Cloud Management

Report Sees Big Growth Future for SaaS Security

A report from research firm Infonetics predicts software-as-a-service (SaaS) is the future of managed network security.

15 years ago

Oracle Deal DOJ Delays Simply an “Irritation” for Sun

The US Federal government has decided to spend more time performing due diligence on the proposed Oracle-Sun merger, while Java…

15 years ago

SMBs Will Be The Dominant Market In The Cloud, Says Parallels

Head of automation and virtualisation software company, Parallels is betting big on the cloud. But Serguei Beloussov says operating system…

15 years ago

Gartner Predicts PC Shipment Growth Upturn in Fourth Quarter

Gartner's latest assessment of worldwide PC shipments expects the PC market to post positive growth in the fourth quarter, and…

15 years ago

Tory Paper Demands Government Give Back Our Data

A new Conservative think tank report is calling for citizen-centric, open source IT development to put an end to wasteful,…

15 years ago

Customers Get Better Support From Apple Than Dell and HP

Apple customers were more satisfied with the outcome of tech-support calls than HP or Dell customers, according to a study…

15 years ago

Social Networkers Are Slack On Internet Security

A Webroot survey has found those using social networks such as MySpace and Facebook are not doing enough to protect…

15 years ago

IBM Discovers Scheme To Manipulate Encrypted Data

A Researcher at IBM has found an encryption method that lets you operate on data without decrypting it: good news…

15 years ago

UK Public Sector Asks for £1 Billion For Radical IT Change

Central Government money could get a quick payback and help meet carbon targets projects by overhauling local IT, says SOCITM

15 years ago

Businesses Losing £6000 Per Wrong Employee

A SurePayroll survey finds businesses are losing up to $10,000 (£6065) for every bad hire--and a wide pool of desperate…

15 years ago

Questions Continue About Jobs’ Health

Apple CEO Steve Jobs may have saved his life with a liver transplant, but questions about his medical leave could…

15 years ago

Open Source Is Not the Same As An Open Service

Companies need the freedom to get at their data, to choose hosted or in-house options and more. All this can…

15 years ago

Smart Grid Firm EnerNOC Buys Into Carbon Reporting

EnerNOC expects to use carbon accounting firm eQuilibrium to establish a lead role when companies have to meet greenhouse gas…

15 years ago

Tesco Expected To Disrupt UK Banking With Outsourced Model

Tesco and others are using outsourcing and new IT to break further into the UK banking sector

15 years ago

Security Software Up 20 Percent In 2008

According to Gartner, some of the growth was due to increased demand for appliance-based products

15 years ago

Moka5 Offering Hosted Desktop Virtualisation

Moka5 officials say they have found a way to make desktop virtualisation work for both the business and the end…

15 years ago

Companies Expect Job Cuts But Not In IT

Nine out ten companies say they have no plans to cut back on their IT headcount despite making redundancies in…

15 years ago

Don’t Block Your Staff From The Web!

The Web is a dangerous place, but if you try to keep your employees off it, you'll only make things…

15 years ago

Are Mainframe Skills Dying Out In The UK?

Big old tin is a useful part of a secure data centre, if you can get someone to look after…

15 years ago

UK Still Lags At Open Source

Despite a recession which could promote open source, the UK is less likely to use it than Mali

15 years ago

Modernising Legacy Apps Key To IT Cost Cutting

A report from Forrester Research suggests enterprises and cost-conscious businesses alike are looking for ways to modernise key legacy applications

15 years ago

VMware vSphere 4.0 Kicks Rivals Into Touch

A host of improvements and additional functions takes vSphere 4.0 ahead of the competition, easing the creation of large scale…

15 years ago

Does Your Business Need Mac’s Snow Leopard Or Windows 7?

The latest Mac OS runs faster 64 bit apps and supports MS Exchange, but will that be enough to convince…

15 years ago

Brown Calls On Tech Knights Sugar And Berners-Lee

The beleaguered Brown government has turned to the man credited with developing the web, and the founder of Amstrad

15 years ago

Tough Times Need Disruptive Technologies

The recession is encouraging interest in ‘green' IT, virtual servers and desktops, the growth of cloud computing and the rise…

15 years ago

New Economy, New Confusion?

There's a big buzz around the "new economy" of sustainable development. But is anyone actually sure that that means, asks…

15 years ago

Low Carbon Buildings Could Be Forced By Tax Rises

Government targets for sustainable development may need more effort - and IT has a part to play, according to debate…

15 years ago

The Best Browser for Business Is……

Cloud computing and company web apps have raised the profile of web browsers in business, but how on earth do…

15 years ago

Experts Urge Green IT Education For Inefficient Businesses

Educating the companies on what they can do to save money, and giving them the tools to do so, would…

15 years ago

New Cooling Saves 45 Percent Of Energy At Data Centre

Oil explorers PGS get an efficient data centre. Is that so they burn less of the fuel they find?

15 years ago