boasts 425,000 apps and has passed the 15 billion download marker
Video Distribution Platform Rolled Out By Cisco
Cisco’s ECDS is makes video content delivery scalable, without interfering with enterprise network traffic
Poll: Performance Management Helps Cloud Planning
eWEEK readers use performance management to plan for the cloud. Next: what are your cloud issues?
Facebook-Skype Deal Deepens Microsoft Alliance
Facebook's new Skype integration is another marker in its long-deepening relationship with Microsoft, says Nicholas Kolakowski
Rustock Botnet Size Halved Since Server Takedown
Microsoft released the latest statistics for the crippled Rustock spam server it helped to take down in March
Oracle Virtual Desktop Client Launched For iPads
Oracle offers iPad access to enterprise applications via Sun Ray Software and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
IT Architectures Still Controlled By Financial Officers
Gartner survey shows CFOs to be sceptical of IT's business value and do not see CIOs as strategic partners
DOE Lab Shuts Down Web Access After Cyber-Attack
Cyber-attackers hit a US Department of Energy research lab last week, forcing a shut down of external links
Home Office To Create Police ICT Procurement Company
Home Secretary Theresa May is to create a company that specialises in IT procurement for the police
The Fight For Server Efficiency Is Not In The Cloud
Campaigns against energy waste in the data centres may not be looking deeply enough, or in the right place, says Peter Judge
HP’s TouchPad Play Is To The Enterprise
HP will draw on its business user base to help its TouchPad tablet challenge Apple in the enterprise, says Bill Wohl
Cloud Alliance Responds To CIF Criticism
The Cloud Industry Forum has misunderstood the Cloud Alliance, it claims, following heavy criticism
Forrester: The Cloud Is Inherently Green
The cloud is inherently green, but cloud service providers need to broaden the scope of their green credentials
UK Cloud Alliance Launches To Address SMB Needs
A group of British companies are forming a new alliance to address the cloud needs of UK businesses
UK Cloud Alliance Paints Complete Cloud Picture
This week will see the launch of the UK Cloud Alliance which, according to Grant Tanner, will offer a complete 'sourcing pool' for cloud services
Dell Plots Midmarket Expansion With £624m Fund
Dell is setting aside £624m to expand its reach into the midmarket via acquisitions and investments