Questions are being asked about the degree to which a costly IT project contributed to the decision to effectively nationalise and then sell Scotland's largest building society

Questions are being asked about the degree to which a costly IT project contributed to the decision to effectively nationalise and then sell Scotland's largest building society
Security threats like Conficker, along with the regulations and measures to combat them, are a nightmarish waste of resources, says Peter Judge
A major update is due for Conficker on Wednesday. But should we fear such a well-understood piece of malware?
With Microsoft and Amazon on one side and IBM and a host of others on the other side of an emerging battle over cloud standards, some ask if it is too early to try to set standards for cloud computing
The Nehalem architecture focuses on improving performance and efficiency through such features as an integrated memory controller similar to that found on AMD's Opteron chip and greater support of virtualisation technologies
The database maker has announced tighter integration between Oracle Database Vault, the company's database access control technology, and Enterprise Manager
The direct model did away with the old way of buying PCs. Now it's time to apply cloud economics to the data centre and slash the management costs, says Dell's Raj Kushwaha
Security flaws reported in Google Docs have been described. If Google doesn't take these reports seriously, it will lose the enterprise users it is gaining, says Michael Hickins
Google says that security concerns about its online document service Google Docs are "not significant", despite claims that users can access material to which the author has denied access.
Google announces plans to lay off 200 employees on its sales and marketing teams
By the time the latest round of layoffs are completed, IBM will have cut nearly 10,000 jobs, according to unions
VMware, Citrix, Microsoft and other virtualisation companies will benefit as the worldwide hosted virtual desktop market accelerates through 2013
The telecoms sector is continuing to grow but Europe must not "rest on its laurels"
New generation has a performance boost and gives better support for SSDs
Dell is wasting time with claims about server performance. The real story is the management tools it says can free users from the grasp of big consultancies
Not surprisingly, with lower pay, the UK lags behind Ireland and Italy in employing women in IT
Microsoft's global survey of small and midsize businesses finds security, virtualisation and IT consolidation are among the top priorities for midmarket companies in 2009
Opalis Software is rolling out Version 6 of its Opalis IT automation platform, designed to automate management of cloud computing environments.
Dell's Nehalem server launch majored on power savings and system management, pitching a commodity console from Symantec against the might of IBM Tivoli
A big announcement today will include new servers based on Intel's Nehalem processor, and services to support whole data centres
Banks need to get more for their money, as their IT budgets could remain flat for up to three years
Budget limitations and continued improvement in software and associated services are making open-source software alternatives look good to IT managers
Free software proponent Richard Stallman claims some browsers and browsing software can force "non-free software" on users without their knowledge
The time is right for cloud computing - and prices are holding up despite the recession, according to Rackspace's chief strategy officer Lew Moorman
Salesforce.com new cloud features, plus a deal with Twitter.
Research from Gartner says not enough companies are preparing their IT systems for the data management and analytics required for carbon reporting schemes
The Department for Energy and Climate Change has moved to reassure users over fears on smart grids
Cisco Systems' Unified Computing System Strategy causes a mixed reaction.
VMware wants to move the debate over the cost of virtualisation technologies away from licensing and toward virtual machine density
With Twitter in place, SMBs and enterprises can monitor the adoption and discussion of their newest products.