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January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13
Case study: Menzies Aviation upgrades in-house datacentre

Menzies Aviation has updated its three internal datacentres with new servers, storage and cooling products rather than invest in cloud computing
January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13
SAP certifies Dell datacentre systems to run Hana

SAP has certified Dell datacentre products – including servers, storage and networking systems – for running Hana as a pre-integrated system
January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13
Menzies Aviation replaces VMware with Windows Server 2012

Menzies Aviation has become one of the first UK companies to install and use Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V 3.0 in production
January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13
Enterprises bringing data back in-house for more flexibility, shows study

European enterprises are improving their internal datacentres and storing data in-house rather than on the external cloud

January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13
Travel service provider Concur builds datacentres in Europe to support growth

Integrated travel and expenses service provider, Concur Technologies, has built colocation datacentres to cater to European customers
January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13
Dell's OpenStack-based public cloud to go live in Q4

Dell’s Openstack-based public cloud, which is in beta-testing, will be made generally available in the fourth quarter of 2013
January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13
Nasdaq OMX picks Slough datacentre to host NLX platform

US stock exchange Nasdaq has picked Equinix’s Slough datacentre campus to host its London-based trading platform NLX
January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13
Interview: Alan Clark, chairman, OpenStack Foundation

Alan Clark, chairman of the board of the OpenStack Foundation, talks to Computer Weekly about the future of cloud and the role of open source
January 17, 2013 17 Jan'13
EESC puts forward alternative EU cloud strategy

The European Commission’s cloud strategy falls short, says EU consultative body as it puts forward an alternative
January 16, 2013 16 Jan'13
Oracle adds on-premise IaaS to its private cloud portfolio

Oracle IaaS allows customers to use cloud features such as capacity on demand within the security and control of its in-house datacentre

January 15, 2013 15 Jan'13
Global energy management software market to grow in 2013, say analysts

Businesses are increasing investment in energy management software to improve IT efficiency, says Verdantix
January 15, 2013 15 Jan'13
Brocade names Lloyd Carney as CEO

The former Xsigo CEO and ex-Juniper Networks’ chief operating officer, Lloyd Carney, takes over from Mike Klayko with immediate effect
January 10, 2013 10 Jan'13
News International presses ahead on the cloud with AWS

News International has reaped public cloud benefits such as scalability, quick time-to-market and cheaper capital expenditure with AWS cloud
January 09, 2013 09 Jan'13
Virtualisation's complex licensing is a 'ticking timebomb', claims study

Software licensing under virtualisation remains complex and many firms may have a significant shortfall in compliance, warns License Dashboard
January 02, 2013 02 Jan'13
Government awards £5m to research projects that address cloud challenges

The government is offering £5m funding for research and development projects that will address cloud computing challenges and push its adoption
December 24, 2012 24 Dec'12
Top 10 server virtualisation stories of 2012

Check out our top 10 server virtualisation resources to help storage professionals address the variety of storage-related challenges they may face in a virtual server environment
December 11, 2012 11 Dec'12
Competing standards could damage cloud industry, warns APM group

Standards are crucial to maturing cloud services but too many could damage the industry, says certification body the APM Group
December 06, 2012 06 Dec'12
Case study: CERN adopts OpenStack private cloud to solve big data challenges

CERN is using OpenStack private cloud to overcome IT inefficiency and big data challenges
December 05, 2012 05 Dec'12
Computer Weekly European User Awards Criteria and Information

Read the entry criteria and general information about entering the Computer Weekly European User Awards.
December 05, 2012 05 Dec'12
Energy efficiency is top datacentre priority for IT, shows study

More than half of IT decision-makers have cited power efficiency as their number one priority in the datacentre for the next three to five years
December 03, 2012 03 Dec'12
More security, high-availability and gov-cloud are on AWS users’ wish list

Better security, ease of use, added availability as well as G-cloud features could make AWS cloud more appealing
November 28, 2012 28 Nov'12
Guardian publisher uses Amazon EC2 to power iPhone app content

Publisher Guardian News & Media uses AWS for cloud-based infrastructure to scale content provision on smartphones and tablets
November 28, 2012 28 Nov'12
AWS re:Invent: Amazon launches data warehouse service Redshift and cuts S3 prices

