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Oracle Takes Aim At VMware
Oracle is taking on a more aggressive virtualisation stance against the better-established competition
IT Investment To Rise, But Employees Look To Flee
Enterprises are to increase IT spending this year, but it may not be enough to keep employees on board
Chip Market Grows As Intel Dominates, IDC Finds
Worldwide sales and shipments of PC microprocessor units saw uncharacteristic growth during the second quarter of 2010, IDC has found
Intel Makes Security Play With McAfee Acquisition
Intel is looking to expand beyond its semiconductor empire after making an offer to buy security vendor McAfee for nearly £5 billion
How To Deploy IPv6 In Your Organisation
The Internet is running out of the current version of IP addresses. Maintain competitive advantage and save money by switching to IPv6 now
Silly Season: Electricity From Waste Server Heat?
It's not perpetual motion, but the idea of generating electricity from server heat is a very wasteful way to save energy, says Peter Judge
Microsoft Working On ‘Orleans’ Cloud Technology
Uncovered documents describe 'Orleans' as a programming model that could augment Windows Azure
Chip Start-Up Focuses On Probability Processing
Many now ubiquitous applications are not looking for the yes/no answers, but rather the best guess answer from among a number of possibilities
HP Boosts Security With Fortify Acquisition
Despite its recent executive turmoil, HP has announced that it plans to acquire Fortify Software for an undisclosed sum
Environment Agency Plants Itself In Green Data Centre
The UK Environment agency is using Capgemini's Swindon data centre, claimed to be the world's greenest with a PUE of 1.08
Solihull Council Goes For Thin Clients
Thin clients instead of PCs saves on management costs and cuts Solihull council's carbon footprint
Dell’s 3PAR Buy Will Boost Its Enterprise Strategy
Dell's acquisition of IT storage provider 3PAR, which develops virtualised storage solutions, allows it to expand its broader enterprise portfolio
Continuity Adds Private Cloud Capabilities To Recovery Software
RecoverGuard Version 5.2's Private Cloud Advisor provides full availability and recoverability in the private cloud, or pool of shared data storage
Gartner: Security Software Market Set For Growth
Security is to remain one of the fastest-growing areas within the enterprise software market, driven by factors such as compliance and identity management
Hacked Widget Compromises Parked Domains
The compromised widget launched a drive-by attack against users running Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox and Opera
IBM Announces New Power7 Systems
The new systems are part of a year-long rollout of workload-optimised systems for the demands of emerging business models such as smart electrical grids
Dell Puts Badge On Aruba Wireless LAN
Offices need Wi-Fi, says Dell, as it agrees to sell Aruba kit under its own badge
Oracle Axes OpenSolaris Development
The company will no longer allow open source developers to participate in the development of Solaris, according to an internal email
Apple Manager Allegedly Sold Secrets For $1m
Paul Shin Devine has been arrested in California for allegedly helping Apple suppliers negotiate favourable deals with the company
HP Will Weather Its CEO Transition
Mark Hurd's resignation touched off a wave of speculation about HP's future. The next CEO will have their work cut out, says Nicholas Kolakowski
Toshiba Launches Faster NAND For Solid State Drives
The company says its Toggle Mode NAND uses a faster interface than conventional asynchronous NAND memory, with lower power consumption than other synchronous DDR NAND chips
Bournemouth Sewer Fibre Rollout Sinks
Plans to wire up the UK town of Bournemouth using the sewer system have fallen through following 'contractual problems'
IBM Ends Legal Tussle With Oracle Over Employee
IBM has dropped its effort to stop a former Big Blue employee from joining rival Oracle
eWEEK Readers Stick With Windows XP
Linux beats Windows 7 into second place in our reader poll, behind the venerable Windows XP. Next - tell us your cloud plans
New Boundary Touts PC Energy-Saving Solution
New Boundary Technologies has a new energy saving solution for businesses concerned with running their office computers more efficiency
Vizioncore Offers Immediate Recovery Of VM Images
Vizioncore is now offering an add-on dubbed FlashRestore, that allows for the immediate recovery from the backup repository of virtual machine images
India Turns Up The Heat On RIM
The BlackBerry ban row has now shifted focus to India, after it became the latest country to threaten to ban BlackBerry services
Critical Testing: Mobile Workstation Laptops
Guidance for selecting a mobile workstation for those high-value employees who most process compute-intensive workloads on the road
Oracle SPARC Server Road Map Holds Promise
Oracle executives are finally talking about plans for the high-end Sun SPARC servers. Now they need to execute on those plans, analysts say