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IBM Offers Data Centre Monitoring Via The Cloud
IBM is giving IT managers the ability to monitor their data centre remotely thanks to Tivoli Live Monitoring Services
Telehouse To Open Green Data Centre In London In 2010
A new green data centre in London's Docklands will provide heat energy to the surrounding housing developments
Smart Meters Allow Companies To Monitor Home-Worker Carbon
A new service could help businesses more easily include remote staff in carbon calculations
Cisco: Smart Grids Can Improve The World
Cisco claims smart grids can help improve the societal and economic problems around the world, but some experts have raised concerns about the security issues
Not Many Bugs Infesting Amazon.com Researchers Find
Amazon.com has fewer bugs on its Website than Wal-Mart or Target, according to a study by software-testing company uTest, which had 600 testers scour the sites in November
Google Reveals Details Of Mobile Goggles, What’s Nearby?
Real-time search ruled the roost at Google's search event at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California
VMWare’s Dominance Of Virtualisation Under Threat
While VMware is still the dominant virtualisation technology in the data centre, IT professionals are increasingly willing to consider alternatives
MIT Wins ARPANet Anniversary Competition
Using an inverse pyramid approach, a team from MIT captures the $40,000 (£24,400) first prize to locate 10 large, red balloons at undisclosed locations across the United States
Staff Increasingly Use Own Laptops At Work
More and more staff are bringing their own personal laptops into work, according to a study from analyst house Gartner
HP Teams Up With SAP To Ensure Business Uptime
HP has launched two new services designed to help businesses maximise the uptime of their critical IT systems
Review: Google Chrome OS Developer Edition
The developer edition of Google Chrome OS is almost identical to the Google Chrome web browser, providing an intriguing look into the world of web-only computing
Government Pushes Online Public Services Despite Net Cut-Off Plan
The government is pushing ahead with plans to make the Internet a key way to access public services while also threatening to cut off the net access of persistent file-sharers
EU Pushes On With Single European Patent Plan
One common European patent court could help cut £260m of costs from European companies according to the EU
Russia Accused Of Climategate Hack
As the climate change summit opens, a UN scientist has accused Russia of releasing the emails which sparked a scientific row
Microsoft Ties-Up Search Deal With Yahoo
Microsoft and Yahoo have finalised a deal in which Microsoft Bing will power Yahoo search
Google Risks Criticism With Personalised Search Expansion
Google risked drawing the ire of privacy advocates on 4 December by making its personalised search results available to all of its users, whether they are signed in or not
AppJet Open Sources EtherPad Following Google Purchase
AppJet has said it will open source the code to EtherPad and the AppJet Web Framework in an effort to quiet the irate chatter from users in the wake of Google's purchase of the startup
Intel Delaying Larrabee Gaming Chip
Intel officials say they are delaying the “Larrabee” graphics processor that the company had hoped would compete with AMD and Nvidia GPU products
Microsoft ‘Has Acknowledged The Enterprise Role Of Linux’
Three years on from Microsoft's deal with Novell, the real importance is coming through, says Novell's OpenSUSE community manager, Joe Brockmeier
IBM Takes University Data Centre Off The Grid
IBM has taken Syracuse University's data centre off the electric grid, thanks to tri-generation, which burns gas to provide heating, cooling and electricity in one
Microsoft-Backed Green Search Engine Attacks Google
Ecosia is being endorsed by the WWF and billed as an "eco-friendly" search engine but it is also based on Microsoft technology
Sustainable Use Of Storage Hitting Sales
Gartner reports that worldwide external disk storage revenue totaled more than $3.9 billion (£2.34bn) in the third quarter of 2009, a 7.3 percent decline from the same period in 2008
Google Launches Own Free Domain Name System
Google Public DNS, Google's own free Domain Name System, is an attempt to make Web pages load faster at a time when millions of users are accessing the Web several times a day, triggering multiple DNS requests and bogging down the Web ...
Cisco Pushes On With Tandberg Purchase
Cisco is moving ahead with the $3.4 billion purchase of Tandberg despite not getting control of the desired 90 percent of shares
Businesses Urged To Power Down At Christmas
Switch off those idle servers. British businesses are being urged to power down their non-essential equipment over the Christmas and New Year break
Intel Reveals 48-Core Chips For Cloud Data Centres
Intel says its experimental 48-core “single-chip cloud computer” will greatly improve performance and efficiency in future data centres
Green IT and more (Part IV) – Changing Staff Attitudes and Taking Action
The time has come to get your hands dirty (well, green) and take action. This part is packed with ideas and inspiration for steps that you and your organisation can take towards a more sustainable future.
Microsoft Leaves Users Hanging Following Black Screen Of Death
Microsoft has been reluctant to take responsibility the Black Screen of Death case, leaving users to deal with softaware and hardware problems on their own
CIOs Predict US Recruitment Surge in 2010
Increased workloads and expectations for new projects will lead to an increase in IT hiring in 2010, according to a survey by Robert Half Technology