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Data centre hardware

• September 20, 2012 20 Sep'12

  Alzheimer's UK slams Salesforce for lack of EU datacentre

  The Alzheimer's Society claims government won’t sign off a plan to use Salesforce because it still has not built a European Union (EU) datacentre

• September 17, 2012 17 Sep'12

  Cloud, mobile computing and virtualisation increase datacentre complexity

  Cloud computing, virtualisation, mobile computing and a growing number of business-critical applications and data is increasing datacentre complexity

• September 13, 2012 13 Sep'12

  Business continuity must become a boardroom issue

  Businesses must make availability of IT services a boardroom issue due to growing employee frustration and resentment when systems are unavailable

• September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12

  Cut network complexity with Ethernet fabrics and SDN, says Brocade

  Brocade says abstraction layers, such as Ethernet fabrics and software-defined networking (SDN), can eliminate complexity from the network

• September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12

  Tesco signs £65m datacentre deal to drive online expansion

  Tesco expects to cut several millions each year from its IT bill following a 15-year £65m datacentre deal with Sentrum

• September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12

  Salford City Council offers cloud service to local businesses

  Salford City Council is to offer private cloud service to local businesses through a partnership with ANS Group

• September 11, 2012 11 Sep'12

  Is the consumerisation of IT beneficial to anyone?

  Employees' personal devices are being used in business every day, and that is posing new challenges for IT departments

• September 10, 2012 10 Sep'12

  HP axes a further 2,000 jobs

  The firing line has just got longer as a filing from HP reveals 29,000 staff are set to go, rather than 27,000

• August 30, 2012 30 Aug'12

  HP struggles as Dell and Cisco push enterprise servers

  HP is continuing to suffer as a result of Oracle dropping Itanium support while Dell’s enterprise strategy gains momentum

• August 29, 2012 29 Aug'12

  VMware demos Horizon for workspace aggregation

  VMware has fleshed out its desktop virtualisation strategy with products designed to make desktop computing more manageable

• August 24, 2012 24 Aug'12

  Enterprise network kit continues to boom in recession

  New research from IDC shows revenues for both Ethernet switches and routers are growing regardless of the economic climate

• August 23, 2012 23 Aug'12

  Gartner: Safe Saas keeps data in-house

  Many businesses are still reluctant to move sensitive data into an outsourced data centre, according to analyst Gartner.

• August 23, 2012 23 Aug'12

  HP reports $8.9bn loss in third quarter

  Hewlett-Packard (HP) reports an $8.9bn loss in its third fiscal quarter, with earnings 568% down compared with the same period the year before

• August 22, 2012 22 Aug'12

  VMworld Europe 2012: Have you entered the User Awards yet?

  VMworld Europe 2012 is nearing and entries are now open for the Best of VMworld Europe User Awards 2012. Find out how to enter.

• August 21, 2012 21 Aug'12

  Amazon unwinds tape legacy with Glacier

  While tape is cost-effective for long-term archiving, Amazon is making its its Glacier archive storage much cheaper