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Data centre hardware

• February 22, 2011 22 Feb'11

  Legacy kit and lack of skills hold back digital video surveillance

  A huge legacy investment in analogue equipment and a lack of data integration skills are holding back more widespread adoption of fully digital video surveillance systems, according to research just published.

• February 16, 2011 16 Feb'11

  Apple adds digital subscription service to app store

  Apple has extended its digital subscription billing service used for Rupert Murdoch's iPad-only newspaper to all magazines, newspapers, videos and music on its application store.

• February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11

  Mobile workers practise lax security

  More than half of Europeans practise unsafe networking when they work away from the office, according to research by German remote access experts NCP Engineering.

• February 09, 2011 09 Feb'11

  Vodafone rolls out Nexus S smartphone

  Vodafone remains tight-lipped over the availability of Samsung's Nexus S smartphone, which is already available at Carphone warehouse.

• February 03, 2011 03 Feb'11

  OFT to investigate e-book pricing

  The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is launching an investigation into e-book pricing.

• February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11

  Mobile app stores to grow over 1,000% by 2014

  Mobile application store downloads are expected to surge 117% in 2011, growing more than 1,000% by 2014.

  According to the latest figures by research...

• February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11

  ARM grows profits 47% in Q4 2010

  UK-based chip developer, ARM, has reported growth in profits and sales following increased demand for smartphone and tablet licences in the fourth quarter of 2010.

• January 28, 2011 28 Jan'11

  SMEs still lack data backup

  Many small business lack data recovery plans, despite a recent uptake in cloud adoption, according to a survey.

• January 27, 2011 27 Jan'11

  Can Lenovo become the top UK corporate PC manufacturer?

  Can Lenovo continue to grow to take on HP and Dell in the corporate arena?

• January 25, 2011 25 Jan'11

  House of Fraser opens mobile shopping site

  House of Fraser has launched a mobile transactional website to widen customers' choice of shopping channels.

• January 24, 2011 24 Jan'11

  Lenovo rumoured to buy NEC

  China-based Lenovo group is rumoured to be in talks with NEC to merge.

• January 21, 2011 21 Jan'11

  HTC sales rocket as shipments jump 163% in Q4 of 2010

  HTC has posted sales of £2.2bn for the fourth quarter of 2010, an increase of 153% year-on-year.

• January 21, 2011 21 Jan'11

  Rackspace launches system administrator app

  Rackspace has launched an app that allows a CIO or system administrator to dial up or take down servers and storage moment by moment.

• January 19, 2011 19 Jan'11

  Record sales of Mac, iPhone and iPad drive Apple's highest revenues

  Apple has reported record revenue of $26.74bn and net quarterly profit of $6bn in financial results for its 2011 first quarter ended December 25, 2010.

• January 12, 2011 12 Jan'11

  Government departments criticised over data sharing mistake

  Three government agencies have been criticised over a data sharing mistake that led to the wrongful disclosure of a woman's personal and financial information.

• January 11, 2011 11 Jan'11

  Glasgow 1,000-core FPGA accelerates MPEG video coding

  Researchers at Glasgow university have developed a 1,000-core chip, which could lead to significantly faster processing compared to today's multi-core designs....

• January 11, 2011 11 Jan'11

  Blackberry Playbook hit by development challenges

  Research in Motion (RIM) could be late to market with its Blackberry Playbook tablet device after experiencing several development challenges

• January 06, 2011 06 Jan'11

  Update: Who takes the blame for the Lloyds TSB duplicate payment error?

  Over 200,000 people were affected by a glitch at Lloyds TSB, when an error with its merchant system duplicated payments on New Year's Eve. Jenny Williams investigates.

• January 05, 2011 05 Jan'11

  CES 2011: Top five tablets

  With almost 100 tablets expected to be launched at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, 2011 is set to be the year of the tablet device. Computer Weekly rounds up the latest tablet announcements from CES 2011.

• January 05, 2011 05 Jan'11

  BCS CEO David Clarke talks about the future of the IT industry

  David Clarke, CEO of the chartered institute of computing the BCS, talks to Computer Weekly about being awarded an MBE, the future of the IT profession and tackling a membership revolt against his leadership last year.

• December 09, 2010 09 Dec'10

  Server refresh cycles may get longer

  Having seen the evidence, some enterprise IT shops may experiment with holding onto servers for longer than in the past, Gartner analysts said.

• July 31, 2009 31 Jul'09

  Gary McKinnon loses case to avoid extradition, could face 60 years in jail

  Hacker Gary McKinnon has failed in his last attempt to avoid extradition to the United States where he could face 60 years in prison.

• July 17, 2009 17 Jul'09

  Apollo 11: The story of the moon landing in video

  Television was limited at the time of the launch but these original videos show J F Kennedy announcing his intentions through to the successful press conference.

• February 13, 2009 13 Feb'09

  Free mobile computing connectivity with broadband subscription

  In a move that is designed to extend the flexibility and adaptability of firms, especially small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), BT has launched a broadband package that also provides a free public Wi-Fi hotspot.

• February 10, 2009 10 Feb'09

  Added critical data protection for SMBs

  New technology aiming to solve small and medium size businesses’ perennial problems with protecting business critical data

• December 19, 2008 19 Dec'08

  Mobile broadband demand props up crunched WiMAX

  Research predicts global recession to cause enterprises to postpone WiMAX adoption but mobile will lead recovery

• August 21, 2008 21 Aug'08

  Microsoft and Novell expand Windows/Linux integration deal

  Microsoft and Novell are extending their interoperability agreement to tie Windows closer to Novell's SUSE Linux in the enterprise.

