The most recent example: San Francisco-based IT services provider BEAR Data Systems, has revealed that its hardware and virtualisation tools are enabling clients to achieve energy savings of 30 percent or more
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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 continue to dog his company, even after a highly successful June that saw the rollout of the iPhone 3G S.
Mobile Data Centres Could Be Runaway Success
An IDC analyst says that interest in the mobile data centres is high, but the global recession is holding down demand
HTC’s Hero – An Android-Based iPhone Challenger
Hero from HTC is a multi-touch, social-oriented Android phone with a keyboard version apparently planned. That should make the iPhone sit up!
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 be found amongst open source solutions - but choose carefully, says Jason Brooks
What Do Intel And Nokia Actually Plan To Do?
Intel and Nokia announced a technology partnership. It's clearly about mobile devices, and Linux. But what exactly are they planning to do?
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 reporting rules
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
Companies Cut IT Costs, Improve Efficiencies
While the economy has forced substantial cost-cutting, investment in areas such as virtualisation and cloud computing will increase
IBM Announces New Green IT Plans
In the environmentally conscious section of enterprise IT, there are two camps: the true green-bleeding companies who innovate, and the so-called "greenwashers."
HP Floats New Cloud Consulting Service
HP is offering new consulting services designed to help enterprises develop and implement a cloud computing strategy
Bing Generates Bling For Microsoft
Microsoft's paid clicks increased by around 15 percent in the first two weeks of Bing's release, Efficient Frontier says
RIAA Witness Surprised By File-Sharing Fine
The RIAA has been prosecuting an aggressive campaign against illegal music downloaders, even as P2P networks show little sign of declining
Windows Security Essentials – Why Morro Might Shame Microsoft
Morro - now known as Windows Security Essentials - is a security update, and yet another admission from Microsoft that all is not well. This time the enterprise might wake up, says Don Reisinger
Nokia And Intel To Collaborate On Mobile Linux Devices
Connected mobile Linux devices from Nokia and Intel might challenge Windows netbook
Update: Vodafone Will Offer 3G Femtocell Free
Customers paying £60 will get Vodafone's coverage-boosting 3G femtocell free, while others will pay £5 a month
iPhone 3GS Gets Phone Banking With HSBC
HSBC joins the crowd with business banking on the iPhone - and the new phone loses a character, to become the 3GS
Vodafone Launches Home 3G Femtocell In The UK
www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/update--vodafone-will-offer-3g-femtocell-free--1205A breakthrough moment for signal-boosting indoor 3G femto technology - but will Vodafone encourage data on the system?
President Obama’s Take On Cyber Security
Technology executives praised the president's cyber-security strategy. But they liked Bush's recipe too: what has Obama cooked up?
Java Store Could Beat iPhone App Store, Says Sun
Compared to the Java Store, Apple's iPhone App Store could be just a "rounding error", according to James Gosling, the creator of the Java language
Lost-Laptop Council Breached Data Rules
Stolen laptops had unencrypted personal data - and Manchester City Council's response may not be enough
UK Council Breaches Data Rules Following Laptop Theft
But the organisation says it won't ban the download of important data onto mobile devices but ensure that only "essential data" is allowed to be copied.
Wikimedia Moves Into Green European Data Centre
Open information and sustainable infrastructure go hand in hand according to Wikimedia and EvoSwitch
Apple Sold 1Million iPhones In Three Days
Apple sold 1 million iPhone 3G S smartphones in three days, doubling analyst estimates
Security Software Up 20 Percent In 2008
According to Gartner, some of the growth was due to increased demand for appliance-based products
BigMachines Updates SaaS Sales Platform
BigMachines is the latest company to help streamline enterprise processes such as quote-generation and complex pricing management through the use of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform
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 user
Swiss Supercomputer One Of The Largest In Europe
The massively parallel Cray XT5 supercomputer is now capable of delivering a sustained data transfer rate of 20 GB/s for its open-source Lustre file system
Nokia Siemens Gathers Up Nortel’s Wireless Heart
Nortel's disintegration continues with the $650 million sale of most of its wireless business to Nokia Siemens Networks
Ubiquisys Launches 16 User Business Femto
Consumer indoor coverage technology, femtocells, get an enterprise-grade makeover