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Virtualisation software

• April 10, 2014 10 Apr'14

  BT and Microsoft to offer secure fast lane to Azure cloud

  Microsoft’s UK cloud chief hails service as critical step in supporting CEO Satya Nadella’s ambitious plans for global cloud dominance

• March 18, 2014 18 Mar'14

  Global taskforce agrees on green datacentre metric

  DCeP hopes to win widespread support as a useful and meaningful standard for measuring datacentre efficiency

• February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14

  Case study: Virtualised storage adds value to Denmark's tunnel vision

  State construction firm Femern selects DataCore system to help speed up Fehmarnbelt undersea odyssey and keep the sharks at bay

• February 11, 2014 11 Feb'14

  Schneider accreditation aims to boost green datacentre skills

  Datacentre supplier offers free vendor-neutral courses and certification through its online Energy University

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  Amazon nets lion’s share of $10bn public cloud market

  AWS continues its unassailable domination of the sector, despite recent moves by Google, IBM and Microsoft

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  Met Police releases ‘Total Technology’ IT strategy

  The Metropolitan Police Service has released a three to four-year plan on how to transform the use of technology in the organisation

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  WIll open source save the datacentre industry?

  IT rivals stand cheek-by-jowl to praise Facebook’s Open Compute Project, but is the love-in a Damascene conversion or just damage limitation?

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  Microsoft joins Open Compute Project

  Redmond giant makes server specs public in bid to influence future datacentre design

• January 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  BBC failed to get "sufficient grip” over failed DMI project, says NAO

  The National Audit Office has slammed the BBC over its failed Digital Media Initiative (DMI), project saying the broadcaster was “too optimistic” and the BBC executive “did not have sufficient grip of the programme"

• January 20, 2014 20 Jan'14

  IBM to open London datacentre as part of $1.2bn global cloud push

  New facility first in UK to be based on IBM SoftLayer cloud architecture

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  700,000 benefit claimants miss out on Universal Credit deadline

  The secretary for work and pensions has admitted the Universal Credit benefit scheme will miss its 2017 deadline

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Virtualisation continues to drive European server purchases

  TechTarget survey finds 97.3% of large organisations plan to expand their deployments in 2014, with consolidation the main driver

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  Loughborough University implements 400 virtual desktops

  Loughborough University has cut maintenance costs and enabled a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) scheme for academics with virtual desktops.

• August 28, 2013 28 Aug'13

  VMware announces first Nicira-based SDN product

  VMware takes its first steps into the networking market following its acquisition of the software defined networking firm Nicira.

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  Case Study: Johnson Matthey consolidates Active Directory with Dell

  Chemicals manufacturer Johnson Matthey uses tools from Dell to simplify a complex, multinational Active Directory infrastructure

• July 04, 2013 04 Jul'13

  Azure powers Eurozone network to combat counterfeit drugs

  Microsoft Azure will be used to power a cloud platform designment to combat counterfeit pharmaceutical product in the EU

• April 19, 2013 19 Apr'13

  Microsoft reports strong quarterly results for all divisions

  Microsoft reported profit of $6bn for the past quarter, up 17% from a year ago, despite a mixed response to Windows 8 and a decline in PC sales

• April 09, 2013 09 Apr'13

  CIO interview: Mary Hensher, IT director, Cancer Research UK

  Charity Cancer Research has felt the impact of recession on fundraising and the need to innovate through technology is more important than ever

• March 05, 2013 05 Mar'13

  Businesses must fundamentally change or 'die'

  Firms need to embrace technological change or face being left behind, according to executives from Amazon and Salesforce

• February 11, 2013 11 Feb'13

  CIO interview: David Matthewman, CIO, Open University

  Three years after joining the Open University, CIO David Matthewman continues to push a strategic programme to deliver value and innovation

• January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13

  EasyJet lifts off with Azure seat bookings

  The Azure cloud has allowed Easyjet to enable web site and mobile users to check seat availability

• November 30, 2012 30 Nov'12

  G-Cloud success depends on champions and a change in attitude

  G-Cloud director Denise McDonagh has called for public sector champions to push forward adoption of the service.