At its first ever user conference, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched data warehousing cloud service Redshift and slashed S3 prices
November 28, 2012 28 Nov'12
Private cloud does not bring full benefits of cloud computing, says AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) senior vice-president Andy Jassy slams private cloud suppliers for failing to deliver the benefits of cloud computing
November 27, 2012 27 Nov'12
Hyper-V boost pushes Microsoft virtualisation closer to VMware

Microsoft has done a lot to boost its Hyper-V virtualisation software but the improvements do not justify switching from VMware, says Gartner
November 27, 2012 27 Nov'12
Top 10 datacentre stories of 2012

Software-defined datacentres, sustainable and green IT, power and cooling management, DCIM tools and keeping the datacentre running despite hurricane are 2012's datacentre highlights
November 26, 2012 26 Nov'12
Kent Police nabs Acronis for physical and virtual backup

Kent Police slashes backup window and restore times with Acronis, replacing multi-supplier systems as part of disaster recovery project
November 20, 2012 20 Nov'12
Organisations will focus on datacentre efficiency in 2013, says Ovum

As businesses seek the best value from investments they will try to reduce costs and improve sustainability in their datacentres in 2013
November 19, 2012 19 Nov'12
Gartner: PaaS revenue to touch $2.9bn in 2016, from $900m in 2011

Global revenue for platform as a service (PaaS) will grow consistently to reach $2.9bn in 2016, intensifying the competition, says Gartner
November 16, 2012 16 Nov'12
Dublin Airport Authority uses virtualisation to overhaul IT

Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has launched an IT overhaul project with HP converged infrastructure and VMware vSphere platform
November 15, 2012 15 Nov'12
Global taskforce for datacentre energy efficiency pick three new metrics

In addition to PUE, datacentre operators have three new metrics – Green Energy Coefficient (GEC), Energy Reuse Factor (ERF) and Carbon Usage Effectiveness (CUE)
November 15, 2012 15 Nov'12
Cisco buys Cloupia for $125m

Networking giant Cisco continues to add to its arsenal with the acquisition of datacentre software company Cloupia
November 15, 2012 15 Nov'12
Dublin Airport Authority turns to virtualisation for CCTV data storage

Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) is planning to use virtualised servers to store CCTV data for easy retrieval and improved management
November 08, 2012 08 Nov'12
VMware seeks to increase support for Amazon Web Services

Cloud provider VMware is looking to increase support for Amazon Web Services to diversify cloud platforms and cut data-loss risk for customers
November 08, 2012 08 Nov'12
Oracle buys cloud services provider Instantis

Oracle is buying Instantis, a cloud and on-premise project portfolio management company, to boost its cloud portfolio
November 07, 2012 07 Nov'12
HDS adds accelerated MLC flash module to its VSP enterprise SAN

HDS unveils Hitachi Accelerated Flash controller and drive enclosures for VSP arrays, claiming 1m IOPS from standard MLC flash drives
November 06, 2012 06 Nov'12
VMware users urged to apply security patches as ESX source code leaks online

VMware is urging users to apply security patches as hackers publicly post the full source code for ESX hypervisor
November 05, 2012 05 Nov'12
NetApp nips and tucks FAS3200 clustered NAS unified storage range

NetApp refreshes FAS3200 series unified storage arrays with changed drive capacities, plus clustered NAS and Flash Cache and Flash Pools
October 23, 2012 23 Oct'12
Rackspace offers 'infinite scalability' with Cloud Block Storage product

Rackspace has launched Cloud Block Storage product with infinite storage scalability to help OpenStack cloud users overcome storage-related challenges
October 22, 2012 22 Oct'12
Intel: Cloud must be more federated and automated

Cloud computing services must become more federated and automated to help enterprise IT use them to deliver more for less, says Intel
October 18, 2012 18 Oct'12
How Sega used hybrid cloud to beat the Christmas sales spike

A combination of private and public cloud helped Sega hasten its games-testing process as well as bring agility, security and scalability to its IT
October 18, 2012 18 Oct'12
Google offers Street View of datacentres

Google offers Street View of its datacentres and a virtual tour of how users' data is stored, with an emphasis on security practices
October 12, 2012 12 Oct'12
VMworld Europe 2012: Key highlights and technology takeaways

