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HP Cloud Strategy Expands With Added Incentives
At its Discover 2011 event, HP outlined new cloud products, features, services and financing programmes
HP And Dell Quick To Benefit From Storage Acquisitions
It is noteworthy that both Hewlett-Packard and Dell, which each bought young, progressive storage companies last year, have taken their prized new IP and made it the centrepiece of their storage strategies only months after closing the ...
Android Legal Spat As Oracle Eyes Mobile Ad Money
Oracle is asking Google to pay 50 percent of royalties, including mobile ad dollars, in the Java patent lawsuit
Wanted – Women To Work In IT
The IT industry will have a limited talent pool to draw from, until it moves beyond stereotypes, says Rebecca Holbrough
IPv6 Day Is Hailed As A Qualified Success
World IPv6 Day passed by quietly, so the new protocol works, but there were still low traffic volumes
FBI Controls One Quarter Of All US Hackers, Says Expert
An estimated 25 percent of US hackers are coerced into becoming FBI puppets, says the publisher of 2600 magazine
Cyber-Thieves Aim At Cloud And Virtualised Servers
Cyber-criminals are attacking virtualised data centre systems and targeting cloud environments
The Data Explosion: How To Survive And Profit
Growing data volumes are a threat to your organisation, but also offer new sources of information, says Tom Jenkins of OpenText
How Green Is Apple’s iCloud?
Apple's iCloud will boost adoption of cloud computing - but questions remain about the energy efficiency of the project, says Peter Judge
Apple iCloud Provokes Microsoft’s Master Chief
Apple's new iCloud service is a potentially serious challenger to Microsoft's "all-in" cloud strategy, says Nicholas Kolakowski
Green Google’s Sea Change In Data Centre Design
A Finnish data centre will use seawater to cool Google's servers and wind power to supply the electricity
IPv6 Day Shows Why The World Needs A New Internet
The IT industry is backing World IPv6 Day because Internet addresses are running out - as cloud demand hits
IBM Offers Online Training For Software Developers
IBM has announced a free cloud service to help students and professionals build software development skills
SuVolta Touts Energy-Efficient Chips
A startup has promised to cut chip power consumption in half, an important asset for the mobile sector
Surrey Council Seeks Tenders For Fibre Rollout
Surrey County Council is inviting bids to get the final 20 percent of its residents connected to fibre broadband
IBM: 100 Years of Innovation
From mainframes to PCs, from software to operating systems, from open source to services - IBM has done it all
Cloud Providers Fear G-Cloud Evaporation
The government needs to clarify its cloud strategy, amid confusion over the G-Cloud, says Cirrus Stratus
Windows 8 Looks Like Bad News for Android
Microsoft's demo of Windows 8 looks like a radical "post-PC" product, which Nicholas Kolakowski thinks could trouble Android
HP Talks Up Appliances For Virtualisation, Cloud
HP is rolling out appliances for virtualised environments, cloud computing and new applications
Kaspersky Finds Banking Malware On Amazon Cloud
Amazon Web Services is being used to spread malicious software, according to a Kaspersky researcher
HP Launches Containerised, Green ‘EcoPOD’
HP's EcoPOD can be deployed in 12 weeks, costs 75 percent less to build, and cuts energy costs by 95 percent
Everything Everywhere Disputes 4G Auction Plans
Everything Everywhere wants more 4G spectrum from Ofcom's auction proposals. Vodafone says it has plenty
Apple Unveils iCloud, iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion
Apple introduced revamped Mac OS X and iOS operating systems, along with iCloud for syncing multiple devices
Microsoft Preps Office 365 For Late June
Microsoft is said to be readying its cloud suite, Office 365, for an official launch later this month
IDC Warns Of Slowing Demand For PCs
PC sales will slow in 2011 on the back of slowing consumer demand, market researcher IDC has warned
HP Workers Consider Strike Over Offshoring Plans
HP workers at a number of UK sites are considering strike action over plans to offshore their jobs
IT Services Firms Are Buying Their Green Credentials
IT firms see emissions as a marketing expense, and aren't attacking energy efficiency, according to a report
Network Vendors Tout Fabric-Based Designs
Cisco’s FabricPath and HP’s FlexNetwork mark a shift in network architectures across the board
SugarCRM Offers Alternative To Saleforce: Review
CRM software isn’t child’s play, but SugarCRM proves oddly comforting, and is cheaper than Salesforce