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TeleCity Launches New Efficient Data Centres
A facility in Sweden will use free-air cooling and renewable energy
Government Looks to Cut IT Spending by £3.2bn
Improved benchmarking, better information management, and tackling risky IT projects key to cutting costs
Hackers Steal US Strike Fighter Data
The most expensive Pentagon weapons system ever developed, the program involves 7.5 million lines of code, of which hackers made off with several terabytes.
Samsung Launches Rugged Drive
The hard drive, which comes in various capacities, features a rugged base and design and a shock tolerance of 400 G/2ms
AMD Looks To Efficient Chips For Profitability
AMD officials say the recession could play to the strengths of the Opteron EE by giving enterprises the option of extremely efficient systems that can save money on the bottom line
Struggling Yahoo To Cut 5 Percent Of Staff
Microsoft and Yahoo have been in discussions over a possible partnership in display and search advertising.
IBM Profits Drop by One Percent
Middleware and software development are bright spots, despite revenue going down by ten percent overall
HP Converges The Data Centre With Matrix
Hewlett-Packard has laucnhed a platform to combine servers, storage and networks into one resource - and called it the Matrix
Online Retailers Offered Carbon Offset Service
Ready-made application launched amid concerns about the future of carbon offsetting
Recession Fuels UK ID Theft Fears
Consumer fears over personal identity theft are rising because of the recession, a survey has found
Hitachi Steps Up Green IT Efforts
Hitachi chief executive Takashi Kawamura said the vendor will focus on “green mobility,” smart grids and the global expansion of the company's green data centres
Apple Least Bad PC Maker In Customer Service Poll
Forrester reports Apple rated highest on customer surveys ranking the usefulness, usability and enjoyableness of their interactions with PC makers
Unisys Beefs Up Server Virtualisation
Unisys is ramping up the virtualisation capabilities of its enterprise x86 servers by upgrading to Intel's Nehalem EP processors and VMware's latest version of its virtualisation platform
Obama Apppoints US’s First Ever CTO
First U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra faces a daunting challenge in coordinating and reforming the US federal government's technology systems.
VMware’s vSPhere: “Bigger, More Open, More Resilient”
The virtualisation giant is pretty pleased with its new "cloud OS", vSphere. Is it really that different from the competition. VMware's Reza Malekzadeh thinks so - and explained why.
VMware Launches “Cloud OS” vSphere
Upgrade to virtual infrastructure product boosts fault-tolerance and expands to smaller businesses, as well as including networks and storage
Oracle’s Sun Purchase Raises New Questions
Sun's new prospective owner Oracle explains why the IBM deal went sour. But will Oracle do hardware, and will it kill MySQL? Of course not, says Peter Judge
Oracle To Pay £5bn For Sun Microsystems
The terms of the deal represent significantly more money than the £4.5 billion cash offer that IBM reported had put on the table for Sun last month
HP’s New Unix Includes Green Power Control
The latest HP UX version can cut power use, while improved ServiceGuard management should make virtual servers more reliable
Darling Warned IT Budget Cuts Could Cost Billions
Groups have called for budget support to UK digital media companies - while government IT pros fear losing their budgets
Alcatel-Lucent Improves Switch Security
New OS for AlcaLu switches includes an end-point gatekeeper from InfoExpress
Knowledge Is Power – And Power Management Needs Data
It's no good trying to guess your way to a low-energy data centre, says Avocent's CTO Ben Grimes. You have to instrument your systems and get measurements
Jericho Forum Targets Cloud Security
The security organisation founded by end-user chief security officers is focusing its attention on secure approaches to cloud computing
Can We Live With Tech Giants’ Recovery Plans?
Google, Nokia, and Intel have all been battered by the recession.They all have plans to recover - but what about the environmental cost, asks Peter Judge
Intel Sees Recovery, Analysts Not So Sure
Offering no guidance for the future, the chip company can't be too sure about the signs of hope that it sees
Cisco Pushes Benefits Of UCS System
The event comes just days after Sun introduced its own Open Network Systems initiative, and while HP is looking to broaden its Adaptive Infrastructure offering
HP Expands Thin Client Range
HP is adding three new thin-client devices to its family of systems that will support Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard
Lenovo Launches Hardware Password Manager
Lenovo is encouraging the end of passwords taped to PCs, with its Hardware Password Manager, a server solution that enables IT to remotely manage a fleet of fully encrypted hard drives
Gartner: 2009 A Gap Year For Green IT
The analyst claims that spending on sustainable tech projects in some countries could be on hold for the rest of the year