VMworld Europe 2012 focused on software defined datacentres, cloud automation, mobile virtualisation, heterogeneity and building new IT skills
October 11, 2012 11 Oct'12
Mason IT scales out with Nutanix platform

Reseller Mason IT explains why it chose Nutanix Complete Cluster for its UK and Icelandic datacentre
October 11, 2012 11 Oct'12
VMworld 2012: Shift in cloud use says Lufthansa Systems

Lufthansa Systems chief information officer Jorg Liebe shares his views on cloud computing and a shift in use of public, private and hybrid cloud
October 10, 2012 10 Oct'12
VMworld Europe: Horizon Suite to help IT manage corporate assets on Apple iOS

VMware is launching a suite of products to help IT executives manage workspace apps on consumers’ mobile devices including on Apple iPhones securely
October 10, 2012 10 Oct'12
VMworld Europe 2012 kicks off in Barcelona

VMworld Europe 2012 opens with updates from VMware on the cloud and new management suites
October 10, 2012 10 Oct'12
Complex and non-transparent Oracle licensing costing firms millions

Companies virtualising Oracle databases with VMware platforms face millions in penalties over non-compliance
October 09, 2012 09 Oct'12
Case study: How to virtualise SAP and migrate from IBM onto x86

At VMworld Europe Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores gave an overview of how it virtualised an SAP environment and migrated from an IBM mainframe to x86
October 09, 2012 09 Oct'12
Winners of Best of VMworld Europe 2012 user awards announced

Six European IT projects have won the Best of VMworld Europe 2012 user awards at the VMworld Europe 2012 event in Barcelona.
October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12
Server market to grow despite maturity as datacentres, tablet use rises: Gartner

Although the server market is mature, it will experience strong growth through 2015, according to Gartner
October 03, 2012 03 Oct'12
Case study: How WorldPay built its IT from scratch after RBS split

Former RBS payment processing division WorldPay will reach a major IT milestone this month on its journey to stand on its own since it was sold in 2010
October 03, 2012 03 Oct'12
Citrix releases XenServer 6.1 with cloud and 'shared-nothing' storage capabilities

Citrix has released the latest version of its virtualisation platform XenServer. V6.1 includes shared-nothing storage feature and better cloud integration
September 26, 2012 26 Sep'12
Microsoft's datacentre energy waste highlights datacentre bad practices

Microsoft has wasted millions of watts of energy in its Quincy datacentre to avoid a $210,000 fine for underuse, according to the New York Times
September 14, 2012 14 Sep'12
Changing virtualisation management strategy yields results for LSE

LSE had all the principles of a good IT strategy -- data centre consolidation and virtualisation. But without the correct virtualisation management tool, the project was doomed.
August 15, 2012 15 Aug'12
Virtualisation, backup and recovery tool helps firm beat data woes

Virtualising IT was only half a battle won for an advertising agency. Selecting an apt data backup and recovery tool to optimise its virtual infrastructure was equally important.
August 02, 2012 02 Aug'12
Best of VMworld Europe 2012 Awards criteria and information

The Best of VMworld Europe 2012 Awards will take place at VMworld Europe 2012 in Barcelona. Here’s info on the deadlines, categories and rules. To enter, use the nomination form.
July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12
Citrix revises XenApp EOL, IT advised to upgrade quickly

Citrix has revised XenApp’s EOL status and extended support, but users must upgrade soon to avoid exorbitant extended support costs.
July 02, 2012 02 Jul'12
Dell buys Quest Software for $2.4bn: News roundup

Dell’s Quest Software acquisition, VMware’s collaboration with Nimble Software for mobile VDI and Red Hat -SAP’s virtualisation deal are this week’s highlights.
July 02, 2012 02 Jul'12
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: What features get users' thumbs up

Admins who have downloaded Windows Server 2012 RC give thumbs up to the new version of Hyper-V, inclusion of high-end features in free Hyper-V, and shared nothing live migration.
June 20, 2012 20 Jun'12
VMware admins advised to apply patches to ESX, ESXi quickly

IT pros are urged to install security patches that VMware has released to address critical vulnerabilities in virtualisation products such as ESX, ESXi, Fusion and Workstation.
May 25, 2012 25 May'12
Is Dell eyeing Quest Software following its Wyse acquisition?

