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IT hardware
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October 12, 2016
12
Oct'16
PC market in longest period of decline since records began, says Gartner
PC shipments across the globe enter an unprecedented period of decline, Gartner reveals
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October 11, 2016
11
Oct'16
How Linux has influenced modern IT
On 25 August 1991, Linus Torvalds released the Linux kernel. We look at how the open source operating system has evolved in the last quarter of a century
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October 10, 2016
10
Oct'16
Quantum refreshes Scalar tape library family with i3, i6 and AEL6
Quantum’s StorNext universe boosted by new tape libraries – the i3, i6 and AEL6 – with increased data density on the back of denser storage and improved robotics
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September 29, 2016
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Sep'16
Is it NAS? Is it object storage? It’s both. It’s Avere’s C2N
Avere launches C2N hybrid NAS/object storage box that uses touted efficiencies of erasure coding to take aim at claimed drawbacks of clustered NAS rivals like Isilon
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September 22, 2016
22
Sep'16
Hypergrid adds metered usage and networks to hyper-converged kit
Hyper-converged appliance maker will allow customers to pay for what they use in hardware that will now add networking
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September 19, 2016
19
Sep'16
Italian bottle maker deploys 88TB of Syneto hyper-converged storage
Serioplast gets reliable disaster recovery as it replaces NetApp plus remote physical servers with Syneto hyper-converged infrastructure at factories across Europe, Africa and Asia
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September 08, 2016
08
Sep'16
Insurance brokers count cost of lost business as SSP SaaS platform outage enters second week
SSP confirms to Computer Weekly it has no clear idea when all brokers will be able to continue doing business via its SaaS platform, two weeks on from Solihull datacentre power outage
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September 07, 2016
07
Sep'16
Combined Dell and EMC company targets intelligent things
The $74bn merger of Dell and EMC has created a technology giant with a remit to expand into the software-defined datacentre space to support IoT
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August 30, 2016
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Aug'16
Cloud firm Backbone relegates X-IO SAN with Atlantis tiered storage
London-based Backbone uses Atlantis USX as storage virtualisation layer on top of PCIe flash and X-IO and as a stepping stone to hyper-converged infrastructures
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August 18, 2016
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Aug'16
Intel Developer Forum: Silicon Photonics boosts datacentre connectivity
Microsoft Azure datacentres increase connectivity to 100Gbps thanks to Silicon Photonics interconnect
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August 16, 2016
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Aug'16
HPE boosts MSA and StoreVirtual with sub-$10,000 flash storage options
HPE launches new StoreVirtual 3200 entry-level array that can cost as little as $6,000, plus the SME-focused MSA 2042 array which has 800GB of flash embedded
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August 11, 2016
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Aug'16
Nimble adds to all-flash arrays with entry-level AF1000
Nimble made its debut in all-flash in February 2016, but now adds an entry-level array, the AF1000, plus upgrades to its hybrid flash array products that up performance and capacity
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July 27, 2016
27
Jul'16
Apple highlights services revenue and future bets as iPhone sales decline
Apple share price up on strong performance in services and investments in augmented reality and artificial intelligence, despite 27% year-on-year decline in quarterly profit
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July 14, 2016
14
Jul'16
CIO Interview: Elly Resende, CIO, Rio 2016 Olympics
As Rio de Janeiro gets ready to host the Olympics, Computer Weekly speaks to the man in charge of its IT
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July 08, 2016
08
Jul'16
Cisco UK and Ireland CEO Phil Smith steps down after 22 years
Phil Smith announces he is stepping down from the day-to-day running of Cisco’s UK and Ireland business to take up the role of chairman
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July 08, 2016
08
Jul'16
New Jersey turns to technology to keep offenders out of jail
New Jersey is developing criminal justice applications that will save offenders from spending years in jail before their cases are heard
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July 07, 2016
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Jul'16
Pure Storage drips out more of its all-flash analytics FlashBlade
Pure lets more customers use its flash-based analytics platform FlashBlade, before the product aimed at high-throughput unstructured data is made generally available later in 2016
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July 05, 2016
05
Jul'16
Virtual reality finds fans at Reading University
Professors at Reading University see virtual reality as an increasingly important research and teaching tool in science and arts subjects
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June 22, 2016
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Jun'16
Nutanix adds storage for containers, physical servers and all-flash
Hyper-converged infrastructure maker Nutanix adds container support with persistent storage, offers block iSCSI storage for physical servers and allows all-flash across the product range
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June 17, 2016
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Jun'16
Bluetooth 5 standard brings range, speed and capacity boost for IoT
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has announced the forthcoming Bluetooth 5 standard, promising significant improvements to support an accessible and interoperable internet of things
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June 14, 2016
14
Jun'16
Shadow data and the risks posed by cloud storage and apps
Cloud storage and apps can open up an organisation to risks of data leakage. Computer Weekly looks at key areas of vulnerability and what you can do to prevent your data going viral
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June 09, 2016
09
Jun'16
Edge datacentres hailed as answer to latency concerns in IoT era
With user demand for low-latency, high-performing applications, delegates at Datacloud Europe 2016 hail edge datacentres as the answer
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May 19, 2016
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May'16
ING Turkey uses digital technology to improve services and grow customer base
Turkish bank uses business process management technology to offer financial services through 1,500 grocery stores, technology outlets and post offices
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May 18, 2016
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May'16
Nike and BMW pilot HP Inc's first 3D printer
HP Inc rolls out its first 3D printer, with hopes that it will revolutionise manufacturing
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May 09, 2016
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May'16
