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Ex-Intel Exec Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud
Rajiv Goel, an ex-Intel executive, pleads guilty to securities fraud and conspiracy in connection with the massive Wall Street insider trading scandal
Imperva Looks To Close Data Breach Loopholes
Imperva is offering customers in the EMEA region a service that will locate potentially sensitive data inside an organisation so that it can be be protected
Green Data Centres: Energy Efficiency Is No Longer Enough
Companies should stop scrambling for PUE and concentrate on extending the lifespan of their facilities, according to Charles-Antoine Beyney, president of the first "sustainable" data centre in France
IBM Hopes To Trigger UK Nuclear Renaissance
IBM says smart information systems could help improve the image of nuclear energy, but green groups claim such efforts are a dangerous distraction from renewables
IBM Releases Energy Efficient Power7 System
IBM launches a set of Power7 systems that it says deliver up to four times the energy efficiency and twice the performance
SAP Announces New Management Team
SAP's new management team will have the task of getting the company growing again and restoring a sense of trust
Plastic Supercapacitor Points To End Of Batteries
British boffins may have signalled the end of the traditional battery as we know it, after they developed a composite plastic that can store and release electricity
BT Opens Up Cable Ducting To Rival ISPs
In a significant move for the provision of fibre in the UK, BT has revealed it will open up its underground network of ducts so that rival ISPs can lay their own fibre cables
IBM Rolls Out Power 7 Against Sun, HP
IBM has launched four servers using its Power7 processor, designed to take the wind out of the sails of the Intel Tukwila processor and give Oracle/Sun some competition
Colt Teams Up With Tibco For New Cloud Service
Colt has beefed up its cloud offerings with Tibco, allowing enterprise applications to be deployed in real-time across physical, virtual and cloud infrastructures
UK Takes Tech Lessons From Germany
Mandelson pays a visit to Germany to get tips on the country's science and technology innovation network
Google Offering Voice App To Businesses
The search engine company will release a version of Google Voice for businesses and roll out Google Wave to all users who want it,
SAP Chief Steps Down Following Poor Results
SAP chief executive Leo Apotheker resigned on 7 Feb after a "mutual agreement" was reached not to extend his contract
Companies Not Helping Themselves With Data Centre Efficiency
Green Grid research reports that most companies are not offering incentives to their employees to help increase energy efficiency
European Government IT Spending Still Resilient
IDC has found that spending on IT by Western European governments has been remarkably resilient, with the UK remaining the highest spender in 2010
Official Report Highlights Wage Woes For Silicon Valley
The decline of Silicon Valley as a high tech powerhouse has been starkly illustrated by economists, as pharmaceutical and biomedical companies now dominate the region
Green Grid Offers Data Centre Efficiency Tools
The Green Grid is to introduce two online tools, free of charge, that are designed help data centre managers keep track of power and cooling efficiency
IDC Points To 3 Percent Rise In IT Spending In 2010
Another analyst firm has predicted growth in IT spending during 2010, but IDC's forecast was less optimistic than others
Google Offers Admin Control For Smartphone Apps
In an effort to broaden its appeal to the business community, Google is to allow administrators to control staff access to Google Apps on mobile devices
Blade Pushes Virtual Networks With UFA Roadmap
Blade Network Technologies says its Unified Fabric Architecture UFA beats Cisco's UCS with an open messaging structure
Cisco Is Losing Business Through UCS, Says Blade CEO
UCS was supposed to launch Cisco into the server market, but instead it has undermined the company's data centre switch business, claims Vikram Mehta of rival Blade Technologies
Review: Force.com And Eclipse Head For The Cloud
Salesforce.com's Eclipse plugin for targeting the company's Force.com platform provides seamless development for organisations aiming for the cloud
Intel Finally Ships Delayed Tukwila Chip
Intel is finally shipping its much delayed “Tukwila” chip, which promises to be Intel's fastest Itanium processor yet
Nationwide To Save Millions With Server Virtualisation
The Nationwide Building Society claims it will save itself more than £8 million by virtualising 500 of its servers
Study Finds Decline in App Dev Outsourcing
Application development has traditionally been one of the most popular areas for IT outsourcing, but a new study has found this is now declining
Today’s Top Products Are Tomorrow’s Tech Dinosaurs
Last decade, known by many as the Naughties, set the stage for a number of key tech development trends, but today's top products might end up on tomorrow's scrap heap, says Andrew Garcia
HP Unveils Smaller Portable Data Centre
HP has unveiled a pint sized version of its container-based data centre, that can hold 10 racks of servers, storage and switching hardware
Cisco Router Rumoured To Offer 120Gbps Throughput
Cisco could be about to break the 120Gbps per slot barrier with a brand new router if an analyst claims prove to be correct
PGP To Offer Trusted Cloud ID With TrustCenter Buy
As part of its strategy to offer trusted identity management services from the cloud, PGP is to acquire privately-held TC TrustCenter