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IBM's SAFE platform is designed to give utilities a simple way to bring energy-efficient technologies to their operations, while giving software makers a vehicle for getting their applications to those utilities
HP is integrating new ProCurve networking technologies with its BladeSystems platform in the latest move in its competition with Cisco in the converged data centre space
Our 21st century industry relies on mediaeval disposal systems which cause illness and death in the developing world, a conference was told
Two broadband lines per subscriber means more homes can get the government's proposed 2Mbps broadband
Google's Chrome team releases a stable build of the Web browser that incorporates the speed bumps and features introduced in August's Chrome 3.0.195.4 beta release
Adobe Systems enters into an agreement to acquire Omniture in a deal valued at $1.8 billion (£1.1bn).
IBM officials say the PowerPC 476FP processing core will be the highest performing and most efficient embedded processor core in the industry
Ark Continuity is opening a green data centre which will ultimately use stone mines and nuclear bunkers to set efficiency records.
Moving servers to a new more efficient site will change how development teams work, the company says
Sustainable IT means consuming less IT kit - as well as being more energy efficient - Cabinet Office Minister Angela Smith will say today
Intel, fueled by a slight upswing in demand for PCs, saw its share of the global chip market grow to 80.6 percent in the second quarter, the highest level in almost four years, according to research company iSuppli
Avaya will pay more than $900 million for Nortel Networks' Enterprise Solutions business, which includes Nortel's unified communications technologies
Available in DIY or "with tech support" versions OpenGoo lacks some functionality, it has limited file formats, but, frees users from being tied to a web app provider
3G can't connect up the off-net millions, but Wi-Fi can, says Selina Lo, chief executive of Ruckus Wireless
But some critics have questioned if power companies really want their customers to have accurate information on their energy use
Pat Gelsinger, who has been in charge of Intel's core chip businesses, will leave Intel for storage giant EMC, according to reports in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal
While IBM and HP say SPARC/Solaris is doomed, Oracle promises to spend more on the platform than Sun currently does
Deployment tool comes out early to help keen administrators - or encourage those who aren't so sure?
Microsoft's Codeplex Foundation, ostensibly supporting open source, arrives at a time when the company's actions are under suspicion, as usual
Just when data centre managers are wondering whether to replace their equipment with leaner machines, or sweat the assets a bit longer, Peter Judge hears of another idea. Cooking your servers
This upgrade comes with server high availability, and a new web-based console makes administrators jobs easier
Throwing energy at servers to keep them chilled is a waste of money - and bad for the environment
ULX, Red Hat and other open source solution providers can now tender for public sector IT contracts in Hungary - but half still goes to Microsoft
Eucalyptus, a startup that developed an Amazon EC2-compatible internal cloud computing environment has released its first commercial product
Symantec has released Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010, touting the products' anti-malware use of reputation technology as a differentiator
NEC and Juniper have invested in data centre networking specialist, Blade Network Technologies, as they look to gain traction in challenging times
Not a massive upgrade, but there are some welcome administration improvements mainly from a better GUI
With its new flagship S2A9900 array the storage firm is offering support for 2TB enterprise and low-power SATA hard-drives moving into production use
Dell is taking advantage of the performance, energy-efficiency and multimedia capabilities in Intel's “Nehalem” microarchitecture with the launch of two new desktops
An SSD cache upgrades a whole RAID array to solid-state performance, says I/O controller maker