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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
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
December 31, 2015 31 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
December 24, 2015 24 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

December 11, 2015 11 Dec'15
Case study: Airbus sets out challenges of changing IT supplier

Aircraft manufacturer sets out what it learned from switching IT provider after 12 years of working together
December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15
VMware research shines light on volume of UK enterprise data stored overseas

A poll of UK IT decision makers suggests just 37% know exactly where their enterprise data is located
November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15
Case study: Tideway uses private cloud to manage London ‘super sewer’ infrastructure

Infrastructure services director explains why Tideway has opted for a managed, private cloud setup to support sewer project
November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15
Equinix rolls out AWS Direct Connect in Slough datacentre

Datacentre provider launches private internet connection to Amazon Web Services to help customers build hybrid clouds
November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15
Ministry of Defence CIO explains defence as a platform

Mike Stone took to the stage at the Microsoft Future Decoded event to explain the Ministry of Defence’s plan for defence as a platform
November 09, 2015 09 Nov'15
Amsterdam Arena aims to set digital example to others

The Amsterdam Arena is a digital powerhouse which, according to its CIO, wants to set an example for the city to follow

November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15
A tale of two HPs: Hewlett-Packard splits into two digital businesses

The two Hewlett-Packard (HP) businesses are both digitally aligned. HP Enterprise is pushing hybrid clouds; HP Inc is taking the road to 3D printing
November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15
Hewlett Packard Enterprise: think of us as a startup

As Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP Inc finally part ways, UK managing director Andy Isherwood shares some insight on what the future holds for the newly minted enterprise business
October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15
Met Office's new supercomputer to deliver £2bn of socio-economic benefits

The Met Office aims to realise a range of socio-economic benefits to UK industries thanks to improved forecasting with its new Cray supercomputer
October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15
Commvault drops Simpana brand and adds features

Commvault will drop the Simpana name from the end of 2015 as it opens up to third-party data and attempts to bridge the gap between backup and replication
October 12, 2015 12 Oct'15
Dell set to buy storage company EMC

Two years after his audacious bid to reinvent the company he founded by re-privatising it, Michael Dell has put in a bid for storage giant EMC
October 07, 2015 07 Oct'15
Microsoft launches Surface Book, its first own-brand laptop

Software giant Microsoft announces a range of new Windows 10 devices, including smartphones, a tablet – and Surface Book, the company's first laptop device
September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15
Free energy from radio waves could power the internet of things

A pocket-sized pollution monitor is one of the first applications to use free energy from Wi-Fi and mobile phone signals
September 14, 2015 14 Sep'15
RSA Group flags ID theft risk to Lloyds Bank customers following datacentre storage theft

International insurance group has seen 500 customers take up offer of identity theft protection in wake of datacentre theft
September 10, 2015 10 Sep'15
Cloudian boosts object storage HyperStore compliance features

Distributed object storage software maker Cloudian upgrades HyperStore with added granularity of data protection features that can help meet compliance requirements
September 09, 2015 09 Sep'15
High-performance computing and mainframe refresh limit server decline

IDC's market share data for server shipments shows mainframe users are running Linux on the z13, while high-performance computing (HPC) lifts x86 sales
September 03, 2015 03 Sep'15
SanDisk InfiniFlash flash arrays get Nexenta software-defined storage

SanDisk offers its all-flash array InfiniFlash IF100 with Nexenta's storage software on-board in another move in the trend towards choice in storage hardware and software deployments
August 24, 2015 24 Aug'15
Teachers teaching teachers – how Google for Education fuels collaborative learning

Google’s head of education explains why the use of technology in classrooms is critical and how Google’s education technology is sparking collaboration between teachers
August 18, 2015 18 Aug'15
Cloud storage service Wuala to close in November

Seagate-owned cloud storage player confirms its closure and gives users three months' notice to remove their data from its servers
August 13, 2015 13 Aug'15
Lenovo to cut jobs as it faces 'severe' challenges

Lenovo says the last quarter saw “severe challenges” in its main PC, tablet and smartphone markets
August 11, 2015 11 Aug'15
Hootsuite moves social media management toolkit to IBM Softlayer cloud

Social media management dashboard maker shifts App Directory to IBM cloud
August 11, 2015 11 Aug'15
Use technology to improve NHS, say patients

Almost 70% of the population believes technology should be used in the NHS to improve patient outcomes and efficiency, says Trustmarque
August 03, 2015 03 Aug'15
MoD shells out £1.5bn on two IT contracts

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) signs two IT contracts costing more than £1bn, which it hopes will save money over the next 10 years
July 30, 2015 30 Jul'15
BT Group's first-quarter results buoyed by superfast broadband and mobile demand

