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15 May 2025
How close is quantum computing to commercial reality?
At a recent event, experts explored the progress towards logical qubits and how these will be applied to empower business IT Continue Reading
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Opinion
15 May 2025
Quantum computing signals the coming of the API storm
With insecure APIs creating vast blind spots and quantum computing poised to break current encryption, organisations will need to overhaul their cyber defences Continue Reading
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22 Jun 2012
RBS and NatWest face second day of outages
Account balances still fail to update for RBS and NatWest customers as the banks go into their second day of technical issues Continue Reading
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20 Jun 2012
Q&A: Why do we need exascale computers ?
Europe, the US, Japan and China are racing to develop the next generation of supercomputer – exascale machines - capable of a million trillion calculations a second. Continue Reading
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18 Jun 2012
Asian scientists call for government action on supercomputers
Scientists in India, China, Japan, Korea and India have called on their governments to collaborate on supercomputer technology Continue Reading
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15 Jun 2012
Thetrainline.com: Datacentre Transformation
Josko Grljevic, IS Director of thetrainline.com, explains how he cut its IT costs dramatically by virtualising its data centre and moving IT services into the cloud. Continue Reading
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15 Jun 2012
Domino’s Pizza: Datacentre Transformation
Colin Rees, IT Director at Domino’s Pizza explains how a project to move the company data centre into the cloud has transformed its online business. Continue Reading
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15 Jun 2012
Forrester: Datacentre Transformation
John Rakowski, advisor and analyst at Forrester, offers five tips on optimising and managing company datacentres. Continue Reading
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13 Jun 2012
The cloud will move supercomputers into the mainstream
Cloud computing will move supercomputers out of the research labs into mainstream business, says Amazon Continue Reading
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12 Jun 2012
Cisco UCS blade servers integrate Fusion-io PCIe flash cards
Cisco UCS signs an OEM deal with Fusion-io to incorporate PCIe flash cards directly into Cisco servers Continue Reading
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12 Jun 2012
2012: Will this be the year TPM finally comes of age?
Will 2012 be the year that TPM finally delivers on its potential to provide a hardware-based "root of trust" for enterprise information security? Continue Reading
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08 Jun 2012
Apple faces £1.43m fine in Australian 4G iPad case
Apple has agreed to pay a £1.43m fine for misleading Australians about the 4G capacity of its latest iPad in a case brought by the national consumer watchdog Continue Reading
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07 Jun 2012
Enabling rapid and effective IT recovery
This report from analyst, Freeform Dynamics, offers 7 key enablers of effective IT disaster recovery for IT department's in small and medium companies. Continue Reading
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06 Jun 2012
HP eyes EMC’s storage market
HP has released a StoreOnce data deduplication back-up system, which it claims can ingest data at 100TB per hour – three times faster than EMC’s recently launched Data Domain 990 Continue Reading
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24 May 2012
EMC World 2012 conference coverage
Keep up to date with all the news from EMC World 2012 in Las Vegas, and see the latest industry tips. Continue Reading
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23 May 2012
Dell's quarterly profits take a dive
Dell saw its profits dive 33% in its first financial quarter of 2013 as consumer and large enterprise sales fell 12% and 3% respectively Continue Reading
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23 May 2012
Vblocks revenues on track to hit $3bn in 2013
The tie-up between Cisco, EMC and VMware is ramping up revenues from its datacentre-in-a-box product Continue Reading
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22 May 2012
Tucci: FusionIO ‘darn right foolish’ for Flash attitude
EMC’s CEO hits back at FusionIO as the war of words continues between the two companies Continue Reading
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Photo Story
21 May 2012
How high performance computing could make Marussia F1 champion
We take a tour of the Marussia F1 Team's base in Banbury to see how HPC technology is helping the Formula 1 team competitive but on a budget. Continue Reading
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10 May 2012
European economy dents Cisco forecast
The stormy outlook for the European economy leads the networking firm to predict a weak quarter Continue Reading
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10 May 2012
Sustainability through Managed Print Services
Managed print services offer far-reaching environmental benefits, helping a business reduce its carbon footprint, in addition to significant cost savings, according to this report from Quocirca. Continue Reading
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03 May 2012
MasterCard certifies raft of NFC mobiles
MasterCard has certified HTC, Intel, LG, Nokia, RIM, Samsung and Sony mobiles to use its near field communications (NFC) payment system Continue Reading
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02 May 2012
How Micro-Electro-Mechanical systems are taking over mobile devices
In this report extract Juniper Research looks at the growing use of MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) in mobile devices, tables, laptops and notebooks. Continue Reading
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02 May 2012
Supercomputers: prestige objects or crucial tools for science and industry ?
