Head of automation and virtualisation software company, Parallels is betting big on the cloud. But Serguei Beloussov says operating system consolidation and standards will be key.
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Who Would be Brazil In The Java World Cup?
Not Sun or Oracle, but SpringSource, according to their CEO Rod Johnson; a recent survey and work on java specs with Google supports his opinion
James Gosling: Sun Is Better Off At Oracle Than At IBM
The future for Java is an unknown, says its creator James Gosling. But at least Sun Microsystems is owned by a software company - albeit one with a "colourful" reputation
Gosling: Google’s Java Attitude Will Break Android Compatibility
There's no one in charge of Java on Google's Android OS - and that's going to lead to trouble says Java creator James Gosling, in an interview on Java usage
Printing That Won’t Cost The Earth
Weaning users off their personal printers, and eliminating abandoned documents from the print tray are the key stps to greening hard copy, says Lexmark's Béatrice Marneffe
Performance Management Might Help Get You Through The Crisis
You'll survive the recession better, if you understand how your business is doing, and how it could be improved, says IBM's business intelligence manager - and former Cognos CEO - Rob Ashe
Data Centre Cooling – It’s Not Rocket Science
All it takes to get an efficient data centre is to apply well known technologies better, says Mike West - the man behind Europe's most efficient data centre
Storage Economics: When Data Meets Dough
If you think storage is cheap, you aren't doing your sums right. The big picture, with power, carbon, and legal costs, adds up to a new discipline, says Hitachi Data Systems' David Merrill - a storage economist
Opera Browser Doesn’t Need The iPhone, Says Von Tetzchner
The iPhone's effect on the mobile Internet is over-rated, says Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner. What the whole world needs is a browser that can span from PCs down to the old and simple phones
Sustainable IT Holds Opportunities For The UK
Computing can affect the future of this planet, says the Cambridge professor of computing, Andy Hopper. And there are opportunities for the UK here - if we can handle our fear of change
Can Wi-Fi Rescue The 3G Operators?
Mobile broadband is growing too fast for the operators' networks to keep up, says Selina Lo of Ruckus. She says they should turn to Wi-Fi for assistance
Why The Mainframe Will Never Die
Users need support in ever more demanding workloads, greening strategies and cloud computing models, which guarantees the mainframe's continuing relevance, says Anne Altman
Intel’s Gordon Moore Celebrates Fifty Years Of ICs
Fifty years ago, the integrated circuit was invented. Gordon Moore predicted the speed of development since then - and founded Intel
Energy-Saving Servers: There’s More Work To Do
Energy Star for servers won't be a simple matter, because users will have to take account of the load on their servers and the amount of work they want to do, says Dell's David Lear
Desktop Power Cuts Beat Server Savings
Desktop management are a quicker green hit than server consolidation, says Andy Lawrence. Oh yes, and IT managers should rule the world too (or at least manage their buildings)
ISO 27001 Security Management? “It’s Bloody Brilliant!”
Security standards let management push back against over-enthusiastic IT security fans, says governance expert Alan Calder
Did The Recession Kill Green IT?
The bandwagon was just getting rolling when the economic recession kicked in. Is that the end for Green IT? Not at all, says The 451 Group's Andy Lawrence.
Green IT Must Look Beyond Cost Cutting
Businesses are pushing ahead with efficiency projects, but they must not forget Green IT jobs like carbon management, before regulations force them, says Gartner's Simon Mingay.
VMware’s vSPhere: “Bigger, More Open, More Resilient”
The virtualisation giant is pretty pleased with its new "cloud OS", vSphere. Is it really that different from the competition. VMware's Reza Malekzadeh thinks so - and explained why.
Knowledge Is Power – And Power Management Needs Data
It's no good trying to guess your way to a low-energy data centre, says Avocent's CTO Ben Grimes. You have to instrument your systems and get measurements
Enterprise Networks Can Cut Emissions, Too
From Energy Efficient Ethernet to a company's own supply network, there's a lot that networks can do to reduce a company's environmental footprint, says 3Com's Matt Walmsley
Servers Can Be Both Eco and Logical, Claims Rackable
Is there room in the market for a specialist builder of data-centre servers? Rod Evans, the boss of Rackable Systems' new European operation, clearly thinks so
Is Microsoft Pleasing Embedded Developers?
With more smart devices hooking onto the Internet, Microsoft has had to raise its game in what it offers to embedded developers, says the company's Kevin Dallas
Dell Plans To Replace Consultants With The Cloud
The direct model did away with the old way of buying PCs. Now it's time to apply cloud economics to the data centre and slash the management costs, says Dell's Raj Kushwaha
Green is The Colour of Money, Too
Done properly, going green means lower costs, not higher, says Dave Cox, operations chief at Blue Coat and the man driving the company's BluePlanet eco-programme
The Recession Won’t Hold Back The Cloud
The time is right for cloud computing - and prices are holding up despite the recession, according to Rackspace's chief strategy officer Lew Moorman
Widespread IT Broadens The Attack Surface
Threats are growing, and companies simply do not have the option to ignore the problem. This will drive a more diverse, service-driven security model, says IBM's Marc Van Zadelhoff
Richard Stallman: Free software costs the environment less
The GNU founder claims that free software should be more sustainable than proprietary - and argues that the UK and EU are missing the ethical issues in software
Will BT’s Wind Farm Come To Grief?
BT has an impressive record in reducing its carbon footprint - and helping others do the same. But complex carbon accounting might stall its wind farm plans
Brocade Calls Cisco On Efficiency
Cisco may have designs on the data centre, but Brocade plans to use a power-saving message push into Cisco's home ground