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The two companies kicked off their first joint Oracle OpenWorld conference by announcing an intriguing new flash-based storage system and re-identifying "The Giant" -- as Oracle founder Larry Ellison referred to IBM -- as its key marke ...
It's billed as a seamless connection to the corporate network from anywhere - but those not running Windows 7 Enterprise and Windows Server 2008 should stick with traditional VPs
Cisco's entry to the blade server market back in March raised a few eyebrows from traditional server providers, but the networking giant has now unveiled some new additions and pricing details for its rack-mounted servers.
IBM has kept hold the mainframe market illegally, say critics, tying hardware and software, and witholding licences. The issue is under investigation now
Despite estimates that energy prices could increase by as much as 60 percent, the government has said smart metering could help cut bills in the long term
IT managers are well aware of the cost savings that can be achieved by virtualising servers, but now experts say they should focus on virtualising inhouse databases.
Adobe Systems has unveiled a slew of product announcements around its ColdFusion development environment
IBM's big iron business is reportedly facing a probe from federal investigators, over possible antitrust violations.
Microsoft's long-running battles with the European Commission over antitrust issues could end by the end of the year, with Microsoft agreeing to implement the commission's requests with regard to Internet Explorer and product interoper ...
An index report on wages for technology workers shows a steady course but unemployment is still at a six year high
Dell is planning to close its US Winston-Salem, N.C., manufacturing plant as part of its ongoing effort to cut costs and save money
The government's universal broadband provision may be slower than we'd like, but it's an essential part of social inclusion, said the former Minister behind Digital Britain
Parallels has launched a bare metal hypervisor, aimed at application service providers.
At its analyst conference, IBM announced three more additions to its Project Blue Cloud
Panda MOP reduces end point security costs, protecting servers and workstations from malware, and is truly cloud-based, allowing all systems to be managed from a central location anywhere
After a bruising summer of fighting between Microsoft and open source activists, not many people took Microsoft's open source body - Codeplex - seriously. Jason Brooks asks, what if it's serious?
Connecting individual homes is too costly for some developing countries but schools can act as a broadband hub for an entire community, according to the UN
The IT sector may be better off than others, but it continues to experience job loss levels not seen in six years
The cloud is here - within limits - said CEO Steve Ballmer, in a London visit to promote Windows 7 and the rest of Microsoft's current catalaogue
Some of the Windows licence fine print includes deliberate "gotchas", Microsoft CEO Ballmer admitted - and he has no plans to make things simpler
A Microsoft sponsored study says that the IT giant and the companies in its "ecosystem" will generate $535bn (£334bn) in revenues this year
Users may have to choose which apps to put in the cloud, and some should wait till their industry accepts it, warns cloud provider Savvis
With the Spirit cloud infrastructure project on the launchpad, Savvis' CTO Bryan Doerr has plenty to say when we ask him whether users are ready to trust the cloud
Digital services must be Europe-wide says commissioner Vivian Reding
European legal committee member Brian Crowley has publicly supported an Irish investment by Intel - which was recently fined €1 million for market abuse
People wanting to start their own "dot-anything" domain, will have to wait for ICANN to rule on potential trademark conflicts
Two men authorities tied to a phishing scheme pleaded not guilty to charges of identity theft and bank fraud after being extradited to the United States
Broadband Britain may have concentrated too hard on coverage, while quality will have more impact on society, according to a study
But internal tech staff will be kept busy on the roll-out of internal IT private cloud technology for the near future
The networking giant has made an offer of $3bn (£1.9bn) for its Norwegian rival in the market for video calls