• October 31, 2012 31 Oct'12

  ‘VM-aware’ viruses on the rise

  Viruses targeting virtual machines (VM) are growing in numbers and will soon be the dominant force in the world of cyber crime, says Kaspersky

• 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 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

• September 13, 2012 13 Sep'12

  Citrix acquires Beetil to expand cloud capabilities

  Citrix has bought cloud-based service desk technology provider Beetil to expand its capabilities of its GoToAssist support product line

• September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12

  IT leaders reveal biggest challenges and most useful technologies

  Virtualisation is the technology that is having the most positive effect on businesses as IT heads meet the challenge of doing the same for less

• September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12

  Salford City Council offers cloud service to local businesses

  Salford City Council is to offer private cloud service to local businesses through a partnership with ANS Group

• August 29, 2012 29 Aug'12

  VMware demos Horizon for workspace aggregation

  VMware has fleshed out its desktop virtualisation strategy with products designed to make desktop computing more manageable

• August 24, 2012 24 Aug'12

  VMware users can protect against virtual machine malware, says Trend Micro

  New malware that attacks VMware virtual machines is no cause for undue concern, but users can take basic steps to protect data, says Trend Micro

• August 16, 2012 16 Aug'12

  Gartner: Prepare for hybrid cloud pain

  Hybrid clouds are set for a big fall as businesses feel the pain of implementation

• August 06, 2012 06 Aug'12

  Putting innovation on the outsourcing menu

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

• June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12

  South Lanarkshire moves to IBM XIV disk storage platform

  South Lanarkshire council has invested in an IBM XIV disk storage platform as part of its move to virtualisation.

• June 01, 2012 01 Jun'12

  Microsoft softens July licence blow

  Microsoft has lowered the price hike planned for July, but businesses still face paying up to 25% more for their software.

• May 08, 2012 08 May'12

  HP and F5 team up for virtual application delivery

  HP has announced a partnership with F5 to speed up deployment of applications within virtualisation technology.

• May 03, 2012 03 May'12

  European copyright ruling good for IT innovation, say lawyers

  The top European court's ruling on copyright is good news for innovation, say lawyers

• April 27, 2012 27 Apr'12

  Amazon results demonstrate commitment to cloud

  Amazon's AWS cloud business made $500m in sales in the first quarter of 2012, comprising 3.79% of Amazon's Q1 business

• April 04, 2012 04 Apr'12

  Bodycote simplifies Microsoft licensing to save £411k

  Thermal processing plant operator Bodycote has reduced the complexity of its Microsoft environment through an enterprise agreement, saving over £400,000

• February 20, 2012 20 Feb'12

  Podcast interview: Stephen Glen, WorkIT on hosting and private clouds

  Stephen Glen, software architecture engineer at retail intelligence firm WorkIT, discusses hosting and cloud computing.

• February 13, 2012 13 Feb'12

  IT professionals prioritise Windows 7 upgrade, but cloud takes a back seat

  Windows 7 upgrade will drive virtualisation but businesses are slow to take up cloud computing

• February 13, 2012 13 Feb'12

  Case study: Cogenta migrates to Claranet VDC

  Cogenta is among the first customers for Claranet’s Virtual Data Centre (VDC) service, which launched last month.

• January 31, 2012 31 Jan'12

  Website launched to monitor cloud computing suppliers

  A website has been launched that will monitor the performance of specialist cloud computing suppliers and compare them against traditional IT suppliers.

• January 25, 2012 25 Jan'12

  UK IT budgets under pressure in 2012

  UK IT budgets will remain flat in 2012, a worldwide survey of more than 2,500 IT professionals has revealed.

• January 05, 2012 05 Jan'12

  IBM buys Green Hat for cloud-based agile testing

  IBM is acquiring cloud-based software testing company Green Hat to bolster its Rational product family.

• December 12, 2011 12 Dec'11

  Cloud leaves many firewalls wanting – but could automation prove the silver bullet?

  Most companies rely on firewalls, but the IT landscape is changing and so must approaches to security. Is there a silver bullet?

• November 17, 2011 17 Nov'11

  IT security not always part of cloud decision, says IDC

  Cloud adoption is outstripping security concerns, says Eric Domage, programme manager for IDC in Europe.

• October 27, 2011 27 Oct'11

  Case Study: How RBS built a business case for virtual desktops to cut costs

  With an annual technology spend of £1.5bn, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) wanted to move 55,000 of its users to a virtual desktop platform to change the way its employees work and cut costs. Mark Diamond, CIO at RBS, shares his lessons learnt in ...

• August 02, 2007 02 Aug'07

  VMware helps SRM make a comeback

  Symantec's CommandCentral version 5.0 adds support for VMware, which experts say will breathe new life into a fading corner of the storage market.

• August 28, 2006 28 Aug'06

  Virtualisation eases patch management pain

  IT managers are learning that using desktop virtualisation software to patch their enterprise desktops has the potential to save time, money and energy.