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Fujitsu Claims Energy Lead With Dynamic Cube Primergy BX900
Cisco and HP should fear the German engineering in this brute's cooling system, and its two extra blades, says Fujitsu
Extreme Brings Hibernation To Network Blades
If your blades can go to sleep, then your hot standby network can be a bit cooler, says Extreme Networks
3Com Launches New H3C Brand and Enterprise Switch
Updated: There's life in 3Com yet. It's pressing its home-market advantage... from its Chinese customer base
After Ten Years, Is IPv6 Finally Needed?
Internet founder Vint Cerf says the address crisis is serious now - and this time Google believes it
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
Met Office Wants Green DC Supercomputers
The government's weather prediction department would waste less energy if it avoided converting from DC to AC current - but it still needs more power
Vizioncore Manages Multiple Virtual Machines
vControl lets end users set up virtual machines in the leading hypervisor environments - and IT can manage them all from one screen
Digital Investment Could Create 700,000 UK Jobs
The LSE is calling on the government to invest in digital infrastructure to help escape the recession
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
NHS Moves To Microsoft Exchange
The world's biggest email migration went all right. But what about the stalled £12.7 billion project for patient records?
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
UK Government Backs Research ‘Hubs’ For Digital Life
Research centre investments can change the way we live, says science minister
RIM BlackBerry Service Fails In Europe
Enterprise customers have their mobile email interrupted for around an hour, due to network failover
Users Have Doubts Over Green Outsourcing
The recession has dampened end users' enthusiasm for "green" IT outsourcing contracts
Samsung, LG, RIM Get Q1 Handset Shipment Boost
Samsung, LG and BlackBerry maker RIM helped boost the first quarter's handset sales to 258 million
No Shortage of Security Vulnerabilities at RSA
There was plenty of talk about the latest threats at the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week
Facebook Takes Twitter Swipe, Opens Feeds To Developers
Facebook is expected to announce its plans to open up its feeds to third party developers so they can build services on top of them
Oracle Will Dim The Lights Of Sun
Oracle's acquisition will end one of the most inspirational high-tech companies in Silicon Valley history. And it's a sad day for the open-source community, which loses a champion, says Joe Wilcox
US Congress Passes E-Waste Bill in Nod to Earth Day
Lawmakers have paid tribute to Earth Day with legislation providing grant funds for practical solutions to reduce the growing mounds of old cell phones, televisions, computers and other electronic devices.
Talking Sense On Broadband Britain
Finally, a Universal Service Obligation for broadband. It's less than we want, but we should make sure it is not more than we can afford, because this really is crucial to our future, says Peter Judge
Leftover Digital TV Cash Will Pay for Broadband Britain
But will 2Mbps be fast enough, and will the BBC's Digital Switchover money cover it?
Bonded Broadband Proposed For Britain’s Off-Net 25 Percent
Glueing copper together could heal the digital divide faster than waiting for fibre optic networks
Wireless Networks Cut Carbon (And Costs)
Cheaper wireless networks, with wired-like performance, can reduce your carbon footprint - and pay for themselves
HP Converges The Data Centre With Matrix
Hewlett-Packard has laucnhed a platform to combine servers, storage and networks into one resource - and called it the Matrix
VMware Launches “Cloud OS” vSphere
Upgrade to virtual infrastructure product boosts fault-tolerance and expands to smaller businesses, as well as including networks and storage
Alcatel-Lucent Improves Switch Security
New OS for AlcaLu switches includes an end-point gatekeeper from InfoExpress
Ebay Releases Details Of Skype IPO
An IPO is planned for the first half of 2010, although eBay says the specific timing of the IPO will be based on market conditions
Wi-Fi Based Fast Bluetooth Due This Month
Transferring large files without wires will become practical with a new Bluetooth version that uses installed Wi-Fi radios
D-Link Switched On To Energy Efficiency
The new switch is part of D-Link's green technology program, which includes Wi-Fi routers, NAS devices and, soon, network adapters