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Bare Metal: The Cloud Is Not Always Virtual

A new approach can dish out bare-metal hardware on demand - and the standards are emerging to support it, says…

10 years ago

Supreme Court Ruling Will Help EU Software Providers Patent In The US

Intellectual property lawyer Karl Barnfather says tougher software patents will benefit businesses based in the UK

10 years ago

IT Life: Sharing The Creativity Of Coding

With a new curriculum on its way, Rachel Swidenbank wants to teach the UK to code

10 years ago

Liquid Cooling Is Not Rocket Science, Says HP

The most efficient liquid cooling systems use advanced engineering. Peter Judge finds that basic tech can be just as effective

10 years ago

SDN Is For Service Providers, White Label Is For Titans

Software defined network (SDN) products are changing data centres, but don't coinfuse them with White Label boxes, says Kelly Herrell

10 years ago

IT Life: Would-Be Chef Who Cooked Up FeedHenry

Cathal McGloin wanted to be a chef. Now in enterprise mobility, he seems to be busy feeding someone called Henry....

10 years ago

European Data Centre Rules Are On Their way

You might not want the EU meddling, but Peter Judge says the data centre industry must get involved or suffer…

10 years ago

How To Smarten Up Your Office

Touchscreens, sensors and meeting room management will make employees happier, says Andrew Howells from Condeco

10 years ago

IT LIfe: Geo-fencing Will Change Mobile Retail

Matt Wilkins believes in moving mobile retail technology forward

10 years ago

What Tech Projects Can Learn From Solar Roadways

You probably can't raise $2 million in crowdsourcing for your Green IT project, says Peter Judge. But you have to…

10 years ago

A 2 Week Deadline To Clean Zeus And Cryptolocker. Really?

Police say sers have two weeks to rid their machines of Cryptolocker and Zeus Gameover. That means the crooks are…

10 years ago

The Data Centre Tax Break Might Offend PUE-rists

The data centre Climate Change Agreement doesn't quite use the PUE efficiency measurement. So what, says Peter Judge

10 years ago

IT Life: Shifting To A Long Term Plan

Christian Lanng says you can't build a tech company without promoting the flow of information, and making long term plans

10 years ago

Britain’s Green Tax Break Will Boost Shared Data Centres

Westminster has noticed data centres, and tiven them a slice off their electricity bill - if they sign up to…

11 years ago

Our Individual Data: The Overlooked Casualty In The European Elections

Think about data privacy issues when you cast your vote next week, urges Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open Xchange

11 years ago

IT Life: The Wi-Fi Guy Who Flies The Sky

Matthew Gast is an authority on Wi-Fi, with a love of flying

11 years ago

The Impact Of Heartbleed On Open Source Security

Thanks to Heartbleed open source software will be better engineered and more secure, says Steve Nice, CTO at Reconnix

11 years ago

Data Centre Developments Will Focus On The Building

Facebook has got data centres as efficient as it can. Now it's working on the building process, says Peter Judge

11 years ago

IT Life: Stepping Up To Services

Steve Cox wanted to be a lawyer. Instead he's an advocate for making technology services respond to users' needs

11 years ago

4 Ways To Keep Your Decision Scientists Happy

Data Scientists are hot property, but Decision Scientists are what you need to nurture, says Deepinder Dhingra

11 years ago

Why Unix Server Makers Are Still Fighting

Unix may be declining, but HP, IBM and Oracle could keep customers on board a bit longer with more efficient…

11 years ago

Why Anti-Virus Is Not Dead (Again)

If even anti-virus detractors like FireEye use the technology, it must be very much alive. Tom Brewster takes its temperature

11 years ago

IT Life: Payroll Man Has Floppy Nightmares

Paul Byrne can sort your company's auto-enrolment pension liability, but he still quakes at the memory of flaky floppies

11 years ago

Eric Cole: A Good Cyber Offence Is Not The Best Cyber Defence

Dr Eric Cole, who has just joined InfoSec Hall Of Fame, warns that most countries are not ready for cyber…

11 years ago

Businesses Should Get Ethical With Security

Organisations care way too much about money and not enough about ethics when it comes to people's security, says Tom…

11 years ago

Let’s Build A Data Centre From Straw!

Dell is making computer packaging out of wheat straw. Peter Judge wants to see the company go further and build…

11 years ago

(ISC)2: Who Needs A Cyber Forensics Certificate?

Adrian Davis, managing director for EMEA at (ISC)2, talks about the emerging field of cyber forensics

11 years ago

IT Life: Minds And Machines

Lawrence Jones wanted to be a musicion. Now he orchestrates a tech empire

11 years ago

HP Moonshot: Micro Servers Versus Virtualisation

Early users of HP's Moonshot microservers buck the virtualisation trend, and early customers are in strange niches, says Peter Judge

11 years ago

Could Scotland Achieve Data Centre Independence?

Customers want local data centres after The Snowden revelations. Peter Judge thinks a new site might be just what Scotland…

11 years ago