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Data centre hardware

• August 16, 2012 16 Aug'12

  Cisco boosts sales and income in 2012

  The networking giant announces a 7% rise in sales for the year, along with income of $8bn

• August 13, 2012 13 Aug'12

  Slough Borough Council outsources datacentre

  Slough Borough Council has outsourced its datacentre for a monthly cost of £30,000

• August 08, 2012 08 Aug'12

  The IT behind Mars Science Laboratory's landing of the Curiosity rover

  IT has been key to successfully landing the rover robot Curiosity, on Mars earlier this week.

• August 06, 2012 06 Aug'12

  Putting innovation on the outsourcing menu

  Cliff Saran investigates what happens when systems integrators are asked to innovate

• August 06, 2012 06 Aug'12

  Cloud Industry Forum aligns standards for easier procurement

  CIF's latest code of practice aligns with ISO standards to simplify certification and make purchasing cloud services easier

• August 06, 2012 06 Aug'12

  Regulators must force banks to overhaul IT infrastructure

  Regulators must force banks to overhaul complex IT infrastructures which risk causing further large-scale system outages, says IT trade body Intellect

• July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12

  European network professionals focus on server virtualisation

  The latest results from Computer Weekly and TechTarget’s purchasing intentions study shows server virtualisation is becoming part and parcel of the networking professional’s job

• July 27, 2012 27 Jul'12

  NatWest blames hardware failure for latest outage

  NatWest bank claims all systems are back up again after yesterday’s outage left customers without online banking or working debit cards

• July 26, 2012 26 Jul'12

  Juniper and Riverbed enter technology partnership

  Juniper and Riverbed combine network and application capabilitites for wide area network (WAN) optimisation, application delivery and mobility

• July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12

  Businesses make 70% savings on applications hosted on Amazon

  Businesses using Amazon Web Services over the past five years have made considerable savings, an IDC study has found

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  IBM experiences cloud growth, but traditional business areas suffer

  IBM's second-quarter revenues remained relatively flat, although the company reported strong growth in its cloud, analytics and Smarter Planet initiatives

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  Amazon offers cloud-based SSDs for low-latency applications

  Amazon Web Services is offering SSDs in the cloud to support low-latency applications

• July 18, 2012 18 Jul'12

  Tech firm iCity wins datacentre bid for Olympics media centre

  IT company iCity has been awarded the contract to turn the Olympics media centre into a datacentre, for which it will hire 4,600 staff

• July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12

  Orange Business Services touts internet offload service

  Orange Business Services (OBS) claims business applications can excel on VPNs by pushing non-critical applications onto local ISP networks

• July 04, 2012 04 Jul'12

  Vodafone and 3 to enter 50/50 Ireland network deal

  The two mobile networks are in the late stages of discussions to pool their network infrastructure, a source tells Computer Weekly