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January 21, 2011
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Jan'11
Rackspace launches system administrator app
Rackspace has launched an app that allows a CIO or system administrator to dial up or take down servers and storage moment by moment.
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January 19, 2011
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Jan'11
Record sales of Mac, iPhone and iPad drive Apple's highest revenues
Apple has reported record revenue of $26.74bn and net quarterly profit of $6bn in financial results for its 2011 first quarter ended December 25, 2010.
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January 17, 2011
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Jan'11
Babcock outsources next-gen network to C&W Worldwide
UK-based global engineering firm Babcock has hired Cable&Wireless Worldwide as its sole telecoms supplier for the next three years to consolidate Babcock's legacy network estate and connect its 250 UK and international sites
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January 14, 2011
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Jan'11
Government wants hard evidence before changing fibre tax
The government wants concrete evidence that the business rates tax on lit fibres - the so-called fibre tax - unduly hampers network investment before it considers reviewing the system
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January 12, 2011
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Jan'11
Government departments criticised over data sharing mistake
Three government agencies have been criticised over a data sharing mistake that led to the wrongful disclosure of a woman's personal and financial information.
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January 11, 2011
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Jan'11
Cambridge village competes with South Korea on broadband speeds
Residents of Broughton have become among the first UK consumers to get access to 1Gbps broadband speeds
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January 11, 2011
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Jan'11
Glasgow 1,000-core FPGA accelerates MPEG video coding
Researchers at Glasgow university have developed a 1,000-core chip, which could lead to significantly faster processing compared to today's multi-core designs....
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January 11, 2011
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Jan'11
Blackberry Playbook hit by development challenges
Research in Motion (RIM) could be late to market with its Blackberry Playbook tablet device after experiencing several development challenges
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January 11, 2011
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Jan'11
FULL DETAILS: EMC’s new VNX and VNXe ranges
EMC will next week launch unified storage devices under the VNX name, but also a range of low-end storage systems dubbed VNXe.
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January 06, 2011
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Jan'11
Update: Who takes the blame for the Lloyds TSB duplicate payment error?
Over 200,000 people were affected by a glitch at Lloyds TSB, when an error with its merchant system duplicated payments on New Year's Eve. Jenny Williams investigates.
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January 06, 2011
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Jan'11
Most people who sell their old mobiles don't clear personal data
Just over three quarters of the UK population have sold on old mobile phones, but only 31% wiped all personal information before selling, a survey has revealed.
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January 05, 2011
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Jan'11
CES 2011: Top five tablets
With almost 100 tablets expected to be launched at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, 2011 is set to be the year of the tablet device. Computer Weekly rounds up the latest tablet announcements from CES 2011.
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January 05, 2011
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Jan'11
BCS CEO David Clarke talks about the future of the IT industry
David Clarke, CEO of the chartered institute of computing the BCS, talks to Computer Weekly about being awarded an MBE, the future of the IT profession and tackling a membership revolt against his leadership last year.
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January 04, 2011
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Jan'11
CES 2011: Tablets expected to dominate Vegas show
Tablet-style computers are expected to dominate the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show that kicks off in Las Vegas on Thursday. About...
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December 09, 2010
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Dec'10
Server refresh cycles may get longer
Having seen the evidence, some enterprise IT shops may experiment with holding onto servers for longer than in the past, Gartner analysts said.
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September 20, 2010
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Sep'10
Computer Weekly donates 44-year archive to National Museum of Computing
Computer Weekly was the world's first weekly computer publication, established in 1966, and the 104-volume archive represents a unique record of the history and achievements of the UK IT industry.
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October 21, 2009
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Oct'09
Apple enters SMB NAS market with new server
Our regular roundup of storage news includes a new cloud backup service from Brennan IT, Quantum finding demand for LTO-5 before its launch, a new SMB server from Apple and SNIA ANZ’s last course for the year
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July 31, 2009
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Jul'09
Gary McKinnon loses case to avoid extradition, could face 60 years in jail
Hacker Gary McKinnon has failed in his last attempt to avoid extradition to the United States where he could face 60 years in prison.
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July 17, 2009
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Jul'09
Apollo 11: The story of the moon landing in video
Television was limited at the time of the launch but these original videos show J F Kennedy announcing his intentions through to the successful press conference.
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February 13, 2009
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Feb'09
Free mobile computing connectivity with broadband subscription
In a move that is designed to extend the flexibility and adaptability of firms, especially small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), BT has launched a broadband package that also provides a free public Wi-Fi hotspot.
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February 10, 2009
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Feb'09
Added critical data protection for SMBs
New technology aiming to solve small and medium size businesses’ perennial problems with protecting business critical data
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December 19, 2008
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Dec'08
Mobile broadband demand props up crunched WiMAX
Research predicts global recession to cause enterprises to postpone WiMAX adoption but mobile will lead recovery
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August 21, 2008
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Aug'08
Microsoft and Novell expand Windows/Linux integration deal
Microsoft and Novell are extending their interoperability agreement to tie Windows closer to Novell's SUSE Linux in the enterprise.
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July 03, 2008
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Jul'08
intel part 2
This is a replacement for the existing Intel story by JP with the same intro.
Intel unveils predictions for next gen of processors - by John-Paul Kamath
The...
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May 19, 2008
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May'08
Norwich Union signs £300m deal with Cable & Wireless
Aviva Insurance Group, which owns Norwich Union, has signed a six-year IT outsourcing contract worth £300m with Cable & Wireless.
