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Romania Issues €100 Million To Microsoft Without Bids
Contracts are drafted to exclude any alternatives and hand the money over to Redmond, say local activists
IBM Offers Government Stimulus Kit On Credit
Why wait for government cash for green projects when you get the technology right now and pay later, says IBM
Facebook Finds A Friend In Russian VC
Digital Sky Technologies is investing in privately held Facebook in exchange for preferred stock, which becomes a 1.96 percent equity stake for a $10 billion valuation
Emulex Boss Rebuffs Broadcom Offer
Emulex president and chief executive Jim McCluney in a letter to stockholders calls Broadcom's offer inadequate
Carbon Reporting Model To Meet Future UK Laws
With the UK government about to impose mandatory carbon accounting, PwC has produced a reporting model which it says will do the business
UK Government To Force IT Training At Suppliers
If you want government money, you'll have to show your IT training plan, says skills secretary John Denham
Fault Tolerance (Re)Discovered
Fault tolerant virtualisation technologies can be hardware or software based but they don't necessarily offer the same level of protection for business-critical processes.
Infrastructure Tool Manages Data Centre Power
Planning needs a link to real time data, says Avocent
Dutch Engineers Launch Multi-Storey Data Centres
Put the cooling under the servers, says data centre builder Imtech
Why The Mainframe Will Never Die
Users need support in ever more demanding workloads, greening strategies and cloud computing models, which guarantees the mainframe's continuing relevance, says Anne Altman
Digital Minister: We’ll Cut £35bn In Costs By 2011
Updated: Tom Watson has announced how smart use of IT has enabled the government to save £26.5bn across government whilst also defending his own spending
BT’s Problems Come From Global Services Unit
BT's poor results and shock redundancy plan have come about because of problems in its Global Services division, says Bathwick Group's Katy Ring. But there could be hope
IT Is Key To Climate Change Control
BT and Marks & Spencer and other users are looking to IT for solutions, according to a conference on the commercial risks of climate change
Citrix Receiver for iPhone: Enterprise Apps Go Mobile
If you are using Citrix XenApp to distribute applications to Windows machines, you should look at Citrix Receiver for iPhone as a possible way to get them to mobile users
SAP Plans To Acquire Greenhouse Gas Specialist
SAP announces its planned acquisition of Clear Standards, which designs applications for measuring greenhouse gas emissions
Struggling Yahoo Planning New Data Centre
Yahoo continues to wrestle with the global recession and strong competition from rivals Google and Microsoft
Twitter Founder Denies Acquisition Rumours
In March 2009, the site had a reported 9.3 million users, boosting its popularity immensely both among the general public and within the enterprise
Oracle Is Nuts To Stick With Sun Hardware
Larry Ellison has committed Oracle to investing more in Sun's SPARC, apparently because he think servers are like iPhones. That's just silly, says Peter Judge
Green IT Is Mainstream: Now Comes The Hard Part
The move to greener IT is unstoppable - even in a recession. But IT departments have a tough job getting their message with the other 90 percent of the company, says Forrester's Chris Mines.
Cisco Reports 24 Percent Profits Fall
Product sales decreased by 22 percent, while service maintenance sales climbed by 9.4 percent, Cisco says.
Rackable Cleared To Buy SGI
But court insists on a higher price for a Silicon Valley pioneer
Netbooks May Have Harmed Acer’s Revenues
Acer has pulled back its 2009 netbook shipments forecasts by several million, after reporting a disappointing first quarter
How To Run An Efficient Data Centre
The technology to make data centres more efficient is well-proven - but it's only implemented on a minority of data centre servers. Our new practical How To Guide will help you cut costs
IBM Takes Brocade Equipment To Fight Off Cisco
IBM will sell Brocade's Ethernet switches under its own brand - in response to Cisco's move to sell servers
Users Have Doubts Over Green Outsourcing
The recession has dampened end users' enthusiasm for "green" IT outsourcing contracts
Motorola May Spin-Off Handset Unit
Motorola originally announced the plan more than a year ago, but the slumping economy forced it to shelve the idea
Job Cuts – The Biggest Security Risk Of All?
The recession is creating an army of disaffected ex-employees - many of whom will still have access to their former company's IT systems, warns Matt Hines
Sun, Do You Have A Plan B?
As its deal with IBM evaporates, Sun needs a backup plan. Chris Preimesberger thinks there might be another deal on the table - from HP and Oracle, or maybe from Cisco
Rackable Plucks SGI From Chapter 11
Rackable's announcement came the same day that SGI filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in three years