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Data centre hardware

• April 16, 2004 16 Apr'04

  IBM sees first-quarter profit and sales growth

  IBM reported on net income and revenue growth in its first quarter of 2004, driven by sales increases worldwide and in the small-...

• April 15, 2004 15 Apr'04

  Intel's Sonoma launch promises to outpace Centrino

  Demand has been strong for Intel's Centrino - which bundles a Pentium M processor with a chipset and a WLan (wireless Lan)...

• April 15, 2004 15 Apr'04

  Sun launches latest app server

  Sun Microsystems has released the latest version of its application server to run Java-enabled programs, the first update to...

• April 13, 2004 13 Apr'04

  Microsoft and Micro Focus target mainframes

  Microsoft and Micro Focus International are to promote the migration of mainframe applications onto Intel servers running Windows...

• April 08, 2004 08 Apr'04

  BT problems could have been avoided

  Many companies that lost communications due to the BT cabling fire in Manchester two weeks ago could have avoided problems if...

• April 08, 2004 08 Apr'04

  Small firms left without support

  Hundreds of small businesses have been left without valid maintenance agreements for their servers, desktops and software,...

• April 08, 2004 08 Apr'04

  Water firm rolls out user access system to improve IT security

  Northumbrian Water is responding to demands from industry regulators to demonstrate best practice in IT security by rolling out...

• April 08, 2004 08 Apr'04

  Users to profit from joint effort

  One major benefit of the agreement between Sun and Microsoft is that users will gain more choice in server platforms

• April 08, 2004 08 Apr'04

  Government departments urged to clamp down on IT misuse

  Whitehall departments have been urged to tighten their approach to internal security to ensure civil servants are only accessing...

• April 08, 2004 08 Apr'04

  Yahoo first-quarter results soar

  YahYahoo reported a jump in both net income and revenue for its first financial quarter.

• April 08, 2004 08 Apr'04

  Oracle awaits grid database upgrades

  Oracle anticipates a spur in upgrades to its grid-enabled Oracle Database 10g this June, when the first patch set will be...

• April 08, 2004 08 Apr'04

  Windows/Linux thin client makes debut

  Neoware Systems, a leading provider of thin clients, has unveiled a $199 appliance that runs both Windows and Linux.

• April 08, 2004 08 Apr'04

  Water method shrinks chips

  Researchers are refining a method to produce smaller chips. The key ingredient is water.

• April 08, 2004 08 Apr'04

  IBM announces z890 mainframe

  IBM will mark the 40th anniversary of the introduction of its first mainframe computer by unveiling a scaled-down version of its...

• April 07, 2004 07 Apr'04

  Dell and Oracle sign server/database deal

  Oracle has signed a deal with Dell to bundle and configure its database software for sales to the low-end, high-volume...

• April 07, 2004 07 Apr'04

  Intel unveils four mobile processors

  Intel will introduce four mobile processors for ultraportable systems at the Intel Developer Forum in Tokyo this week.

• April 07, 2004 07 Apr'04

  Samsung develops direct methanol fuel cell

  Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology has successfully developed a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC).

• April 07, 2004 07 Apr'04

  Dell bundles servers with Oracle database

  Dell and Oracle have partnered to sell Dell servers preinstalled with Oracle's database software, to increase sales to...

• April 07, 2004 07 Apr'04

  Toshiba and Sandisk develop 4Gbit flash memory

  Toshiba and SanDisk have developed a flash memory chip capable of storing twice as much data as their existing largest-capacity...

• April 06, 2004 06 Apr'04

  Study finds Linux has higher total cost of ownership than Windows

  Open-source operating system Linux has a higher total cost of ownership than Windows, according to research from analyst firm...

• April 06, 2004 06 Apr'04

  Three more products focus on client security

  Product announcements from three security companies underscore the growing interest in so-called "end point" security products...

• April 06, 2004 06 Apr'04

  F5 Networks extends presence in blades

  F5 Networks is extending its presence in the emerging blade-server management market with security and packet-inspection...

• April 06, 2004 06 Apr'04

  Gateway enters corporate network arena

  Gateway is entering the corporate networking equipment market with a line of wireless access points and low-end Lan switches.

• April 05, 2004 05 Apr'04

  MPs want real-time project news

  MPs are no longer willing to wait for the National Audit Office to reveal details of why public sector IT projects have gone...

• April 05, 2004 05 Apr'04

  Fire puts disaster plans to test in Manchester

  Scores of businesses across the North West invoked emergency recovery plans to cope with the aftermath of a fire last week in...

• April 05, 2004 05 Apr'04

  Sybase acquires XcelleNet

  Sybase is to expand its offerings for remote and mobile systems with its $95m acquisition of XcelleNet.

