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Conservative Government Would Scrap Broadband Tax
The Tories claim that the proposed 50p tax will be scrapped while the government is issuing mixed messages about its broadband ambitions
Accenture Acquires Nokia Services Business
Accenture completes its acquisition of the professional services unit of Nokia, a move that will help take Accenture more directly into the business of servicing embedded and mobile operating system
Open Source Will Change Enterprises, Says BT Guru
Software licences are a fiction, and open source is ready for use by every consumer, says Jeremy Ruston, BT's head of open source innovation.
IBM Mainframe Monopoly Probe Questioned By Analyst
Is there really such a thing as a mainframe monopoly, and is the Federal probe into IBM's activity just a storm in a teacup?
Businesses More Open To Windows 7, Than Vista
Good news for Microsoft as the nightmare reception of Vista by the business sector looks to be over, after a new report suggested that Windows 7 will likely to face a much better reception than its predecessor
Intel And AMD Clash Over Evidence Retention
Feuding chip giants Intel and AMD are once again clashing over Intel's antitrust lawsuit, with both parties claiming the other is continuing to destroy key documents
TalkTalk Uses Barry Manilow To Attack UK Net Cut-Off Plan
Lord Mandelson's plan to cut off Internet file sharers is under attack from TalkTalk - using the music of Barry Manilow
Few Options Open To Cisco In Tandberg Bid
Now that Tandberg shareholders have rejected Cisco Systems' $3 billion bid, the networking giant has to decide whether to up its offer or walk away
IT Managers Need To Invest In Efficiency
IT professionals are being judged by efficiency, not results - and they need to understand the best way to get that, according to an eWEEK Europe guide
Citrix Tempts VMware Users With Migration Program
The gloves are coming off in the virtualisation market after Citrix launched a migration program designed to lure users away from VMware to Citrix's XenServer or Microsoft's Hyper-V
Open Source Could Save UK Schools £60 Million A Year
A national partnership has been launched today at Bletchley Park, to encourage UK local authorities to look at implementing open source solutions in all areas of their education services, in order to save up to £60 million a year
Finnish Government Makes 1Mbps Broadband Legal Right
But it's just a stepping stone to the eventual aim of mandating 100Mbps broadband by 2015 - compared to the UK's 2Mbps goal by 2012
HP Discusses Green Data Centre Progress
With data center power and cooling costs becoming a key issue for businesses, vendors such as Hewlett-Packard are using their expertise to help customers find ways to make their new or existing facilities greener
Recession Hasn’t Killed Data Centre Demand
Is the recession cutting demand for data centre space? Not according to analyst Nick Mayes of PAC Consulting.
NaviSite Launches Enterprise-Class Cloud Platform
NaviSite has unveiled an alternative to public cloud offerings such as Amazon's EC2, by launching its own enterprise-class cloud offering, dubbed NaviCloud
Cisco Acquires Wireless Specialist Starent
Cisco is buying wireless infrastructure company Starent for $2.9 billion, the latest significant acquisition this year, following such purchases as Pure Digital and Tandberg
Dell Says Efficiency Drive Will Shrink IT Industry By £125Bn
Michael Dell aims to cut spending on IT by end user companies by pursuing the concept of the efficient enterprise
Meru Launches Wireless Service Assurance
Network access points can pretend to be laptops, to gather performance data and determine whether faults are in the network or the client
1E Launches Energy-Saving Server Software
PC energy saving company branches out into servers and makes non-productive ones drowsy
Avaya Unveils Virtualised Unified Communication Offering
Avaya has launched its virtualised unified communications solution Aura, and is touting a 75 percent reduction in hardware, power and cooling.
Mandelson Promises £80 Million – For Innovation, Not Cappucino
Business secretary Mandelson disses cappucino-drinking creatives, but is criticised for not pushing fibre harder at London conference
Oracle Discusses Importance Of Integration
At Oracle OpenWorld 2009, Oracle co-presidents Charles Phillips and Safra Cratz focused on highlighting Oracle's strategy of delivering a integrated application stack
HP Enters The BladeSystem Matrix
HP is extending its support for Oracle applications with a series of new provisioning templates for BladeSystem Matrix users
If Microsoft Screwed Up Sidekick, What Hope for Office 2010?
A Microsoft subsidiary apparently lost Sidekick users' cloud data. That's not good when the next versions of Office and Windows Mobile are so heavily dependent on cloud data storage, says Peter Judge
Facebook And Twitter Uptake Continues To Soar
Usage of websites such as Facebook and Twitter is continuing to grow at an astonishing rate, not just amongst the young, but now more and more elderly folk are jumping aboard the social networking bandwagon
Rentokil Becomes Google’s Biggest Cloud Customer
Rentokil to put 35,000 users on Google Apps cloud email in offices and washrooms, by the end of 2010
Cisco Unified Computing System Review
For IT managers who must pay attention to both virtual and physical resources, the Cisco UCS system is well worth considering
Sun Team Take Stage At Oracle Conference
The two companies kicked off their first joint Oracle OpenWorld conference by announcing an intriguing new flash-based storage system and re-identifying "The Giant" -- as Oracle founder Larry Ellison referred to IBM -- as its key marke ...
Windows 7 Direct Access Review – VPN for the 21st Century?
It's billed as a seamless connection to the corporate network from anywhere - but those not running Windows 7 Enterprise and Windows Server 2008 should stick with traditional VPs