Data centre hardware
Data centre strategy is an increasingly important focus for IT managers, as enterprises look to cut costs and improve energy efficiency. We examine key data centre hardware trends such as virtualisation, consolidation and systems management to help identify the products that are right for your needs.
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28 Oct 2025
Pulling the plug: A way to halt a cyber attacker in your network?
Rumours of an organisation taking its systems offline during a cyber attack spurred conversation on the consequences of simply pulling the power, or internet access, to stop intruders. We consider the ethics and practicality Continue Reading
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28 Oct 2025
Qualcomm gears up for AI inference revolution
Rack-based AI acceleration hardware is being positioned as a cost-effective and straightforward way to power AI inference workloads Continue Reading
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19 Sep 2005
Spy vs. Spy
Excerpt from Chapter 6 of Spies Among Us: How to Stop the Spies, Terrorists, Hackers, and Criminals You Don't Even Know You Encounter Every Day. Continue Reading
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13 Sep 2005
IT professionals set for annual charity sleep-out
Senior IT professionals are gearing up to on London's Embankment near Tower Bridge on Friday 23 September 2005. The aim is to raise more than £250,000 for disadvantaged children. Continue Reading
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11 Sep 2005
VoIP turns up the heat on firewalls
New research shows that many organizations are increasingly concerned about VoIP security and plan to augment their firewalls within the next year, changing the landscape of the firewall market. Continue Reading
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05 Sep 2005
Extending perimeters
The news that, up until 2006, 70% of successful wireless local area network (WLAN) attacks will be because of the misconfiguration of WLAN access points and client software is disquieting on a number of levels. Continue Reading
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06 Aug 2005
Trusted Computing Group releases server specs
The Trusted Computing Group released a new set of trusted server specifications it hopes will help vendors protect their platforms against security breaches. Continue Reading
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12 Jul 2005
Tony Asaro: Blogs and more
Read what Tony Asaro is talking about in this month's blog, and listen to him speak in a number of webcasts. Continue Reading
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09 May 2005
Computer Weekly wins top honour
ComputerWeekly was last week declared the UK's campaigning magazine of the year at the publishing industry's annual awards for... Continue Reading
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21 Mar 2005
Linux lags Windows in new security report
A controversial research paper takes a critical look at two popular platforms' track record on vulnerabilities and fixes. In turn, its findings are facing sharp scrutiny as well. Continue Reading
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16 Mar 2005
Managed services: Looking to the long term
IT directors looking for an easy way to manage increasing volumes of data by buying more hardware could be storing up problems... Continue Reading
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25 Feb 2005
Intel offers 64-bit desktop processors
Intel has introduced five processors for desktop computers using its Extended Memory Technology, EM64T, which supports hybrid... Continue Reading
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14 Feb 2005
Strategic Storage: DR planning blueprint
Developing a good disaster recovery (DR) plan is similar to good dental hygiene -- and almost as exciting. Similar to going to the dentist twice a year, you should also test your DR plan with the same frequency. Wait too long to clean up your plan and you'll be stuck with the root canal of recovering your data. Continue Reading
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17 Jan 2005
Computer Weekly barred from briefing on national programme
The first media demonstration of new multibillion-pound NHS IT systems took place in Whitehall last week - but technology... Continue Reading
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26 Oct 2004
Clear double advantage
ClearSpeed Technology has doubled the performance of its high-performance computing co-processor for scientific workstations and... Continue Reading
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09 Feb 2004
More questions and answers from SAN School lesson # 5
Here are additional questions and answers from SAN School Lesson 5: Designing a SAN. The questions cover topics ranging from how to determine an effective SAN design to meet your needs, to the differences between fabric switches and loop switches. Continue Reading
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25 Jul 2003
IT directors foresee technology revolution continuing in comms
There are those who hold that the IT revolution has petered out with no more breakthroughs to come. But IT directors attending... Continue Reading
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14 Nov 2002
Chinook parents set to appeal to Europe
The parents of the two Chinook helicopter pilots labelled guilty of gross negligence over the Mull of Kintyre disaster are... Continue Reading
