Enterprise

Novell Confirms Acquisition Offer From Hedge Fund

The software networking company reports that Elliott Associates of New York sent a letter to its board of directors offering…

15 years ago

Mortgage Company Data Protection In Arrears

Redstone Mortgages had been sending customer details by email since 2005 with no password or encryption

15 years ago

Expert Questions HSBC’s Online Banking Security Measures

Introduction of new security software and the decision to allow customer ID's to be saved in the browser have come…

15 years ago

Better Management Can Cut Wireless Costs By 35 Percent

Enterprise mobile and wireless costs can be reduced through tighter management, according to analyst firm Gartner

15 years ago

Colt Teams Up With Tibco For New Cloud Service

Colt has beefed up its cloud offerings with Tibco, allowing enterprise applications to be deployed in real-time across physical, virtual…

15 years ago

SAP Chief Steps Down Following Poor Results

SAP chief executive Leo Apotheker resigned on 7 Feb after a "mutual agreement" was reached not to extend his contract

15 years ago

European Government IT Spending Still Resilient

IDC has found that spending on IT by Western European governments has been remarkably resilient, with the UK remaining the…

15 years ago

Official Report Highlights Wage Woes For Silicon Valley

The decline of Silicon Valley as a high tech powerhouse has been starkly illustrated by economists, as pharmaceutical and biomedical…

15 years ago

Lenovo Looks At Mobile Push After PC Shipment Rise

On the back of a healthy set of financial results, Lenovo said it is looking to expand in the mobile…

15 years ago

Cisco Promises Jobs Push As Profits Rise

Cisco boss John Chambers believes the economic recovery is gaining speed and announced that the networking giant will add up…

15 years ago

Nationwide To Save Millions With Server Virtualisation

The Nationwide Building Society claims it will save itself more than £8 million by virtualising 500 of its servers

15 years ago

Carbon Reduction Commitment Is ‘A Tax On The Cloud’

Cap and trade rules will drive companies away from more efficient IT, says Dan Lowe of hosting company UKSolutions

15 years ago

Tech M&A Deals Set For Recovery In 2010

Mergers and acquisitions in the tech industry are set to reawaken in 2010 after experiencing a six-year low in 2009

15 years ago

Cisco Touts SMB Finance Deals To Encourage Spending

Updated: In an effort in kick-start IT spending, networking giant Cisco is offering a three year, zero-percent financing deal for…

15 years ago

Red Hat Announces 18 percent Q3 Rise In Profits

Red Hat reported financial results for its fiscal year 2010 third quarter, showing revenues up 18 percent

15 years ago

Stratus Makes Cash Pledge For Fault-Tolerant Server

Stratus is so confident in its ftServer 6300, that it has pledged to pay $50,000 for any customer that experiences…

15 years ago

Cisco Expands SMB Push With New Offerings

Cisco continues to chase the SMB sector after expanding its small business portfolio with new networking, security and collaboration solutions

15 years ago

EU Says Supercomputing Key To Predicting Future Recessions

Traditional economics failed to predict the credit crunch - but supercomputers might stand a better chance, according to the EU

15 years ago

EC To Object To Oracle’s Sun Acquisition, Say Reports

The EC is likely to make a formal objection to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, because of the inclusion of…

15 years ago

Cisco EMC Cloud Venture Launched Under Acadia Name

New company still doesn't have a CEO or a headquarters, but this shouldn't worry a virtualisation expert

15 years ago

Data Centres: Does Reliability Clash With Efficiency?

New data centres are more efficient than their predecessors, but they have to be reliable too. Peter Judge asks -…

15 years ago

Recession Struggles Not Over For IT Departments

Financial services companies still face several "business killers" from ineffective use of IT according to analyst Gartner

15 years ago

Rogue Trader Leeson Attacked By Microsoft

Nick Leeson said poor IT practice helped bring down Barings Bank, and faced criticism from Microsoft security advisor and former…

15 years ago

Cloud Computing Could Solve Security Skills Crisis

Cloud computing could be the way to address the security skills crisis, if providers can provide the right contractual guarantees,…

15 years ago

Apple Profits Boosted By Mac and iPhone Sales

Apple reports strong fiscal fourth-quarter results based on increased Mac and iPhone sales, although its iPod sales declined from the…

15 years ago

IT Spending Will Rise To 3.3 Percent In 2010

Gartner analysts say the IT industry will follow up its worst year ever by seeing a 3.3 percent increase in…

15 years ago

IBM Hardware Boss Arrested For Insider Trading

The man in charge of IBM's $20 billion a year hardware business has been arrested over an insider trading scheme…

15 years ago

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…

15 years ago

Couple Charged With Stealing $23m From Cisco

A husband and wife were arrested by US federal authorities for running a fraud that cost Cisco more than $23…

15 years ago

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…

15 years ago