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IPv6: Leave It To Service Providers
The world may be running out of IPv4, but the sky is not falling, and carriers can handle the problems, says Colt's Nicolas Fischbach
Firewall Father Wants WikiLeaks Prosecuted
Cyber-threats should be taken seriously, and complex passwords should be dumped, says the father of the firewall, Bill Cheswick of AT&T
Global Intelligence Is Driving Holistic Security
He couldn't talk about the impending acquisition by Intel, but McAfee's EMEA president, Gert-Jan Schenk was keen to talk about global intelligence
Personal Femtocell Takes Off For iPhone
A personal femtocell - called an attocell - will let users make calls abroad without roaming, says Keith Day of Ubiquisys
EMC’s Product Blitz – Not Just Marketing Spin?
EMC has ridden the growth of storage, and has plenty of innovation to add, says UK boss Adrian McDonald
Managing 70TB Of Reliable Data: EMA’s Big Challenge
Data analysis and interoperability for over 100 information systems is essential to the European Medicines Agency's regulatory work, says Hans-Georg Wagner, IT chief at EMA
Appliances Can Bring BI To The Masses
Enterprise software could take off in the SMB sector if it's packaged up in easy-to-use form, say Microsoft's Doug Leland and HP's Doug Small
IPv6 Test Flight Has Risks – But Huge Benefits
On 8 June, we'll find out if the global, open Internet has a future, says Leslie Daigle, the Internet Society's chief Internet technology officer
Novell: Community Wants OpenSUSE Foundation
The openSUSE Linux version is going to a foundation because users demanded it, says Novell's community manager Jos Poortvliet
2010: Dawn Of National Cyber Wars, says Citrix CTO
"Conficker is still out there - and that's 28 terabits/second. If that thing was pointed at any national interest, it would go down in a heartbeat," says Simon Crosby
BCS Launches Data Centre Efficiency Scheme
Data centres looking to follow energy efficiency best practice can now gain independent accreditation under a new green scheme from the BCS, says Zahl Limbuwala
Tackling The Smart Meter Data Avalanche
Utilities companies need to start thinking seriously about how to handle the influx of data from smart meters, says Teradata's David Socha
Wi-Fi Needs To Be Over-Provisioned
Wireless LANs have to get directional to handle the flood of mobile devices, argues Dirk Gates of Xirrus
Comtek Lab Offers Lifeline For Old Nortel Equipment
Comtek is offering a vital lifeline for Nortel customers after it opened a state of the art telecoms repair and training lab facility in North Wales
IBM: The Mainframe Is Back
IBM's Tom Rosamilia explains why the company’s hardware business, led by the mainframe, can continue to drive profit
It’s Time To Let Go Of IPv4
Stocks of IPv4 addresses will have run out by January 2012. The sooner you switch over to IPv6, the easier the transition will be, says Axel Pawlik of RIPE NCC
Juniper: Enterprise Consolidation Needs Dynamic Security
Data centre consolidation is increasing the pressure on security infrastructure, says Juniper's Karim Toubba
Why I Quit “Creepy” Oracle: The Father Of Java James Gosling Speaks Out
Talking exclusively to eWEEK, Java creator James Gosling opens up on a series of issues he declined to make public before he quit Oracle
It’s Time For Local Authorities To Get Open Source
A commitment to open source by a local authority in the UK could be groundbreaking, says Mark Taylor of Sirius
Data Centres Need Green Switches
As the proportion of power used by network switches in virtualised data centres increases, managers need to think about going green, says Stephen Garrison
‘Zero Clients’ Could Cut Bills And Emissions
One PC can serve applications to many users, in a radical thin client system which could help small businesses and the third world, says NComputing's Paul Gullett
Gartner: Intel/McAfee Deal Is A Surprise
We knew McAfee was up for sale, but Intel's purchase could raise the authorities' eyebrows if it makes anti-competitive moves, says Gartner's Bob Walder
Greenwave: Smart Meters Need Smart Sockets
With increasing pressure to reduce carbon outputs, Tom Jowitt talks to a company that is using technology to help the home interface with smart metres and save energy
Sophos: The Biggest Security Risk Is You
Spam, malware, phishing and clickjacking are all high on the security agenda, but the main cause of security breaches is still human error, says Sophos's Graham Cluley
Dell’s CIO: Virtualisation Saved Us £100 Million
The computer maker practices what it preaches with virtualisation cutting its power usage for the same computer power, says Dell CIO Robin Johnson
VMware Is Aiming For The Cloud
Virtualisation diva VMware is concentrating on the cloud, says VP Raghu Raghuram
Why Codeplex Will Grow Away From Microsoft
Microsoft started the Codeplex Foundation, but technical director Stephen Walli says it will emerge as an independent open source force
HP: Why Converged Infrastructure Is Better
Moving to a converged infrastructure delivers significant savings, but HP still believes in open standards, according to Mark Potter
Kingston Proposes SSD Kicker For Old PCs
With 90 million PCs reaching the end of their life, Kingston's Darwin Chen says solid state storage could keep them in use and save users money