Sun has had trouble selling its technology, and IBM is a past master at marketing. What's not to like about the proposed merger?
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Sun has had trouble selling its technology, and IBM is a past master at marketing. What's not to like about the proposed merger?
Enterprise storage has to change, as customers finally get free of proprietary systems. Buying Sun gives IBM a chance to moves its customers on without losing them to the competition
Microsoft, Google and other companies have a new cloud competitor in Sun Microsystems, which has announced its upcoming Sun Open Cloud Platform
SAP has launched an application designed to automate regulatory compliance across the supply chain
With a reported $6.5 billion (£4.5bn) in cash on the table for Sun Microsystems, IBM would be well positioned to snag significant market share
But some open source experts claim the software is about more than saving money
Community wireless network uses Proxim-based equipment to avoid Wi-Fi interference and boost sustainability and the local economy
Nokia-Siemens, Ericsson, Motorola and other wireless infrastructure vendors are expected to pull back expenditures by 6 percent in 2009
Microsoft Windows Azure went down for a 22-hour period preventing users from utilising the early test release's applications.
Analysts love Cisco's move into the data centre, and the competition are picking holes in the strategy - while beta testers say it looks promising
Cisco's Unified Computing System could be a chance for IT departments looking to rebuild their data centres in the rubble of the recession - but there will be upfront costs, warns Cameron Sturdevant
HP and other competitors warn that Cisco's entry into the data centre business could be harmful for user choice
Data warehousing vendor Greenplum is claiming to enhance data loading speeds to the tune of as much as four terabytes an hour.
Small and midmarket companies are continuing their investment in green IT despite the economic downturn
Sun Microsystems is providing the hardware and software for what will become South Africa's largest HPC environment.
BT has an impressive record in reducing its carbon footprint - and helping others do the same. But complex carbon accounting might stall its wind farm plans
Green technology is all around us. But what does it mean? Simon Perry explains that there is more to it than virtualising servers and reducing energy costs.
What the BBC did was wrong. The corporation should stop defending its botnet antics, and act responsibly
HP's new NS2000 could give SMEs the same high performance that larger enterprises get but for a lower price.
Programme makers claim that use of illegal networks was justified
Two new research reports point out the strengths of hosted applications and systems despite the dire economy
How many software packages, licenses, versions and locations are spread across your company? If you can even start to answer, then chances are you're ahead of the game.
We've all known for a long while that Cisco has plans for the data centre. This week we find out what they are.
The retailer says the technology has enabled it to cut carbon emissions by 20 percent
A plan to create a single UK database of prisoner records has spiralled to more than £500 million
IBM is offering 8 Gb Fibre Channel capabilities in its family of BladeCenter blade servers
Enterprises should be able to deliver and manage cloud computing services more quickly and easily.
We thought the recession was going to push IT into the cloud. Big consultants aren't so sure
Despite the promise that cloud computing can cut costs , companies in the UK are hesitating to adopt it, according to a survey by IT consultancy Avanade.
Cisco may have designs on the data centre, but Brocade plans to use a power-saving message push into Cisco's home ground