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Gartner Predicts PC Shipment Growth Upturn in Fourth Quarter
Gartner's latest assessment of worldwide PC shipments expects the PC market to post positive growth in the fourth quarter, and little affected by Microsoft's Windows 7 release.
Tory Paper Demands Government Give Back Our Data
A new Conservative think tank report is calling for citizen-centric, open source IT development to put an end to wasteful, monolithic central government IT projects.
EMC, Net App Battle for Storage Vendor, Data Domain Hots Up
UPDATED: EMC extends its all-cash offer of $1.8 billion to purchase all outstanding shares of Data Domain to rivel NetApp's $1.9 billion, as a combination of cash and stock.
Customers Get Better Support From Apple Than Dell and HP
Apple customers were more satisfied with the outcome of tech-support calls than HP or Dell customers, according to a study that concluded Apple was more likely to retain loyal, repeat customers.
Social Networkers Are Slack On Internet Security
A Webroot survey has found those using social networks such as MySpace and Facebook are not doing enough to protect themselves from hackers and phishing scams.
IBM Discovers Scheme To Manipulate Encrypted Data
A Researcher at IBM has found an encryption method that lets you operate on data without decrypting it: good news for the cloud and spam filters
Europe’s New Broadband Won’t Be A Telco Monopoly, Warns Reding
Europe needs fast broadband to compete, but the EC will not allow telcos to take advantage and establish monopolies, said Commissioner Viviane Reding
UK Public Sector Asks for £1 Billion For Radical IT Change
Central Government money could get a quick payback and help meet carbon targets projects by overhauling local IT, says SOCITM
US To Spend £2bn On Smart Grid Technology
The US Department of Energy is ready to spend $3.9 billion (£2.4bn) on efforts to modernise the U.S. electric grid
Microsoft Taking No Chances, Cuts Price Of Windows 7
Microsoft plans price cuts, free upgrades and other incentives to spread Windows 7 to as many users as possible once the operating system becomes available to the public in October
Disaster Recovery The Achilles Heel Of Virtualisation
Many companies are not able to deploy separate backup data centre locations to provide the complete data-recovery system, relying instead on failover to separate storage arrays and servers within the same physical building
Businesses Losing £6000 Per Wrong Employee
A SurePayroll survey finds businesses are losing up to $10,000 (£6065) for every bad hire--and a wide pool of desperate applicants and hurried hiring practices compound the problem
IBM Helps Cities Get Smarter, Greener
The tech giant has been outlining its vision for making cities more energy efficient at a conference in Berlin
US Announces Plans For Cyber Command
Plans for the Cyber Command come a month after President Obama declared cyber-security a "national security priority" in a speech
Dell Achieves EPA Green Server Status
Dell officials are announcing that two of its PowerEdge server platforms, the R610 and R710, now meet the requirements needed for the EPA's Energy Star programme for servers, which was instituted in May
Organisations Realising Real Savings From Virtualisation
The most recent example: San Francisco-based IT services provider BEAR Data Systems, has revealed that its hardware and virtualisation tools are enabling clients to achieve energy savings of 30 percent or more
Questions Continue About Jobs’ Health
Apple CEO Steve Jobs may have saved his life with a liver transplant, but questions about his medical leave could continue to dog his company, even after a highly successful June that saw the rollout of the iPhone 3G S.
Mobile Data Centres Could Be Runaway Success
An IDC analyst says that interest in the mobile data centres is high, but the global recession is holding down demand
Open Source Is Not the Same As An Open Service
Companies need the freedom to get at their data, to choose hosted or in-house options and more. All this can be found amongst open source solutions - but choose carefully, says Jason Brooks
Smart Grid Firm EnerNOC Buys Into Carbon Reporting
EnerNOC expects to use carbon accounting firm eQuilibrium to establish a lead role when companies have to meet greenhouse gas reporting rules
Tesco Expected To Disrupt UK Banking With Outsourced Model
Tesco and others are using outsourcing and new IT to break further into the UK banking sector
Companies Cut IT Costs, Improve Efficiencies
While the economy has forced substantial cost-cutting, investment in areas such as virtualisation and cloud computing will increase
IBM Announces New Green IT Plans
In the environmentally conscious section of enterprise IT, there are two camps: the true green-bleeding companies who innovate, and the so-called "greenwashers."
HP Floats New Cloud Consulting Service
HP is offering new consulting services designed to help enterprises develop and implement a cloud computing strategy
Bing Generates Bling For Microsoft
Microsoft's paid clicks increased by around 15 percent in the first two weeks of Bing's release, Efficient Frontier says
Lost-Laptop Council Breached Data Rules
Stolen laptops had unencrypted personal data - and Manchester City Council's response may not be enough
UK Council Breaches Data Rules Following Laptop Theft
But the organisation says it won't ban the download of important data onto mobile devices but ensure that only "essential data" is allowed to be copied.
Wikimedia Moves Into Green European Data Centre
Open information and sustainable infrastructure go hand in hand according to Wikimedia and EvoSwitch
Apple Sold 1Million iPhones In Three Days
Apple sold 1 million iPhone 3G S smartphones in three days, doubling analyst estimates