The company will...
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April 15, 2008
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Apr'08
EDITORIAL: It's time for a Net Neutrality debate
Australia should sort out its position on Net Neutrality before the National Broadband Network is built, not afterwards, writes TechTarget ANZ Editor Simon Sharwood.
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November 06, 2007
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Nov'07
Users leaving Fibre Channel for iSCSI Sans find pros, cons
Users who recently updated aging Fibre Channel equipment with new iSCSI San products have found ease of use can be a double-edged sword.
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November 06, 2007
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Nov'07
Adaptec reports losses
Adaptec's revenue was down year over year, as well as sequentially; DataDirect says the InfiniBand business is booming.
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November 01, 2007
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Nov'07
ISCSI storage gets performance makeover
Suppliers, including Ibrix, Mellanox, Alacritech and EqualLogic, are offering juiced-up new iSCSI configurations, while 3PAR, CipherMax and NeoScale boost data security products.
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November 01, 2007
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Nov'07
NPfIT went ahead after prime minister had 10-minute briefing
A former Whitehall official has revealed that he and his colleagues were given 10 minutes to make the case to the prime minister over what became the world's biggest civil IT-based modernisation programme.
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October 30, 2007
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Oct'07
EMC's Tucci vows to keep up with new features
EMC CEO says storage giant is widening its technology net to match innovations of smaller competitors.
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October 28, 2007
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Oct'07
NetApp releases $3K iSCSI SAN
NetApp pushes further down-market with the release of the S300, the latest SMB iSCSI SAN in its StoreVault line.
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October 23, 2007
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Oct'07
Product Roundup: ISCSI
Here's a look at some of the vendors and products that make up the iSCSI market.
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October 21, 2007
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Oct'07
Tackling the backup and recovery challenges of tomorrow
Your data backup and data recovery challenges never stop changing. In this videocast, an EMC executive and a storage analyst discuss the new approaches you'll need to solve tomorrow's backup and recovery challenges.
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October 21, 2007
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Oct'07
Fibre Channel over Ethernet takes its next step
At Storage Networking World, QLogic, NetApp and startup Nuova demo Fibre Channel over Ethernet, but the race to 10 Gigabit Ethernet is far from over.
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October 14, 2007
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Oct'07
SNW Preview: Data protection makes a stand
Led by EMC's integration of data deduplication and CDP into its backup software, data protection products are prominent at Storage Networking World.
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October 14, 2007
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Oct'07
LSI moves to iSCSI arrays
All of LSI's products will support iSCSI connectivity, but its higher end arrays will have to wait for native support.
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October 09, 2007
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Oct'07
Switch upgrades and replacements
In this chapter of our guide to SAN expansion best practices, you'll learn about the physical limitations of switches, how to architect the switching infrastructure and how to find opportunities to deploy ISCSI.
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October 04, 2007
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Oct'07
Dot Hill plots iSCSI, RAID 6 and midrange SANs
Money-losing vendor chases new OEM business with plans for IP SANS, better data protection and new midrange system.
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October 01, 2007
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Oct'07
Storage Basics Part 1: What is Fibre Channel?
In the first part of a four-day feature, we explain basic storage technologies. Today: Fibre Channel.
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September 09, 2007
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Sep'07
NetApp, HDS tout scaled-down disk arrays
New offerings are meant to take advantage of storage growth in the midmarket, but experts say the products will still probably appeal most to existing high-end users.
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September 09, 2007
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Sep'07
Virtual appliance lets users convert DAS to iSCSI San
LeftHand Networks has released an edition of its SaniQ iSCSI San software that will convert locally attached disc to networked storage.
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September 06, 2007
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Sep'07
Learn all about SATA
This handbook offers three related SATA tips which compare SATA to SAS and SCSI and provides advice on striking the right balance between them.
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September 06, 2007
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Sep'07
IDC: High-end storage stalls in second quarter
IDC reports a lull in high-end enterprise spending in its quarterly disk tracker, with new growth lower in the market; Seagate plans encrypted 1 TB disk drive for PCs.
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August 26, 2007
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Aug'07
What is considered best practices in terms of backup vaulting (offsite storage) frequency?
As a consultant, this is something that I run into frequently. There seems to be a belief that if you're a smaller shop or smaller business: You don't have a lot of data, and you don't need to send your data offsite very often. A lot of times, the ...
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August 26, 2007
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Aug'07
IBM back in iSCSI SAN fray
IBM is looking to take on HP's MSA and EMC's AX150, as well as EqualLogic and LeftHand, with a new iSCSI SAN product OEMed from LSI.
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August 23, 2007
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Aug'07
Nokia Intellisync boosts device management
Nokia Intellisync has released updates to its Mobile Suite to enhance remote device support, loss and theft protection, and management capabilities.
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August 20, 2007
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Aug'07
3PAR, EqualLogic file for IPOs
The emerging storage companies file S-1 forms with the SEC, though some experts warn they could be headed for a volatile market.
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August 14, 2007
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Aug'07
Apple iPhone to provoke complex mobile attacks, expert warns
Mikko Hypponen, director of antivirus research at F-Secure, said he expects mobile malware attacks to escalate thanks to interest in Apple's iPhone.
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August 13, 2007
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Aug'07
EMC cashes in with VMware IPO
EMC officially spins off part of its server virtualization subsidiary to the tune of $1.1B. Analysts are hoping the windfall will lead to deeper storage partnerships.