• April 05, 2004 05 Apr'04

  NHS plan could face escalating costs and staff resistance to new systems, says BCS

  BCS publications support the national programme but warn targets may be missed

• April 05, 2004 05 Apr'04

  Fire in BT cable tunnel paralyses Manchester business community

  Organisations in the North West count the cost of BT cabling fire.

• April 05, 2004 05 Apr'04

  Linux still not ready for desktops

  Linux is still not ready for widescale deployment on the desktop, according to analyst firm Gartner.

• April 02, 2004 02 Apr'04

  HP's Pavillions show support for AMD chips

  Hewlett-Packard has begun selling a series of Pavilion PCs, revealing a growing interest in using Advanced Micro Devices'...

• April 02, 2004 02 Apr'04

  Sharp ships Linux-based PDA for enterprises

  Sharp has started shipping a Linux-based handheld supporting enterprise applications and databases.

• April 02, 2004 02 Apr'04

  Gateway to close all retail stores

  Gateway will close its entire network of 188 retail stores next week and lay off about 2,500 staff.

• April 02, 2004 02 Apr'04

  Longhorn beta release date pushed back

  A first beta release of the next version of Windows is likely to be delayed until next year because Microsoft is concentrating...

• April 01, 2004 01 Apr'04

  Google's Gmail will offer 1Gbyte of storage

  Google will use its search technology and a large amount of data storage to launch a free e-mail service which allows customers...

• April 01, 2004 01 Apr'04

  IBM offers grid computing for vehicle design

  IBM has launched a grid-based product called the IBM Grid Offering for Engineering Design: Clash Analysis in Automotive,...

• April 01, 2004 01 Apr'04

  Microsoft unveils Windows CE with VoIP

  Microsoft will unveil enhancements to the VoIP capabilities of Windows CE in the upcoming version 5.0.

• March 30, 2004 30 Mar'04

  Unisys offers pay-per-use mainframe

  Unisys has introduced a pay-per-use pricing model that will save customers between 20% and 30% in costs as part of its latest...

• March 30, 2004 30 Mar'04

  PocketDBA adds Teradata management

  Expand Beyond has developed a version of its PocketDBA remote management software for use with data warehousing systems from...

• March 30, 2004 30 Mar'04

  Gates hints at 2006 Longhorn release

  Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates hinted at a 2006 release date for the next version of Windows,...

• March 29, 2004 29 Mar'04

  IT directors lack mobile strategy

  The majority of IT departments do not have a clear strategy for managing mobile devices within their business, according to a...

• March 29, 2004 29 Mar'04

  Novell brings forward next Netware launch

  Novell reinforced its commitment to open source Linux for business at its annual Brainshare user conference in Salt Lake City...

• March 29, 2004 29 Mar'04

  'Only risk is not to take risk' says NHS chief

  Is the government's national programme for NHS IT set to be the biggest gamble in the world?

• March 29, 2004 29 Mar'04

  Critter takes hard drive temperature

  Researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University in the US are monitoring the temperature of hard drives used on the campus to work...

• March 26, 2004 26 Mar'04

  Nokia to launch 40 products in 2004

  Nokia launched a record 40 products last year and intends to keep up that level of releases in 2004 as the market recovers.

• March 25, 2004 25 Mar'04

  Microsoft sets Speech Server pricing

  Microsoft has revealed pricing and licensing details for its Speech Server 2004 products, the company's first speech recognition...

• March 25, 2004 25 Mar'04

  Transmeta and NEC team on low-power chips

  NEC Electronics has licensed Transmeta's LongRun2 power management software for use in the Japanese company's upcoming...

• March 25, 2004 25 Mar'04

  Dell resumes Inspiron XPS shipments

  Dell has resumed shipments of the Inspiron XPS system, its first notebook computer aimed exclusively at gaming enthusiasts, after...

• March 25, 2004 25 Mar'04

  Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition debuts

  Microsoft has unveiled Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition along with a Visual Studio 2005 technology preview and a series of...

• March 25, 2004 25 Mar'04

  Gnome desktop launch delayed after attack

  The release of Version 2.6 of the open-source Gnome desktop has been delayed until the end of the month after an apparent breach...

• March 24, 2004 24 Mar'04

  Microsoft launches Small Business Centre site

  Microsoft will replace bCentral with a Microsoft Small Business Centre website.

• March 23, 2004 23 Mar'04

  BT 'frightened by the enormity' of NHS's £2.3bn IT programme

  Health minister and BT chief talk of risks in delivering the NHS national programme for IT

• March 23, 2004 23 Mar'04

  Qualcomm tunes into mobile multimedia

  Qualcomm has unveiled a third-generation mobile data network infrastructure claimed to deliver streaming video to mobile phones...