Dell may acquire Quest Software to expand its desktop virtualisation offerings and gain Quest’s customers. Experts wonder if there is too much product overlap for such a deal to make sense.
May 11, 2012 11 May'12
SEPA reaps cost savings running Oracle on VMware

SEPA’s IT team was warned of the complexities of virtualising Oracle database and apps. But strategic design and testing helped it run Oracle on VMware vSphere and reap benefits.
May 08, 2012 08 May'12
Mobile virtualisation tools unpopular, despite IT consumerisation

Budget constraints, availability of native apps and limited choice prohibit mobile virtualisation tools from gaining popularity, despite the rise of BYOD and IT consumerisation.
April 26, 2012 26 Apr'12
Microsoft Windows 8 VDI licensing adds BYOD licensing complexity, cost

Microsoft’s VDI licensing option in Windows 8 requires customers pay fees to allow user devices such as iPads to access Windows-based corporate virtual desktops.
April 23, 2012 23 Apr'12
FlexPod validated by Microsoft for private cloud: News roundup

FlexPod shared infrastructure’s validation by Microsoft for private cloud; a UK power company’s virtualisation project; and OnyxCloud’s storage upgrades are this week’s highlights.
April 10, 2012 10 Apr'12
IT pros pushed to upgrade to XenApp 6.5 by July 2013

IT pros must upgrade to XenApp 6.5 after Citrix announced EoL status prior to pre-v6.5 versions, coinciding with Windows Server 2003 EoL.
March 28, 2012 28 Mar'12
Desktop virtualisation helps data centres prepare for consumerisation

UK businesses and data centres aren’t prepared for IT consumerisation, but building a virtual desktop infrastructure can help.
March 14, 2012 14 Mar'12
VKernel vOPS customers gain Quest integration sooner than anticipated

VKernel vOPS now includes Quest vFoglight and vOptimizer, just months after the merger. Is the knee-jerk integration right for tomorrow’s cloud infrastructures?
February 14, 2012 14 Feb'12
Virtualized desktops and DR virtualization for quick ROI

CIO Tom Gainer found that deploying virtualized desktops and disaster recovery was the quicker path to cost savings and recovery times. Server virtualization, not so much.
February 03, 2012 03 Feb'12
Palmer's College scores on virtualisation, data centre consolidation

Palmer's College's virtualisation and data centre consolidation project did not just improve IT efficiency and scalability, but also saves on data centre cooling costs.
January 26, 2012 26 Jan'12
Virtualisation, cloud and compliance are top priorities for IT in 2012

A TechTarget study finds that IT pros’ main priorities for 2012 are virtualisation, cloud computing and compliance. Experts show how they can carry these out with limited budget.
December 19, 2011 19 Dec'11
Virtualisation technologies: hits and misses of 2011

Amid a slew of virtualisation products and management suites that emerged in 2011, some products such as Spring platform impressed users, while others such as VMware MVP didn’t.
December 07, 2011 07 Dec'11
VMware vSphere 5 uptake slow among users

VMware vSphere 5 boasts of cloud-based features and monster VMs, but its uptake is lagging because of user satisfaction with vSphere 4.
November 08, 2011 08 Nov'11
Desktop Virtualisation Success

Creating a business-lead IT transformation rather than an IT-lead business transformation was behind the NSW Ombudman's office success with desktop virtualisation
November 07, 2011 07 Nov'11
Users urge VMware to bring back VMTN subscription

A growing number of VMware users have joined a campaign calling for VMware to reinstate VMTN subscription.
November 04, 2011 04 Nov'11
JRC IPTS reaps rewards of desktop virtualisation project

JRC IPTS launched a project to run customised, high-performance virtual machines. The resulting benefits won it the Best Desktop Virtualisation award at VMworld Europe 2011.
October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
VMware unveils new DevOps strategy and cloud infrastructure suite

VMware announces DevOps strategy and cloud suite to audience at VMworld Europe 2011.
October 27, 2011 27 Oct'11
Airline's disaster recovery strategy boosts data centre efficiency

