Long term, virtualisation and the cloud will be less labour-intensive than today's IT, says Peter Judge. But in the short term users will need their hands held
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TfL Restores Real-Time Tube Data Feed
London commuters will soon get tube information direct to their mobile phones after TfL restored its data feed
Atos To Buy Siemens’ Services Arm For £720m
Merger of Atos and Siemens creates a European services giant second only to IBM
FBI Fingered For Installing OpenBSD Backdoors
A former government contractor has gone public and accused the FBI of planting a number of back doors into the encryption software used by OpenBSD
OCF Launches Rentable HPC Service
Businesses and public bodies now have the option to rent on-demand supercomputing power from OCF
Toshiba Looks To Enterprise Storage With 2.5-Inch SSD
Toshiba has beefed up its enterprise storage portfolio with a 2.5-inch solid state drive (SSD) designed to safeguard critical business applications
Government Willing To Bend Security In Cloud Adoption
UK government and IT security experts are willing to relax governance in order to gain cloud benefits
Can PC Power Management Really Go To The Cloud?
Desktop management can cut energy waste, but it's tricky for smaller businesses, unless a cloud solution can be made to work, says Mark McGinn
‘Self-Service’ Cloud Storage Package From EMC
EMC's Atmos Cloud offers metering controls, standard cloud admin and multi-tenancy, chargeback and billing
Critical Support For Virtualised HP ProLiant Servers
HP's Critical Advantage service offers business-critical application support for virtualised x86 environments
FBI Begins Official Probe Into Gawker Hack
The FBI has reportedly opened an investigation into the hack that compromised Gawker Media's websites
ARM To Challenge Intel Domination Of Server Market
The boss of ARM Holdings has revealed the intention of taking on Intel with its own server chips in the next five years
Hydropower Makes Data Centre Carbon Neutral
UKFast has achieved carbon neutral status through carbon offsetting and hydroelectric power generation
IBM Xeon-Based Supercomputer To Hit Three Petaflops
SuperMUC, to be built for German researchers, will use hot-water cooling to cut power use by 40 percent
HP Offers Real People To Support Virtual Servers
In HPs support package, customers get dedicated staff to help with their virtual servers
Virtualisation Leads Mobile Trends For 2011
The most significant enabler of mobile innovation in 2011 will be virtualisation, according to OK Labs' Steve Subar
Seagate Shows 1 TB HDD For Enterprise Server Storage
Seagate's Constellation.2, a 1 TB hard disk drive for storage arrays and enterprise data centres, will ship in Dell systems at the end of the month
Paul Allen Sees Lawsuit Setback
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's lawsuit against 11 companies, including Apple, Google and Yahoo, has been dismissed due to lack of clarity
LTE Network Struggles With 4G/3G Hand-off Issue
Verizon's newly launched LTE network in the US is reportedly struggling with a hand-off issue between its 4G and 3G networks
HP Touts Energy Efficient Ethernet Switches
HP is touting its green credentials with the introduction of its energy efficient E-Series switch modules
The Lesson To Be Learnt From Anonymous
The DDoS attacks on WikiLeaks' opponents contain a serious lesson that should be heeded by every website owner, says Eric Doyle
Amazon Blames Crash On Hardware, Not Hackers
Amazon says its sites in Europe suffered hardware problems, not a WikiLeaks cyber-war attack
Schmidt: Google Betting On The Cloud With Chrome OS
Google's chief executive has said the Chrome OS will take the company further into the cloud as an alternative to Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X
US Government Changes Security Following WikiLeaks Debacle
As WikiLeaks supporters fight back, the US federal government has ordered new rules to prevent future breaches
Salesforce Leaps Onto Cloud 2 As Its New Platform
At Dreamforce, Marc Benioff has been hailing the dawn of a new era for SaaS and new tools to match
EU Security Agency Highlights Smartphone Risks
The European agency ENISA has warned of the possible security risks posed by the humble smartphone
SMBs Adopting VoIP And IP PBX Despite Concerns
Voice over IP and IP PBXs are being increasingly adopted by small to medium businesses, a report claims
Facebook’s Zuckerberg To Donate Fortune To Charity
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and 16 other billionaires have signed up to Bill Gates's Giving Pledge
Microsoft Exchange Data Cloud Backup Utility From Google
Google Message Continuity cloud backup preserves the data integrity of Microsoft Exchange if it goes down
Dell Bids £553m To Buy Compellent Storage Business
Dell and Compellent are working on a merger that would let Dell compete with EMC, HP and IBM