• July 03, 2008 03 Jul'08

  intel part 2

  This is a replacement for the existing Intel story by JP with the same intro.

  Intel unveils predictions for next gen of processors - by John-Paul Kamath

  The...

• November 06, 2007 06 Nov'07

  Adaptec reports losses

  Adaptec's revenue was down year over year, as well as sequentially; DataDirect says the InfiniBand business is booming.

• November 01, 2007 01 Nov'07

  NPfIT went ahead after prime minister had 10-minute briefing

  A former Whitehall official has revealed that he and his colleagues were given 10 minutes to make the case to the prime minister over what became the world's biggest civil IT-based modernisation programme.

• October 21, 2007 21 Oct'07

  Tackling the backup and recovery challenges of tomorrow

  Your data backup and data recovery challenges never stop changing. In this videocast, an EMC executive and a storage analyst discuss the new approaches you'll need to solve tomorrow's backup and recovery challenges.

• October 14, 2007 14 Oct'07

  SNW Preview: Data protection makes a stand

  Led by EMC's integration of data deduplication and CDP into its backup software, data protection products are prominent at Storage Networking World.

• September 06, 2007 06 Sep'07

  Learn all about SATA

  This handbook offers three related SATA tips which compare SATA to SAS and SCSI and provides advice on striking the right balance between them.

• August 26, 2007 26 Aug'07

  What is considered best practices in terms of backup vaulting (offsite storage) frequency?

  As a consultant, this is something that I run into frequently. There seems to be a belief that if you're a smaller shop or smaller business: You don't have a lot of data, and you don't need to send your data offsite very often. A lot of times, the ...

• August 23, 2007 23 Aug'07

  Nokia Intellisync boosts device management

  Nokia Intellisync has released updates to its Mobile Suite to enhance remote device support, loss and theft protection, and management capabilities.

• August 14, 2007 14 Aug'07

  Apple iPhone to provoke complex mobile attacks, expert warns

  Mikko Hypponen, director of antivirus research at F-Secure, said he expects mobile malware attacks to escalate thanks to interest in Apple's iPhone.

• August 09, 2007 09 Aug'07

  NAS appliance purchase considerations

  NAS appliances are frequently touted for bringing convenience and simplicity to network storage. Appliances include their own dedicated disks for storage and RAID, and most NAS appliances can be upgraded with more or larger disks for additional ...

• August 08, 2007 08 Aug'07

  NAS appliance specifications

  NAS appliances are noted for their convenience, offering dedicated internal storage that is relatively straightforward to identify and manage. The biggest issue for NAS appliances is avoiding network bottlenecks and supporting expansion without ...

• August 02, 2007 02 Aug'07

  Apple releases fixes for Mac OS X, iPhone vulnerabilities

  Apple Computer has released software patches fixing critical vulnerabilities in Mac OS X and its newly released iPhone.

• August 01, 2007 01 Aug'07

  Mozilla fixes two critical Firefox flaws

  Firefox version 2.0.0.6 addresses critical flaws involving unescaped URLs passing to external programs and privilege escalation.

• July 31, 2007 31 Jul'07

  Security update fixes Yahoo Widgets flaw

  Attackers could exploit a Yahoo Widgets flaw to run malicious code on compromised Windows computers, but a security update is available.

• July 30, 2007 30 Jul'07

  New research promises denser disk drives

  New research into "magnetic avalanches" offers insight into one cause of disk drive failure and could lead to breakthroughs in density, according to experts.

• July 30, 2007 30 Jul'07

  Warning issued over unpatched Firefox flaw

  Vulnerability clearinghouse Secunia and US-CERT have issued advisories about the input validation flaw

• July 24, 2007 24 Jul'07

  Apple iPhone crack discovered by security researchers

  Researchers have found a way to take complete control of the Apple iPhone by sending a user to a malicious Web site.

• July 23, 2007 23 Jul'07

  PCI compliance costs often underestimated, study finds

  Companies are moving forward with PCI DSS projects, but many are underestimating the costs associated with compliance.

• July 03, 2007 03 Jul'07

  Data storage startups emerge from stealth

  Three new storage firms have come out of stealth mode this June. Analysts predict the next new crop of startups will focus on wireless storage, reporting and alternatives to RAID.

• July 02, 2007 02 Jul'07

  Are PCI auditors pitching products?

  Auditors shouldn't be pitching remediation services or products to bring a company into compliance with PCI DSS rules, but some merchants are reporting the practice

• June 25, 2007 25 Jun'07

  PCI Council hears complaints, suggestions for changes

  Companies with the most stringent security technologies endure hurdles to comply with PCI DSS. Some firms are turning to the upcoming Burton Group Catalyst Conference for answers.

• May 07, 2007 07 May'07

  Is RAID in general an obsolete technology today?

  This is a technology that is so commonly used, so transparent, that we really don't even think about it...

• May 07, 2007 07 May'07

  What are the most important new disk drive technologies?

  The first 1 terabyte hard disk drives have appeared. What will be the impact of hard disk drive technologies such as perpendicular recording, 2.5-inch high-performance drives, secure erase, encryption and hybrid technology drives?