IDC's quarterly external storage systems tracker also showed that low-end systems made up the bulk of growth in the market; EMC opens $160M new R&D center overseas.
A New York bank is to cut the staff employed on compliance reporting from 365 to 12 following the introduction of a new compliance and IT security monitoring service from Accenture.
A confidential Connecting for Health briefing paper for the prime minister has claimed that much of the NHS's £12.4bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT) is complete - although an integrated national care record system has yet to materialise, and software delivered under the scheme has been criticised by some trusts as not yet fit for purpose.
Large UK retailers, such as John Lewis and Tesco, have shown a relaxed, in control, strategic approach to meeting the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
Halifax Bank of Scotland's loss of an unencrypted computer disc containing the details of 62,000 customers has highlighted the need for stronger data security in departmental processes where IT has little control over end-users.
Red Hat has completed the acquisition of MetaMatrix, which will enhance its JBoss service-oriented architecture (SOA) products by providing next generation data management and integration capabilities.