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IBM veteran Erich Clementi helped lead the resurgence of the revamped IBM mainframe as general manager of the System z division between 2003 and 2005, now he's leading the all-encompassing cloud computing initiative.
Parallelising data will be easy enough for ordinary programmers, according to speakers at Microsoft's PDC
Users are keen to know about sustainable data centres, but it looks like it might take regulations to push them to adopt a more environmental approach
Microsoft's “Windows 7 was my idea” ad campaign promises to give users everything they have ever wanted from an OS, but what would you add to make Windows truly your idea?
A watchdog has admonished the EC for its lax approach to evidence collection in the Intel antitrust investigation. Meanwhile Intel pumps millions into exascale computing in France
At the Web 2.0 Expo, Tim O'Reilly predicts that Microsoft will emerge as a leading proponent of the open Web, despite the company's tradition of fostering its own proprietary operating systems and development languages
IBM researchers are working on a computer that can act and reason in a similar way to the human brain
Plans for piracy measures apparently don't conflict with moves to guarantee connection for all
Mobile technology must be a top priority at the UN talks, according to GSMA, but campaigners have warned that IT probably won't get the attention it deserves
A jump in options call trading for 3Com in the hours leading up to HP's announcement of a $2.7 billion bid for networking company 3Com is prompting SEC regulators to investigate whether there was insider trading
Microsoft is slated to share some information about Internet Explorer 9 at the company's Professional Developers Conference
Hewlett-Packard is rolling out new hardware, software and services designed to help businesses more easily adopt and implement desktop virtualisation environments
The Pirate Bay shuts down its BitTorrent tracker, opting instead for a more decentralised approach
In a new report released by McAfee, several noted security experts discussed the improving cyberwarfare capabilities of some countries and the risks facing critical infrastructures
IBM is looking to lure HP and Sun customers by cutting prices by as much as 70 percent for memory in its Power systems
Technology developed by Iceotope, that wraps server components in synthetic modules of coolant, has been described by experts as "game changing"
SGI is showing off its scalable Altix UV supercomputer aimed at HPC environments and high-end enterprise workloads.
At the Supercomputing conference, HP shows off the latest of its double-density blade servers, the ProLiant BL2x220c G6 servers, which pack two Intel Xeon-based blades into the physical space of one
As the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers begins accepting applications for its IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process, Egypt says it hopes to be the first nation to have a domain name using Arabic script
A Cray supercomputer has regained the title of the world's most powerful supercomputer from IBM's Roadrunner system
The same day Intel settles its long-running legal battles with AMD, the company announces that it is hiring a corporate counsel with decades of antitrust experience
Dell has teamed up with big iron maker Cray to offer desktop users a machine with much more power than a traditional system
Now that the bitter and costly legal battle between AMD and Intel is over, both companies can focus on their future plans
HP's $2.7 billion deal for 3Com will enable it to compete more closely with Cisco, as well as getting greater network security technology through 3Com subsidiary TippingPoint
eWEEK Europe presents a webinar on 9 December, designed to help you get the best out of combining Microsoft and Linux
It is all quiet on the western front after bitter chip rivals Intel and AMD announced they have settled their differences
Hewlett-Packard has agreed to buy 3Com for $2.7 billion (£1.63 billion) to build a stronger challenge to Cisco Systems in the networking space
The EC is calling on member states and businesses to stop stalling and put more services into the cloud, to help better engage with the public and improve sustainability
Many European businesses are avoiding updating their IT resources, viewing it as an unnecessary strain during a time of recession
The Green Grid's John Tuccillo and Zhal Limbuwala from the British Computer Society argue that consuming less IT and upgrading less frequently isn't necessarily the most sustainable approach