BT Group's first-quarter results highlight successes in superfast broadband and mobile divisions, but analyst warns of challenging times to come
July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15
TLC flash storage: What it is and what it's good for

We run the rule over triple-level cell (TLC) flash: What it is, how it performs, what it's good for, why it's a competitor to disk, and how it's all been made possible
July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15
Mainframe fails to save IBM from 13th declining quarter

IBM's second-quarter revenue was down 13% year-on-year to $20.8bn, but IBM said the decline is only 1%, adjusting for the sale of its x86 server business and the impact of the strong dollar
July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15
Banker’s startup experience feathers the nest for Starling Bank

Starling Bank founder Anne Boden relates how her time with startups outside traditional banking convinced her to build a digital bank from scratch
July 07, 2015 07 Jul'15
Barclays expands cheque imaging service

Barclays extends the ability to pay cheques into accounts via a smartphone to more customers
July 06, 2015 06 Jul'15
The internet of things could save the honeybee from extinction

Gemalto’s M2M unit is developing an ambitious project with agricultural science firm Eltopia and the University of Minnesota. The objective: to save the honeybee from extinction
July 06, 2015 06 Jul'15
Genomics England rejects open source to deploy EMC Isilon HPC storage

100,000 Genomes Project rejects building open-source parallel file system on x86 servers and opts for EMC Isilon clustered NAS deployed by Capita S3
June 29, 2015 29 Jun'15
Cisco launches IoT System for enterprise and smart cities

Cisco unveils 15 products to address the growing complexity of internet of things deployments
June 29, 2015 29 Jun'15
The rise of general-purpose AI and its threat to humanity

Socially aware general-purpose artificial intelligence in the form of a dog could be the ideal form factor to take over the world
June 24, 2015 24 Jun'15
NetApp adds AFF All-Flash FAS 8000 series storage arrays

NetApp boosts its SSD array portfolio with the addition of AFF All-Flash FAS 8000 series storage arrays built on Data ONTAP, but still no sign of FlashRay general availability
June 19, 2015 19 Jun'15
Veritas plans to revive backup fortunes with big data analytics

Symantec spin-out Veritas plans major backup product releases that leverage metadata to make backups more efficient and unlock valuable information via big data capabilities
June 15, 2015 15 Jun'15
Council dodges £300,000 NetApp outlay with Atlantis flash caching

Somerset local authority avoids spending £300,000 on extra hard drives for its NetApp arrays and pays half that for Atlantis ILIO flash caching software that runs VDI from RAM
June 10, 2015 10 Jun'15
Nationwide quick off the mark with Apple Watch banking app

Nationwide claims to be the first high street finance firm to offer an Apple Watch app
June 04, 2015 04 Jun'15
Peugeot Citroën prepares for in-car apps with Sierra Wireless

French car manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroën plans to deploy device-to-cloud technology to support its connected car strategy
June 01, 2015 01 Jun'15
Pure Storage replaces FA series all-flash arrays with FlashArray//m

Pure Storage upgrades FA series all-flash arrays with FlashArray//m series devices
May 28, 2015 28 May'15
NetApp launches AltaVault hybrid cloud backup appliance family

NetApp repackages the SteelStore hybrid cloud backup appliances it bought from Riverbed as AltaVault physical, virtual and cloud products
May 26, 2015 26 May'15
EMC plots managed cloud push with $1.2bn deal to acquire Virtustream

Storage giant claims latest purchase will reinforce its hybrid cloud proposition for enterprises
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
Vodafone returns to quarterly revenue growth

A minute rise in quarterly sales gives mobile network operator Vodafone hope that its financial situation is now stabilising
May 15, 2015 15 May'15
Fire services to keep Airwave Tetra radios until 2020

The Department for Communities and Local Government approves a major extension of the fire services' Firelink Tetra network to the end of 2019
May 12, 2015 12 May'15
Former nurse’s career blighted after blowing whistle on IT problems

Southwark's continuing care database included names of patients who had been dead for several years, a tribunal is told
May 11, 2015 11 May'15
Wearable technology to transform laggards in insurance industry

Wearable and other smart technologies set to transform the insurance industry in the next three to five years
May 08, 2015 08 May'15
Use of Halifax mobile banking app doubles

Halifax customers logged into their bank accounts 40 million times in March 2015, double the amount in the same month in 2014
May 05, 2015 05 May'15
VCE takes wraps off "hyper-converged" VxRacks to fast-track users to the cloud

EMC-owned converged infrastructure specialist expands portfolio of cloud-enabling platforms