• March 23, 2004 23 Mar'04

  Texas to serve up 65-nanometer chips in 2005

  Texas Instruments is to sample a wireless product built with its 65-nanometer semiconductor manufacturing process technology in...

• March 22, 2004 22 Mar'04

  Swiss Army Knife packs a flash memory drive

  Victorinox's Swiss Army Knives has added a flash memory drive to its list of tools.

• March 22, 2004 22 Mar'04

  Via launches Nano-ITX motherboard

  Via Technologies has introduced the EPIA-N Nano-ITX motherboard, the smallest PC motherboard form factor to hit the market so...

• March 22, 2004 22 Mar'04

  Alcatel comms initiative aims to boost productivity

  The lack of a reliable communication system could result in lower company productivity by delaying business transactions or...

• March 19, 2004 19 Mar'04

  Intel and BMW unveils 'tomorrow's mobile office'

  Intel and BMW have unveiled a prototype BMW 7 Series, which doubles as a mobile office at the CeBIT trade show in Hannover.

• March 19, 2004 19 Mar'04

  HP ships business PCs preloaded with Linux

  Hewlett-Packard has released business desktop PCs running Mandrake Linux. Neither of HP's big competitors - Dell and IBM - have...

• March 19, 2004 19 Mar'04

  US files complaint over China chip taxes

  The US has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organisation regarding China's policy of levying VAT on imports of...

• March 19, 2004 19 Mar'04

  AMD unveils Athlon FX-53

  Advanced Micro Devices launched its most powerful desktop processor to date at the Cebit trade show in Hannover yesterday.

• March 19, 2004 19 Mar'04

  HP's rugged notebooks can take a beating

  Hewlett-Packard's first ruggedised notebook and Tablet PC are able to withstand those types of abuse by workers in demanding...

• March 18, 2004 18 Mar'04

  O2 unveils 3G card for Germany

  The German arm of mobile operator O2 will offer a mobile data card service based on WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple...

• March 18, 2004 18 Mar'04

  Microsoft signs media player deals in Europe

  Microsoft has reached content deals in Europe with EMI and Napster for handheld devices running Windows Mobile software for...

• March 18, 2004 18 Mar'04

  Sony president opens CeBIT show

  Sony's president opened the CeBIT trade show with a speech focusing on wireless data services and the convergence of computing,...

• March 17, 2004 17 Mar'04

  Toshiba launches multimedia notebooks

  Two new notebooks from Toshiba America Information Systems aim to address important segments of the notebook market with a Media...

• March 17, 2004 17 Mar'04

  LG Electronics enters the notebook market

  LG Electronics latest range of notebooks for the local market focuses on mobility and style. The local range includes the top-end...

• March 16, 2004 16 Mar'04

  Diversinet wins Chinese mobile certificate deal

  Mobile security technology company Diversinet is signing a deal to work with China's Guangdong Electronic Certification Authority...

• March 16, 2004 16 Mar'04

  Microsoft says $40 XP will close 'digital divide'

  Microsoft has stressed that a $40 version of Windows XP sold in Thailand is not a sign of pricing pressure from Linux.

• March 16, 2004 16 Mar'04

  NetScout bundles server and Linux

  NetScout Systems has bundled its nGenius network performance management software with Red Hat's Enterprise Linux server.

• March 15, 2004 15 Mar'04

  More MPs back our call for action

  Computer Weekly's campaign for openness and accountability on government IT projects received a further boost this week as more...

• March 15, 2004 15 Mar'04

  Microsoft antitrust case will stay in California

  A judge has denied Microsoft's request to move an antitrust lawsuit brought against it by RealNetworks from California to...

• March 15, 2004 15 Mar'04

  Outage hits MSN Messenger and Hotmail

  Many MSN Messenger and Hotmail users, as well as some MSN Internet Access customers, were unable to connect to these services for...

• March 15, 2004 15 Mar'04

  Gateway completes eMachines acquisition

  Gateway has completed its buyout of PC supplier eMachines, and has appointed eMachines chief executive officer Wayne Inouye its...

• March 12, 2004 12 Mar'04

  IBM refreshes server line for smaller businesses

  IBM has launched the latest versions of its Intel-based servers for small and medium-sized businesses.

• March 12, 2004 12 Mar'04

  Network could save council money

  Westminster Council believes that its wireless network could bring savings of millions of pounds a year by giving council staff...

