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Wimbledon: Cool Servers Score With Tennis Viewers
This year, Wimbledon goes 3D and IBM's liquid-cooled systems serve deeper analysis to the audience
AWS Virtual Machines Deployed With Security Holes
Researchers found security holes in VMs created on Amazon Web Services but Amazon is not at fault
Dropbox And Microsoft Snags Raise Cloud Questions
Microsoft and Dropbox problems revive questions and doubts about embracing the cloud for varied IT needs
Quarter Of Government Departments Shun The Cloud
Despite UK government commitments to the G-Cloud, 6 out of 25 departments have no cloud prospects
Jobs’ Apple Doughnut Has Green Aspirations
Apple’s next headquarters may look like a fattening doughnut but it will be lean and green, Steve Jobs maintains
FBI Seizes Web Servers In Data Centre Raid
The FBI has seized web servers during a data centre raid as part of its efforts to tackle Lulzsec hacktivists
Is Greenpeace’s War On ‘Dirty Data’ A Just One?
Greenpeace is putting pressure on companies to improve their data centre practices, but ultimately the industry will have to find the answers, says Andrew Donoghue
IBM SmartCloud Adds Disaster Recovery, Data Archive
Two IBM cloud services launch to help extend backup, archiving and recovery for critical data and applications
HP Boosts Its Big Data Analytics With Vertica 5.0
More than a petabyte of data can be analysed in real time with HP's release of Vertica Analytics Platform 5.0
Acronis Looks To SMBs With Updated Backup Tool
Acronis has upgraded its disaster recovery platform with the release of Backup & Recovery 11
Does HPC Belong In The Cloud?
The cloud makes high performance computing more widely available - but introduces several problems of its own, says John Hengeveld
Customers Increasingly Turn To Twitter To Vent Anger
Disgruntled customers are turning to Twitter to voice complaints that can damage brand reputations
Japan Reclaims Supercomputing Crown
The computing arms race continues with the news that Japan now has the world's most powerful supercomputer
Intel Promises Exascale Supercomputing By 2020
Intel aims for 'exaflop' performance by the end of this decade, enabling more industries to access supercomputing
Skype Culls Management Ahead Of Microsoft Deal
A number of top level executives have been handed their marching orders at popular VoIP provider Skype
Chinese Weapon Systems Vulnerable To SCADA Hack
Hackers could potentially gain control of Chinese weapon systems, US Homeland Security has warned
Google Launches Online Identity Tracker Tool
Web users can now use an online tool to alert them to when they are mentioned on social networking sites
Oracle Won’t Give An Inch On Google Android
What is the cost to Google of offering Android free to 100 million-plus users? Oracle reckons billions of dollars, says Clint Boulton
Bridging The Gap Between Private And Public Clouds
Scaling IT means using tools and services on both sides of the cloud divide
HP To Work With Toshiba On Cloud Projects
HP and Toshiba will put aside their differences to work together on IT infrastructure and cloud projects
Appcelerator Delivers Speedy IDE For Mobile Cloud
Appcelerator's Titanium Studio IDE speeds up app development on mobile, desktop and web platforms
Samsung Series 5 Chromebook: Review
The Samsung Series 5 Chromebook is a fine cloud client - but users may find it hard to adapt to the lack of local storage
Study: Carriers Are Turning Into Cloud Providers
Mobile network operators are killing off their unlimited data plans, as they look to capitalise on the cloud
HP Sues Oracle Over Itanium Support
Oracle maintains Intel has plans to kill Itanium, while HP says Oracle wants to force users onto Sun Sparc servers
VMware vFabric 5 Brings In New Licensing Model
VMware vFabric 5 introduces the Spring framework and a new flexible packaging and licensing scheme
Gartner Touts Reprovisioning For Threat Protection
Analysts at Gartner are advocating workload reprovisioning as the best protection against advanced attacks
Power Saving Promise Brings JouleX $17m Investment
Joulex has just received a $17 million injection to fund the promotion of data centre energy monitoring software
APT Detection Appliance Launched By Trend Micro
Trend Micro adds real-time, network monitoring and remediation tools to detect advanced persistent threats
Apache Server Cloud Content Delivery Is All Go
Apache Software Foundation’s Traffic Server 3.0 serves terabytes of data for large-scale cloud deployments