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March 2006 News

  • Sun has storage taped

    Sun Microsystems has launched the Sun StorageTek T10000 enterprise tape drive. This next generation in the StorageTek tape drives range is seen by Sun as the ideal complement to its premier Storage...22 Mar 2006

  • Linux firm announces integrated virtualisation strategy

    AMD, Intel, Network Appliance and XenSource are joining enterprise Linux provider Red Hat in ensuring customers receive the full benefits of virtualisation.22 Mar 2006

  • EMC and IBM take credit in enterprise storage survey

    Storage giants EMC and IBM took the honours in a survey by IDC investigating the enterprise storage arena.22 Mar 2006

  • ADIC to buy storage rival

    Advanced Digital Information Corporation (ADIC), a leader in intelligent storage for the open systems market, is to acquire fellow storage firm Rocksoft for £36m.22 Mar 2006

  • RFID widens its grip beyond retailing

    Despite niggling privacy concerns, radio frequency identification (RFID) is impacting a wide range of industries beyond its obvious home in the supply chain22 Mar 2006

  • UK tops European IT growth table

    According to the 2006 European Information Technology Observatory report, overall European growth is expected to slow down to 3.2% this year, down from 3.6% last year. But the UK flouts the downwar...22 Mar 2006

  • Immigration changes help close skills gap

    Immigrants wanting to work in the UK will be categorised into five different tiers based on their qualifications, age and skills.22 Mar 2006

  • Firms link BPM and SOA to drive efficiencies

    Organisations are increasingly using business process management suites linked with service oriented architectures to drive efficiencies, according to a Forrester Research report.22 Mar 2006

  • CIOs wasting governance investments

    A study by business technology optimisation (BTO) provider Mercury Interactive has revealed that most UK businesses are wasting the investments they have been making in better governing their IT an...22 Mar 2006

  • Scrap legacy systems, says analyst

    Analyst firm Gartner believes that it has identified eight key trends - including the four Big Cs of consumerisation, commoditisation, collaboration and community - that will create an “unstoppable...22 Mar 2006

  • CIOs not worried about security or compliance

    Staffing problems and operational incidents are CIOs’ biggest IT headaches, according to a global survey commissioned by the IT Governance Institute (ITGI).22 Mar 2006

  • Oracle to improve integration with telematics

    Oracle has partnered with telematics supplier Prolificx to develop an end-to-end telematics system than integrates with its enterprise software.22 Mar 2006

  • IT managers dodge data loss danger

    Almost 40% of IT managers have avoided taking on a data migration project because of the perceived risks of data corruption or loss, a survey has revealed.22 Mar 2006

  • Microsoft delays Vista until 2007

    Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system will now not be generally available until next January, after the company said it was behind schedule in tackling security and usability issues in the sys...22 Mar 2006

  • Germany to get IP TV using Microsoft platform

    Deutsche Telekom has signed a deal to use Microsoft's IP TV software to deliver television programmes and videos on-demand later this summer.21 Mar 2006

  • BT promises cheaper residential services with regulatory change

    BT is to be allowed to set its own prices for residential phone line rentals and calls from this summer, under proposals from telecoms regulator Ofcom.21 Mar 2006

  • HP ups server processing speeds by a third with new chipset

    Hewlett-Packard is adding a new chipset to its Integrity mid-range and high-end server family that is designed to help boost application processing performance by up to a third.21 Mar 2006

  • Symantec cuts off thousands of AOL users

    Symantec's Norton security software began cutting AOL users from the internet last week after a faulty security update judged that AOL traffic was malicious.21 Mar 2006

  • US tax authority warns of identity thieves

    The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has warned taxpayers that internet identity thieves are attempting to steal their personal details.21 Mar 2006

  • Sun makes new chip design open-source

    Sun is releasing the design of its new UltraSparc T1 "Niagara" processor under an open-source licence, to encourage further development of the high-productivity chip design in the developer community.21 Mar 2006