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Virgin Media Business Launches 10Gbps Service
Virgin Business Media is looking to assist businesses dealing with large data loads with the launch of a faster high-capacity service
Hawking Team Uses Supercomputer To Explore Space
COSMOS is using one of the world's fastest supercomputers to analyse its data and research into the origins of the universe
Two Studies Point To Rise In Tech Hiring
Two studies have shown that while the number of tech job openings has cooled slightly, there has been rise in recruiting activity
Windows Will Be Big In The Cloud, Says Rackspace
Linux rules the cloud, but users want greener servers for Windows too, says hosting provider
Newcastle Data Centre Achieves BREEAM Excellence
A new data centre being built in Cobalt Park in Newcastle has achieved a BREEAM Excellent rating, even before completion
Dell Launches GPU Expansion Chassis For HPC
Dell's PCIe chassis offers 17 Teraflops of GPU power to PowerEdge servers in specialist data centres
Inmarsat Pushes Ahead With Satellite Broadband Plans
Providing broadband via satellite is becoming an increasingly viable way to provide access to remote areas
The Emerging Security Assumption
As embedded security become the norm, vendors talk about it less and less, but embedded security shouldn’t be assumed security, says Larry Walsh
Tektronix Acquires Security Provider Arbor Networks
Tektronix Communications signs a definitive agreement to buy network security provider Arbor Networks
Microsoft And Polycom Launch UC Partnership
Microsoft and Polycom are entering an alliance that will include jointly developing, selling and marketing unified communications products
HP Begins Job Search For New CEO
Details have began to emerge of the woman at the centre of the scandal that led Mark Hurd to resign as boss of HP
The Future Of Spanning Tree Protocol Looks Bleak
Cisco's debut of its FabricPath Switching System for the Nexus 7000 platform shows that Spanning Tree Protocol is on the way out, says Cameron Sturdevant
Analysts Put Positive Spin On HP Scandal
Despite his abrupt exit from HP, former chairman and CEO Mark Hurd and his management team have put the company in a solid position, according to analysts
Green Data Centre IT Showing Growth
Companies are beginning to focus more on implementing systems that will reduce their energy expenses and carbon emissions, according to a report
BT Reprimanded Over Fibre Advert Claims
Another communications provider is in trouble with the advertising regulator, after BT boasted that its fibre-based service could deliver the Internet 'instantly'
Lenovo ThinkCentre Towers Feature Thin Designs
Lenovo engineers “sweated the small stuff” on the new M70e and A70 ThinkCentre towers, shaving power use by 15 percent
Why Data Centre Owners Want Carbon Laws Terminated
The data centre industry wants the government to embrace tech as a force for good when it comes to climate change. Time to sort fact from fiction, says Andrew Donoghue
Intel Settles Lawsuit With US Trade Commission
Intel agrees to a set of restrictions in its business practices as part of a settlement to resolve an antitrust lawsuit brought by the US FTC
Eutelsat Satellite To Bridge Broadband Digital Divide
The KA-SAT satellite is being developed for Eutelsat to provide faster broadband services to the digitally deprived
AMD Pushes Bulldozer Processor
AMD is dedicating a new blog to its upcoming microprocessor architecture code-named Bulldozer
Quest Pushes Private Cloud With Virtualisation Purchase
Addition of Surgient's intellectual property will put Quest on the map in the increasingly in-demand private cloud management space
Government Energy Plans Could Prompt Data Centre Exodus
Data centre groups want the government to consider a Climate Change Agreement as an alternative to existing environmental regulations
Smart Meters Will Be Hacked, Warn Researchers
The actual meters are a weak point between home networks and smart grid infrastructure that will be exploited, experts warn
One Year On: Cisco UCS Making Headway
One year after it started shipping its Unified Computing System, Cisco has about 1,000 enterprise customers - with a lot more in the pipeline
Report Points To Tough Times In Server Industry
According to a survey by TheInfoPro, spending on servers will continue to be slow in 2010
Mobile To Swamp Fixed Broadband, Warn Analysts
The growth of mobile broadband will massively outstrip the growth of fixed broadband by the end of 2015, says analyst group
Convirture Develops Open Source Hypervisor Management Tools
Convirture holds that it is plugging a major hole by specialising in managing open-source Xen, KVM virtualization
Intel, AMD Grow While Nvidia Weakens
Intel kept hold of the top spot in the graphics chips market, while AMD show significant gains
IDC: Cloud Uptake Driving Server Spend
The uptake of cloud computing services is driving new spending on server hardware, with revenues predicted to reach $6.4 billion by 2014