Lenovo expands x86 server production to Europe
Chinese hardware manufacturer claims move will result in faster delivery times and lower costs for European customers
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May 04, 2016
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May'16
IBM develops quantum as a service
IBM starts the ball rolling on what it would mean to program a universal quantum computer
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April 29, 2016
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Apr'16
Tech-savvy Asean populations shake up enterprise IT, says AIA CTO
A young, urban and tech-savvy population in the Asean region has forced enterprises to rethink their IT strategies
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April 27, 2016
27
Apr'16
Mobilising a workforce drives up performance and productivity
Mobile workers are also more creative, satisfied and loyal, says EIU study
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April 27, 2016
27
Apr'16
IBM all-flash family gets cloud and enterprise A9000 and A9000R
IBM announces two all-flash arrays – the modular A9000 and rack A9000R, aimed at service providers and enterprises – and the mainframe-connected DS8888
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April 26, 2016
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Apr'16
HDS G series arrays get native NAS and cloud as a storage tier
VSP G series enterprise hybrid flash arrays see addition of native NAS functionality on a controller card plus cloud as a storage tier via Hitachi Content Platform
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April 25, 2016
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Apr'16
Indonesian internet users turn to smartphones to go online
Organisations with a cyber footprint in Indonesia must understand most internet users in the country access online content and services on smartphones
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April 15, 2016
15
Apr'16
E-commerce struggles for growth in Asean countries
Online retail market growth in the Asean nations remains slow but nonetheless significant, according to a survey of consumer habits in the region
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April 15, 2016
15
Apr'16
BBC turns micro:bit computers into IoT devices
The BBC and Nominet demonstrate a new use case for the micro:bit computer and hope to turn Britain’s schoolchildren into internet of things pioneers
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April 14, 2016
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Apr'16
EE, Qualcomm bring freestyle drone racing to Wembley Stadium
Spectator sports status beckons as the European Rotor Sports Association live streams over the EE 4G network
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April 11, 2016
11
Apr'16
IT specialist sentenced for stealing NHS computer equipment
A former NHS IT worker is convicted of stealing hospital computer equipment from Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation trust and selling them on eBay
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April 05, 2016
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Apr'16
SimpliVity adds Hyper-V support to hyper-converged products
Hyper-converged appliance maker adds Hyper-V support to VMware ESXi capabilities and upgrades OmniStack software to support workload optimisation on SimpliVity clusters
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March 29, 2016
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Mar'16
OSNexus unlocks Ceph object storage in QuantaStor v4
Software-defined storage maker OSNexus adds Ceph-based object storage to its QuantaStor product, adding it to block and file storage from ZFS, Gluster and Ceph
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March 21, 2016
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Mar'16
Britain to pay billions for monster internet surveillance network
New questions raised about Britain’s snoopers’ charter after Denmark abandons its own UK-style surveillance programme for a second time
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March 17, 2016
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Mar'16
Private mobile network powers Ocado’s robotic warehouse
Online supermarket Ocado rethinks 4G mobile technology to power a network of 1,000 robot workers operating in the grocer's 'hive' warehouse
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March 15, 2016
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Mar'16
Dropbox invests in building out on-premise storage as user numbers soar
Cloud-based file share and sync service reveals details of its hybrid cloud strategy, which has seen it invest large sums in building its own on-premise infrastructure
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March 09, 2016
09
Mar'16
Hyperscale computing boosts server revenue
The likes of Google, Facebook and Microsoft have bolstered server sales as they build increasingly powerful scale-out datacentres
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March 08, 2016
08
Mar'16
Virgin supplies Ethernet connectivity to Met Office supercomputer
The Met Office has awarded the contract to provide Ethernet connectivity for its next-generation supercomputer to Virgin Media Business
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February 10, 2016
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Feb'16
The OpenStack Foundation: Building enterprise trust in open-source clouds
With HMRC and the European Commission emerging as OpenStack adopters, the OpenStack Foundation's CEO explains how it has set about winning over the enterprise with its open-source cloud platform
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February 09, 2016
09
Feb'16
Cisco recalls Ethernet switches over fault risk
A potential fault on a number of IE-5000 switches could give users a nasty shock, says supplier
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February 01, 2016
01
Feb'16
TfL shifts corporate archive to AWS public cloud in digital preservation push
London transport authority has begun moving its first 3TB of corporate archive data to the AWS cloud with the help of Preservica
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January 20, 2016
20
Jan'16
Mobile services helping banks retain customers and add revenue
Investments in mobile banking services are helping banks increase revenue and retain customers
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January 15, 2016
15
Jan'16
Intel share price drops despite strong results
Despite growth in Intel's key datacentre and IoT businesses, investors remain concerned by falls in its core PC chip business amid market declines
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January 13, 2016
13
Jan'16
PC sales decline but Europe benefits from Windows 10 release
Windows 10 help PC sales in Europe, but tablets and the strong US dollar make a negative impact
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December 31, 2015
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Dec'15
Top 10 internet of things stories of 2015
2015 was the year the internet of things began to move from theory to widespread practice, and the fledgling industry shook off the millstone of connected kitchen appliances
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December 24, 2015
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Dec'15
Top 10 storage stories of 2015
The year 2015 in storage was dominated by the continued rise of flash and Dell’s purchase of EMC, but there were steady upticks in trends such as hyper-converged and software-defined storage