Flybe uses data backup and replication software in a disaster recovery project that improved data centre efficiency and won Best Virtualisation for Disaster Recovery Project award.
October 27, 2011 27 Oct'11
VMware-based server consolidation yields long-term savings

Avis achieved long-term cost savings and efficiencies with a VMware-based server consolidation. Its transformation won the Best Virtualisation and Server Consolidation Project award at VMworld Europe.
October 21, 2011 21 Oct'11
Winner's photo: iPod Shuffle

A member of the audience wins an iPod Shuffle for attending the Best of VMworld User Awards
October 21, 2011 21 Oct'11
Winner of Best of Show

Find out who won Best of Show at VMworld Europe 2011
October 21, 2011 21 Oct'11
Winner's photo: Best desktop virtualisation project

Find out who won Best desktop virtualisation project at VMworld Europe 2011
October 21, 2011 21 Oct'11
Winner's photo: Best private cloud project

See who won Best virtualisation and server consolidation project at VMworld Europe 2011
October 21, 2011 21 Oct'11
Winner of Best private cloud project

Find out who won Best private cloud project at VMworld Europe 2011
October 21, 2011 21 Oct'11
Winner's photo: Best virtualisation for disaster recovery project

Find out who won Best virtualisation for disaster recovery project at VMworld Europe 2011
October 21, 2011 21 Oct'11
Winner of Best virtualisation for disaster recovery project

Find out who won Best virtualisation for disaster recovery project at VMworld Europe 2011
October 21, 2011 21 Oct'11
Winner's photo: Best virtualisation and server consolidation project

See the winner of Best virtualisation and server consolidation project at VMworld Europe 2011
October 21, 2011 21 Oct'11
Winner of Best virtualisation and server consolidation project

Find out who won Best virtualisation and server consolidation project at VMworld Europe 2011
October 21, 2011 21 Oct'11
The winners of the Best of VMworld Europe User Awards 2011: Slideshow

Find out who won at this year’s Best of VMworld Europe User Awards in Copenhagen. Find project details, judges’ comments and winners’ photos.
October 21, 2011 21 Oct'11
IT shops still buck switch to ESXi hypervisor in vSphere 5.0

IT shops are still wary of upgrading from ESX to ESXi, as VMware announces more vSphere 5.0 updates at VMworld Europe 2011 in Copenhagen.
October 20, 2011 20 Oct'11
Winners of 2011 Best of vForum Awards

The 2011 Best of vForum Awards, sponsored by Tech Target, have been run and won. Here's this year's winners list.
October 19, 2011 19 Oct'11
TechTarget announces Best of VMworld Europe 2011 user awards

Check out the winners of the Best of VMworld Europe 2011 user awards to see which vendors delivered the best virtualisation technologies this year.
October 18, 2011 18 Oct'11
New Management Tools from VMware Target CIOs

VMware has released a suite of new management tools with top level management now a focus.
October 13, 2011 13 Oct'11
Best of VMworld Europe 2010 winner adopts Cisco UCS

An Italian bank expands its virtual infrastructure to meet growing needs after winning the “Best virtualisation and server consolidation project” award at VMworld Europe 2010.
August 26, 2011 26 Aug'11
Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 adds RingCube features: News in brief

Citrix has launched the latest version of XenDesktop, which includes personalisation features, XenClient 2 and WAN access.
August 24, 2011 24 Aug'11
Best of VMworld Europe 2011: Nomination form

Enter your products in the Best of VMworld Europe 2011 Awards. The deadline for submission is Wednesday, September 21.
August 18, 2011 18 Aug'11
Citrix buys RingCube for desktop personalisation: News in brief

Citrix has acquired RingCube, a desktop personalisation software provider, for an undisclosed sum. Citrix will add RingCube’s capabilities to its XenDesktop platform.
August 12, 2011 12 Aug'11
Cisco surprises despite lower profits: News in brief

Cisco Systems reported a 36% fall in its net income for the fourth quarter to $1.2 billion (£750 million), but its financial results surpassed analysts’ expectations.
August 09, 2011 09 Aug'11
Government IT spending report could spark virtualisation adoption

A scathing report on the UK government’s IT spending may lead the public sector to search for savings with virtualisation and cloud computing, experts say.