Yahoo continues to wrestle with the global recession and strong competition from rivals Google and Microsoft
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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
Google Plans Venture Capital Fund Despite Downturn
Google is setting up Google Ventures, a venture capital fund with the capacity to invest in emerging areas such as clean-tech, bio-tech, health care, and Green IT
Gartner: IT Spending Down Nearly 4 Percent in ’09
Gartner has released a new report that shows the overall gloomy global economy is forcing enterprises to cut back on nearly all of their IT spending in 2009
Legal & General Adopts Sustainable Printing Plan
The UK financial services company has cut its printers, faxes and other output devices from 150 to 50
Worldwide Enterprise Software Sales Flat In ’09
Software revenue will be virtually flat in 2009, rising only 0.3 percent from 2008, according to research firm Gartner.
£30m IT Project Helped Drag Dunfermline Down
Questions are being asked about the degree to which a costly IT project contributed to the decision to effectively nationalise and then sell Scotland's largest building society
IT Efficiency Key For UK Financial Services
Banks need to get more for their money, as their IT budgets could remain flat for up to three years
UK Online Fraud Up 132 Percent
A new police e-crime unit will help combat the threat, according to payments industry body
Oracle Bullish Despite Downturn
Oracle announced that its third-quarter fiscal 2009 earnings per share were up 3 percent over the same quarter last year
FT Announces Business Search Engine
Newssift.com, could make it easier for enterprise and business users to hunt down specific business news
New Technologies vs Business Security
Social Networking and Cloud Computing are proving a headache for organisations.
Small Companies Focus on Printing Costs
An AMI report says midmarket companies are finding cost-cutting measures directed at printing and office supply costs to be the most advantageous
SAP And Oracle Target Supply Chain Costs
SAP has launched an application designed to automate regulatory compliance across the supply chain
Dell Cuts Costs And Staff
The PC maker has announced that it will begin cutting staff from locations around the world.
Oracle May Acquire Virtual Iron
Oracle may be close to acquiring server virtualisation specialist Virtual Iron Software.
EDS wins £700m UK Data Centre Efficiency Deal
Insurance company Aviva will make use of the services company's data centre expertise
UK Faces Data Management Timebomb
Too many financial services organisations think data management is the IT department's problem, according to new research