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Windows 8.1 Still Alienates Users
Even if Window 8 is updated, Wayne Rash still thinks Microsoft is dumb to force users onto a novelty platform
IT Life: Egnyte CEO – Beware The Cloud Hangover
Egnyte CEO Vineet Jain says we are cloud drunk now and the hangover is coming
Change.org: A Start-Up Igniting The Activist Spirit
Change.org tells TechWeek about its plans to change the world, following a handy £9.9 million investment boost
Does Green Fatigue Spell The End Of Green IT?
Data centre owners might be fed up with Green IT, but Peter Judge says they are still getting more efficient - by a different route
IT Life: The Priest Who Digitised Leonardo
Monsignor Francesco Braschi put Leonardo online, at one of the world's oldest libraries
Are Networks Burning Energy – Or Saving It?
Some say networks dominate IT energy, while others have different ideas, says Peter Judge
Apple’s Tim Cook Blames The US Tax System
Cook wants lower taxes on 'repatriated' money. Michelle Maisto says it's not just an Apple issue
If You Want True Privacy, Use Something Other Than Skype
Skype doesn't provide as much privacy as other comms products, so just use them instead if you care enough, says Tom Brewster
IT Life: Citrix Tech Leader Loves The Cloud
Citrix VP of IT Martin Kelly really likes the cloud... and Apple
Oracle’s Hurd: I’m Not Interested In Dell Job
There's plenty going on at Oracle, says Mark Hurd
Begin Preparing For The End…Of Windows XP
With less than a year until Microsoft takes Windows XP off life support, companies need to ensure they have proper contingency plans in place, warns Kevin Beadon from GlassHouse Technologies
OpenText: Making Profit In the Cloud
OpenText CEO Mark Barrenechea revels in Autonomy's troubles
Tech Success Awards: Making Cars Safer With Supercomputing
Jaguar Land Rover updated its High Performance Computing infrastructure to increase the number of virtual crash tests
IT Life: Stonesoft’s Politically-Minded Strategist
Governments need to solve the strategic issues before addressing technology, says Stonesoft's Jarno Limnell
BT Sport Is A Broadband Game Changer
Free Premier League football will give BT a valuable broadband trump card over Sky, says Steve McCaskill
Head Of PCeU British Cyber Police To Quit Force
Charlie McMurdie tells TechWeek it is the right time to go, ahead of PCeU's merger with SOCA
Metafor Software: Using Machine Learning To Predict Server Issues
Toufic Boubez, co-founder of Layer 7, wants to pre-empt problems in the data centre with the help of clever algorithms
Networks Are more Green Than You Think
Green tech expert Kate Craig-Wood takes issue with a suggestions that wireless networks use too much energy
IT Life: The Network CTO Who Thinks Cloud Will Fade
Faster processors and network overhead will kill the cloud, says Martin Jakobsen of Updata
VMware: OpenStack Is Not A Competitor – But Cloud Needs Standards
VMware's Joe Baguley opens up about cloud lock-in
Mike Gregoire: CA Technologies Must Get On A Diet
Our German colleagues interview Mike Gregoire, CA Technologies' new CEO who refers to himself as "the crazy guy from California"
FM and IT: The Yin And Yang Of The Data Centre
Facilities management looks after the data centre building and IT looks after the equipment - Eddie Desouza asks who manages the power?
HP Storage: Back to Basics On Hardware
We have a single architecture, says HP storage European lead Chris Johnson
The EC Data Protection Proposals Will Be Costly And Complex
European data protection laws will be costly and frustrating, warn Sally Annereau and Debbie Heywood
IT Life: Taking Contact Centres Into The Cloud
Ashley Unitt wants to get contact centres in the cloud - and then get to grips with the Big Data this produces
Open Xchange: Why The World Needs Another Productivity Suite
OX Text respects file formats, says Frank Hoberg, co-founder of Open Xchange
The Cambridge Boffs Hoping To End Cyber Bank Heists
Cronto, a Cambridge University spin-out, believes it has a solution to the problem of banking malware
IT Life: Taking A Screwdriver To UK’s Internet
Simon McCalla, CTO at Nominet, likes to take stuff apart
Microsoft Windows Azure IaaS Price Promise? It’s A Loss Leader
Microsoft is matching Amazon's IaaS prices - but what it really wants to sell is a fully Microsoft PaaS-based cloud, says Peter Judge