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31 Oct 2002
Government blocks judicial review of Chinook disaster
The Government has made it impossible for the families of two pilots blamed for the crash of Chinook helicopter ZD576 to seek a... Continue Reading
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24 Jul 2002
MoD refuses to concede error in Chinook verdict
The Ministry of Defence (MoD), citing a new series of simulations by Boeing, has refused to clear the names of two pilots blamed... Continue Reading
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28 Mar 2002
Minister slams Chinook campaign in debate
In the week when he sent 1,700 troops to Afghanistan, defence secretary Geoff Hoon issued a blistering criticism of Computer... Continue Reading
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14 Feb 2002
Lords Chinook challenge
The Government expects to have a debate in the House of Lords on last week's select committee report on the fatal crash of... Continue Reading
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15 Nov 2001
Boeing simulation ignored Chinook's Fadec system
A House of Lords committee investigating the crash of Chinook ZD576 on the Mull of Kintyre has found that a Boeing simulation of... Continue Reading
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18 Oct 2001
Chinook pilots may have been unable to slow down, squadron leader tells Lords
The pilots of Chinook ZD576, which crashed in Scotland in 1994, may have been unable to slow down as they approached the Mull of... Continue Reading
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11 Oct 2001
What's in a name?
As soon as you hear an analyst, consultant, academic or supplier pontificating to an audience of Brits about CIOs, you know... Continue Reading
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04 Oct 2001
Dell offers new Latitude to mobile users
PC maker Dell is offering a new Latitude C610 notebook PC with extended battery life of up to eight hours. Continue Reading
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01 Oct 2001
Intel launches new mobile processors
Intel has launched 12 new mobile processors, ranging from its fastest mobile chip yet to the first .13 micron version of its... Continue Reading
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21 Sep 2001
Tablet PC enters mass production
First International Computer (FIC) is on the verge of beginning mass production of a tablet PC based on Transmeta's Crusoe... Continue Reading
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20 Sep 2001
Intel cancels 2GHz Xeon
Intel has decided not to launch the expected 2GHz version of its Xeon processor for dual-processor servers this year, opting to... Continue Reading
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20 Sep 2001
AMD to put Palomino on desktop
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is set to launch its first desktop processor based on the Palomino core. Continue Reading
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06 Sep 2001
IBM unveils its "fastest ever" Unix server
IBM has used its Web site to provide details of a new Unix server, touting the processors in the pSeries 660 6M1 as the company's... Continue Reading
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05 Sep 2001
Let computers make the decisions
Intel is working on ways to enable computers to anticipate user needs and act on their behalf - a move that could help companies... Continue Reading
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31 Aug 2001
Arapahoe gains support from heavyweights
A new PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) interface called Arapahoe gained momentum on 29 August as 22 industry-leading... Continue Reading
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30 Aug 2001
Slow market spells trouble for Sun
Sun Microsystems warned that slow order rates for the company's hardware, particularly in Europe and Japan, will make it tough... Continue Reading
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14 Aug 2001
Intel to reveal 2GHz Xeon chip
Intel plans to show off its fastest processor to date for workstations and servers at the Siggraph 2001 computer graphics trade... Continue Reading
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28 Feb 2001
Finding the right Web recipe
Take two companies with the necessary ingredients. How do you make them gel? Stir in a project manager Continue Reading
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08 Jan 2001
Going going gone - one top end server
A top-end Unix server is not the kind of thing you would normally expect to buy at an auction. But technology marts, pioneered by Sun Microsystems, are now... Continue Reading -
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04 Oct 2000
Lost stock and stolen barrels
Intelligent radio tagging keeps track of assets and helps streamline business. Bill Goodwin reports Continue Reading
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26 Jul 2000
CW briefs Lords on fatal Chinook crash
Tony CollinsMembers of the House of Lords have been briefed by Computer Weekly on computer and other problems that afflicted...
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14 Jun 2000
Parliament push to clear Chinook pilots
Tony CollinsSenior MPs and Lords, including a raft of former ministers, decided last week to form a cross-party action group in a bid to...
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