• March 12, 2004 12 Mar'04

  Disaster recovery software links via San

  Novell's new disaster recovery technology, Business Continuity Cluster (BCC), is now available as a beta version.

• March 12, 2004 12 Mar'04

  Novell to offer users a Windows experience on a Linux desktop

  Microsoft's latest set of updates for Office XP is causing headaches for users of two junk mail filtering products.

• March 12, 2004 12 Mar'04

  Gateway upgrades DVD wireless player

  Gateway has upgraded its wireless DVD player, taking another step in its attempt to converge the consumer electronics and PC...

• March 12, 2004 12 Mar'04

  HP unveils latest AMD notebooks

  Hewlett-Packard will ship two notebooks which feature Advanced Micro Devices' Mobile Athlon 64 processor, as well as a previously...

• March 11, 2004 11 Mar'04

  IT chiefs neglecting to offer laptop back-up

  The majority of laptop users do not have their systems backed up to a corporate server, a survey conducted by research company...

• March 11, 2004 11 Mar'04

  SGI boosts processors in Altix 3000

  Silicon Graphics has begun shipping a 256-processor version of its Altix 3000 supercomputer, and the company is preparing a...

• March 11, 2004 11 Mar'04

  Hitachi launches 400Gbyte media storage drive

  Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has launched a 3.5-inch hard disc drive with a capacity of 400Gbytes, which has been designed...

• March 11, 2004 11 Mar'04

  PC shipments still robust to 2005

  IDC has predicted that although worldwide PC shipments over the next two years are unlikely to match figures for 2003, the...

• March 10, 2004 10 Mar'04

  HP unveils desktop PC ranges and models

  Hewlett-Packard has introduced two desktop PCs for small business and enterprise customers, and reorganised its commercial PC...

• March 08, 2004 08 Mar'04

  Cargill global upgrade plan

  Global conglomerate Cargill is upgrading its IT infrastructure with 30,000 Dell servers, notebooks and laptops across 61...

• March 08, 2004 08 Mar'04

  Input error crashes Co-op mortgage site

  An error by a computer operator left 10,000 mortgage account holders at the Co-operative Bank without access to their accounts...

• March 08, 2004 08 Mar'04

  UN encourages upgrade before buying new PC

  A United Nations study, due to be published later today, has found that around 1.8 tons of raw material are required to...

• March 08, 2004 08 Mar'04

  HP unveils blade and SME servers

  Hewlett-Packard is announcing two new ProLiant servers, including a $499 system designed for small to medium-sized businesses,...

• March 08, 2004 08 Mar'04

  Samsung joins semiconductor partnership

  Samsung has entered into a technology development partnership with IBM to develop new ways of building processors to power its...

• March 05, 2004 05 Mar'04

  Infrastructure must plan for terrorist threats

  Companies responsible for critical infrastructure have been urged to take a more in-depth approach to contingency planning, and...

• March 05, 2004 05 Mar'04

  Rainfinity virtualises NAS servers

  Rainfinity has added automation capabilities to its RainStorage NAS management appliance, allowing it to plug into storage...

• March 05, 2004 05 Mar'04

  Macromedia looks to extend Flash technology

  Macromedia has a full agenda of improvements planned for its multimedia application development products, including...

• March 05, 2004 05 Mar'04

  Ask Jeeves buys Interactive Search

  Ask Jeeves will buy Interactive Search Holdings (ISH) for about $343m with the aim of doubling its search market share.

• March 05, 2004 05 Mar'04

  Michael Dell steps down as CEO

  Dell founder Michael Dell will relinquish his chief executive officer title to president and chief operating officer Kevin...

• March 05, 2004 05 Mar'04

  US financial firm centralises with IBM

  Fidelity National Financial has undertaken a four-year project to replace its distributed, multisupplier computing environment...

• March 04, 2004 04 Mar'04

  Intel CTO to meet Chinese officials over Wlan security standard

  Intel chief technology officer Pat Gelsinger is to meet with Chinese government officials to discuss concerns over China's...

• March 04, 2004 04 Mar'04

  IBM updates mainframe DB2

  IBM is unveiling what it calls the most significant release so far of its DB2 database for mainframes, featuring more than 100...

• March 04, 2004 04 Mar'04

  Acer releases low-cost mobile workstation

  Acer has unveiled a notebook which claims to offer the performance of a workstation at a fraction of the cost of other...

• March 04, 2004 04 Mar'04

  Earthlink to test sender authentication

  Internet service provider Earthlink will soon begin testing new e-mail security technology.

• March 03, 2004 03 Mar'04

  UMC opens second 300mm chip plant

  United Microelectronics (UMC), the world's second-largest contract chip maker, announced its second chip fabrication plant to...