The gloves are coming off in the virtualisation market after Citrix launched a migration program designed to lure users away from VMware to Citrix's XenServer or Microsoft's Hyper-V
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Open Source Could Save UK Schools £60 Million A Year
A national partnership has been launched today at Bletchley Park, to encourage UK local authorities to look at implementing open source solutions in all areas of their education services, in order to save up to £60 million a year
Finnish Government Makes 1Mbps Broadband Legal Right
But it's just a stepping stone to the eventual aim of mandating 100Mbps broadband by 2015 - compared to the UK's 2Mbps goal by 2012
HP Discusses Green Data Centre Progress
With data center power and cooling costs becoming a key issue for businesses, vendors such as Hewlett-Packard are using their expertise to help customers find ways to make their new or existing facilities greener
Recession Hasn’t Killed Data Centre Demand
Is the recession cutting demand for data centre space? Not according to analyst Nick Mayes of PAC Consulting.
Google Docs Gets Makeover And Offers Better Sharing
Search engine giant Google has given its Docs suite a makeover, as it seeks to position the productivity suite less an rival to leader Microsoft Office, and more as the team collaboration application for Google Apps.
NaviSite Launches Enterprise-Class Cloud Platform
NaviSite has unveiled an alternative to public cloud offerings such as Amazon's EC2, by launching its own enterprise-class cloud offering, dubbed NaviCloud
Windows 8 Will Be In The Cloud, Whatever Ballmer Says
Microsoft is working on Windows 8 - and it will be heavily based on the cloud, whatever Steve Ballmer may have said in recent announcements, says Nicholas Kolakowski
Cisco Acquires Wireless Specialist Starent
Cisco is buying wireless infrastructure company Starent for $2.9 billion, the latest significant acquisition this year, following such purchases as Pure Digital and Tandberg
Dell Says Efficiency Drive Will Shrink IT Industry By £125Bn
Michael Dell aims to cut spending on IT by end user companies by pursuing the concept of the efficient enterprise
Meru Launches Wireless Service Assurance
Network access points can pretend to be laptops, to gather performance data and determine whether faults are in the network or the client
Barracuda Launches European Backup Offering
Hot on its Purewire acquisition, security vendor Barracuda Networks has launched a cloud backup service for European users
Dell, Salesforce Buddy Up For Cloud Offerings
Dell and Salesforce.com have partnered up to offer certified solutions for small and medium businesses, worried about taking on CRM applications delivered via the cloud
1E Launches Energy-Saving Server Software
PC energy saving company branches out into servers and makes non-productive ones drowsy
Avaya Unveils Virtualised Unified Communication Offering
Avaya has launched its virtualised unified communications solution Aura, and is touting a 75 percent reduction in hardware, power and cooling.
Mandelson Promises £80 Million – For Innovation, Not Cappucino
Business secretary Mandelson disses cappucino-drinking creatives, but is criticised for not pushing fibre harder at London conference
Tech Sector Won’t Begin True Recovery Till 2010
Mobile phones should emerge first thanks to continuing demand from emerging economies such as China
Oracle Discusses Importance Of Integration
At Oracle OpenWorld 2009, Oracle co-presidents Charles Phillips and Safra Cratz focused on highlighting Oracle's strategy of delivering a integrated application stack
HP Enters The BladeSystem Matrix
HP is extending its support for Oracle applications with a series of new provisioning templates for BladeSystem Matrix users
If Microsoft Screwed Up Sidekick, What Hope for Office 2010?
A Microsoft subsidiary apparently lost Sidekick users' cloud data. That's not good when the next versions of Office and Windows Mobile are so heavily dependent on cloud data storage, says Peter Judge
Facebook And Twitter Uptake Continues To Soar
Usage of websites such as Facebook and Twitter is continuing to grow at an astonishing rate, not just amongst the young, but now more and more elderly folk are jumping aboard the social networking bandwagon
Consumers Are Leading Companies to The Cloud
Rentokil's adoption of cloud-based email is significant, because it shows that organisations have to treat their members like consumers, says Peter Judge.
Rentokil Becomes Google’s Biggest Cloud Customer
Rentokil to put 35,000 users on Google Apps cloud email in offices and washrooms, by the end of 2010
Cisco Unified Computing System Review
For IT managers who must pay attention to both virtual and physical resources, the Cisco UCS system is well worth considering
Sun Team Take Stage At Oracle Conference
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 ...
Windows 7 Direct Access Review – VPN for the 21st Century?
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 Readies Rack-mounted Servers For UCS
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.
The Roots Of IBM’s New Legal Mainframe Troubles
IBM has kept hold the mainframe market illegally, say critics, tying hardware and software, and witholding licences. The issue is under investigation now
Government Denies Price Hikes Will Negate Smart Grid Savings
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
Database Virtualisation: The Next Big Thing?
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.