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Server hardware

• The new future of work

  We may come to stop talking about ‘remote’ working altogether after the coronavirus pandemic. It could become just ‘working’ – part of the normal mix of how things are done  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: In-depth protection is a matter of basic hygiene

  The belief that effective perimeter security is the best way to protect data is a fallacy that is being repeatedly exposed. We must recognise the need for a data-centric security model to protect data from both internal and external threats, but ...  Continue Reading

• Storage: How ‘tail latency’ impacts customer-facing applications

  Henry He of Virtual Instruments looks at tail latency, the small percentage of storage I/O that could be causing big and costly problems for business applications  Continue Reading

• Why the IT dinosaurs should be planning for extinction

  The planned merger of two dinosaurs of the hardware world, Dell and EMC, offers a useful insight into how to manage corporate extinction  Continue Reading

• Sale, spin-off or stay put? What should EMC do next?

  With reports suggesting some major changes may be afoot at EMC, Clive Longbottom looks at the reasons why  Continue Reading

• HP: Where next for the troubled Silicon Valley giant?

  Numerous management changes and acquisitions have created confusion about HP's strategy, but is it too late to bounce back?  Continue Reading

• Does IBM have what it needs to succeed in the cloud era?

  With its history in hardware, has IBM done enough from a tech development and acquisition perspective to achieve long-term success in the cloud?  Continue Reading

• IT availability: the whole truth

  Some of the figures people quote for the reliability of their IT systems look ludicrously minimal  Continue Reading

• Intel x86 and IBM Power CPUs: Which, when, why?

  There are only three processors left in the market for mission-critical applications. Which should you chose ?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Security in virtual world requires special considerations

  How should information security professionals get stated with securing virtual environments?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Hypervisor is key to securing virtual servers

  How should information security professionals get started with securing virtual environments?  Continue Reading

• Seven enablers of effective disaster recovery for SMEs

  This article considers the current status of disaster recover (DR) in small and mid-size businesses (SMEs) and highlights a few simple steps every organisation can take to ensure it is better able to address such challenges.  Continue Reading

• Rationalising software licencing in the virtual age

  During any consolidation project, software licensing arrangements must be given careful thought. Andrew Buss of Freeform Dynamics discusses the legal and commercial considerations.  Continue Reading

• Virtualisation in hosting – approach with caution

  For most IT managers the need to do more with less has never been more pressing. But how can you build better IT systems with reduced funds? There is...

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• Plan now for a power grab

  Much has been said about businesses becoming more energy efficient to tackle climate change, but energy demands could become a deal breaker in the datacentre for much more immediate reasons.  Continue Reading

• Traffic management, not more bandwidth, is key to improving network performance

  Optimisation devices can avoid the need for expensive server upgrades.  Continue Reading

• Thought for the day Tin men eat their words

  They swore they would never make Linux servers, but the tin makers are changing their tune now that the open-source OS is taking...  Continue Reading

• Buy servers only if you really need them

  Get out of the habit of buying a server for each new application and consolidate  Continue Reading

• Thought for the day: E-gov is not the only job

  IT must not neglect the basics when working on e-government projects, says Nigel Blair.  Continue Reading

• Thought for the day: Beware utility promises

  Utility computing is on its way, but not until 2006, says Rakesh Kumar.  Continue Reading

• Thought for the day: Myths and legends of the 20th century

  Microsoft's strategic relationship with thin-client specialist Citrix seems to have done more for sales of Windows, says Simon...  Continue Reading

• Thought for the day:Grid is good

  Do you need a lot of computer power for a spot of number-crunching? Google, among others, may have just what you're looking for,...  Continue Reading

• Sun sues Microsoft from inside a glass house

  Sun is railing at Microsoft, but maybe it should be hiring coders rather than lawyers  Continue Reading

• We-commerce: it's not-to-be-commerce

  Group buying sites seemed like a good idea, but failed to attract much attention. Sun and Microsoft's sites, on the other hand,...  Continue Reading

• Big boxes will have to make way for server appliances

  
  
  Simon Moores

  Tech talk

  Sun Microsystems' recent acquisition of Cobalt Networks for a modest $2bn (£1.4bn) may be the first real...

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• Faulty server in sausage mix-up

  A woman who rang an environmental health helpline to complain about a rotting chorizo sausage she had bought was besieged by callers who had been wrongly paged by BT about the complaint due to a server error  Continue Reading