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HP Claims Victory In Virtualisation Standards
Two standards are on their way for network virtualisation in the data centre. There's an open alternative to the proprietary parts of Cisco's UCS, says HP Procurve's CTO
Red Hat Announces JBoss Cloud Middleware Platform
Red Hat has announced the delivery of its JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.0, a core middleware component of the company's JBoss Open Choice strategy
VMWorld Focuses On Virtualisation Security
With VMworld in full swing, virtualisation security is at the tip of some people's tongues
IBM Launches Desktop Cloud Service
IBM has concocted the term "public desktop cloud" to describe desktop services that give users with network PCs or laptops rentable private cloud services
Thousands Demand Apology Over Death Of Tech Icon Turing
An online petition demans the government apologise for mistreating Alan Turing - the father of modern computing, who was persecuted for his sexuality
Learn From The Downfall Of WPA!
The wireless security scheme WPA has been cracked in less than 60 seconds by researchers. Smart professionals will have seen this coming, and adopted a security approach that deals with the security arms race, says Larry Walsh
RSA Security Show Helps IT Pros Back To Work
Security show in London offers ten £950 passes for free to unemployed who demonstrate they are ready to help themselves
Smartphones Spur Growth In Chip Sales
A report from the Semiconductor Industry Association shows that chip sales increased more than 5 percent in July
Companies Sweating IT Equipment 26 Percent Longer
A survey of midmarket IT professionals shows a majority of companies are planning to spend on hardware and software, but are also holding onto their previous purchases longer
Indian Group Pushes For New US Tech Visa
Indian software industry association Nasscom says the U.S. Congress should consider changing laws to allow foreign workers in the United States for a limited amount of time
Citrix And Xen Take On VMWare In the Cloud
Citrix and Xen.org are planning to roll out a strategy for a open-source cloud computing platform based on the Xen virtualisation hypervisor
Burglars Could Exploit Social Networking Sites
Social networkers using sites like Facebook or Twitter may be leaving themselves open to burglery due to the personal information so many openly share, a report from insurance company Legal & General warns
US Credit Card Hacker Pleads Guilty
Notorious hacker Albert Gonzalez agrees to plead guilty to having a role in the theft of data from millions of credit and debit cards
IBM Tries To Stall Neon’s zPrime Mainframe Booster
Neon claims its software could start a mainframe renaissance - but IBM is getting threatening over licence issues
Apple Snow Leopard Offers More Than Promised
US Times tech critic David Pogue and his Wall Street Journal counterpart Walter S. Mossberg found Apple's Snow Leopard to be speedy yet slim and to offer far more than Apple promised
Dell Happy With Results, Focused On Enterprise
Dell announced that revenue, shipments, income, earnings and gross margins were all up from the previous quarter, and put an emphasis on its growing enterprise assets
Amazon Profits From Early Cloud Start
Other vendors have arrived on the scene, but Amazon is reaping the benefits of pioneering the concept of cloud computing resources, says vice president Adam Selipsky
AMD Claims 20 Percent Emissions Cut
But while the company claims to have cut emissions by 20 percent, it is only using a 2006 baseline while targets such as Kyoto use a 1990 level
Union Condemns “Profitable” Fujitsu’s UK Job Cuts
Unite says that the company is financially strong and doesn't need to cut around 10 percent of its UK staff
NASA Boosts Climate Change Supercomputer
NASA adds thousands of Intel Xeon 5500 series processors to the Goddard Space Flight Center's Discover high-end computing system
Microsoft Appeals Against Texas Word Case
Microsoft files its appeal brief in a patent-infringement case that could see copies of Microsoft Word pulled from stores
Microsoft Joins OASIS Standard For Smart Grids
Microsoft puts aside past rivalry with OASIS over document formats, to joins its campaign for smart meter standards
US Authorities Will Enforce Net Neutrality
US Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski says the agency is fully prepared to enforce its network neutrality principles
Multitasking Can Strain Your Brain
A report from the researchers at Stanford University found those likely to experience rigorous daily multitasking are negatively impacting their cognitive state
Review: Amazon AWS Toolkit for Eclipse Eases Cloud Development
Amazon wants to make it easy for developers to get their apps on its cloud platform, Amazon Web Services - so it has a tool for the Eclipse development environment
BT: Super-Fast Broadband Will Change Business
Government plans for super-fast broadband need a lot of work - but BT is pushing ahead with its own roll-out
Agile Development Takes Another Leap
Software developers looking to make their work more flexible have a get-together in Chicago this week
BT: Companies Must Close Carbon Chasm
But, like many businesses, the telecoms and IT services giant is also struggling financially which raises questions over its ability to really make drastic cuts in carbon
Companies Are Embracing Public and Private Clouds
In a survey conducted over the summer, F5 Networks found that enterprises are rapidly embracing the idea of both private and public clouds, with 99 percent saying they either had implemented compute clouds or were in discussions about ...