Professor Hans Werner Meuer, co-founder of the Top500 supercomputer list, presents a critical assessment of high performance computing technology and applications. Continue Reading
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01 May 2012
Open Data Center Alliance focuses on big data collaboration
The Open Data Center Alliance, a group of 12 major IT users, is collaborating with industry on big data architectures Continue Reading
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27 Apr 2012
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 Continue Reading
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25 Apr 2012
Apple overtakes IBM and HP in sales
Apple has posted another remarkable set of financial results, overtaking IT giants IBM and HP in sales during its latest financial quarter. Continue Reading
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19 Apr 2012
Supercomputers will reach 'exascale' speeds within decade
Supercomputers will be powerful enough to simulate the human brain within seven years, says founder of Top500 list. Continue Reading
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13 Apr 2012
The big returns from big data
Organisations can earn an incremental ROI of 241 percent by using big data technology to examine large and complex data sets, according to this report from Nucleus Research. Continue Reading
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12 Apr 2012
European PC sales boosted by Windows 7 upgrades
European PC sales grew faster than expected in the first quarter of 2012 as corporate users started Windows 7 upgrades, according Gartner. Continue Reading
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10 Apr 2012
CIO interview: David Jones, CIO, Crown Prosecution Service
CPS CIO David Jones is leading a comprehensive technology revamp to modernise operations across the entire criminal justice system. Continue Reading
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04 Apr 2012
Microsoft improves virtual desktops but drops inventory software
Microsoft is expanding its desktop virtualisation product family with software that retains user preferences as they switch between devices Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Apr 2012
Blade servers: How to decide on Unix or Linux
If you’re contemplating Unix or Linux for your blade server, or a migration from one to the other, in this guide you will find everything you need to make up your mind. Useful Unix and Linux command lines also included. Continue Reading
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03 Apr 2012
STFC ploughs £30m into high performance computing centre with IBM
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has signed a £30m deal with IBM to develop high performance computing (HPC) Continue Reading
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02 Apr 2012
The next wave of digitisation: setting your direction, building your capabilities
Companies need to make significant investments in digital skills and technologies if they are to meet the needs of their customers, Booz&Co argues in this report. Continue Reading
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22 Mar 2012
Gartner: Reducing storage costs
Gartner research director, Valdis Filks, offers tips to help businesses get to grips with escalating storage costs. Continue Reading
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22 Mar 2012
Gartner: Deploying iPads on the corporate network
Tim Zimmerman, Gartner research director offers some practical advice to organisations wanted to use iPads on their corporate wireless networks. Continue Reading
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21 Mar 2012
EDF signs £100m datacentre deal with Atos
Energy company EDF has signed a £100m 10-year deal with outsourcing provider Atos for datacentre services Continue Reading
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20 Mar 2012
Birkbeck College consolidates servers to cut PUE rating to 1.3
Birkbeck College has consolidated four equipment rooms into one £700,000 datacentre with a PUE rating of just 1.3 Continue Reading
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13 Mar 2012
BMC Mainframe Survey 2011
Over a thousand large mainfram users took part in this survey and it reveals some telling plans across the IT sector for the coming year. Continue Reading
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09 Mar 2012
Buyer's Guide: Server Virtualisation
This Computer Weekly buyer’s guide looks at the potential barriers to successful virtualisation and how they can be overcome. Continue Reading
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06 Mar 2012
CW500: Getting to grips with big data
Experts from Standard Life, Deloitte and Intelligent Business Strategies share some useful tips for CIOs on understanding big data Continue Reading
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Photo Story
01 Mar 2012
Top 10 smartphones to look out for in 2012
The rate at which smartphones are being released looks like it won't ease up, this photo story looks at the best phones of the year ahead. Continue Reading
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29 Feb 2012
Datacentres and mobile devices drive 7% server shipment rise in 2011
Server shipments rose 7% in 2011 as businesses built datacentres and smartphones and tablets were increasingly used to access web content Continue Reading
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Photo Story
27 Feb 2012
Top 10 budget smartphones for SMEs
This photo story looks at what options IT managers have when equipping their small business with smartphone son a budget. While Blackberry is usually the choice for any business, it’s good to look around at what alternatives offer and whether a BlackBerry is the best choice. Continue Reading
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20 Feb 2012
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. Continue Reading
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20 Feb 2012
CIO priorities 2012: Ali Jaffri, ICT manager, Gallions Housing
Ali Jaffri, ICT manager at Gallions Housing, talks about the challenges of 2012. Continue Reading
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17 Feb 2012
Generation Y is a myth, says Corporate Executive Board research
Generation Y – the computer-literate youngsters who need the latest high-tech gadget to work effectively – is a myth, the latest research reveals Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Feb 2012
2012 Storage Trends
This in-depth analyst report covers the key trends in data storage, big data, and storage technology. Continue Reading
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News
14 Feb 2012
The mobile print enterprise
The consumerisaton of IT is accelerating the adoption of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices in the workplace. Continue Reading
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14 Feb 2012
2012 Trends to Watch: Storage
This report covers data growth, Big Data, disk shortages, public cloud storage, flash memory, as well as other key trends. Continue Reading
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13 Feb 2012
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 Continue Reading
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13 Feb 2012
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. Continue Reading
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09 Feb 2012
Cisco back on acquisition trail after record quarter
Cisco Systems has reported record revenues of $11.5bn for the second fiscal quarter that ended 28 January 2012, up 11% on the year-ago quarter, and profits of $2.6bn or 47 cents a share, up 27%. Continue Reading
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07 Feb 2012
Building consumerised end-user services
This report from the Corporate Executive Board presents key facts and figures on the take-up of consumer technology in the workplace. Continue Reading
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07 Feb 2012
Global Disaster Recovery (DR) Index 2012
The Acronis Global Disaster Recovery (DR) index is an annual benchmark of businesses disaster recovery preparations worldwide. Continue Reading
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31 Jan 2012
Powering the data centre
A look at alternative approaches to managing energy for cost and/or sustainability reasons in data centres. Continue Reading
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27 Jan 2012
Nokia smartphones bomb as sales drop 27%
Nokia’s latest results for Q4 2011 show just how far the company that was once the standard choice for almost every corporate mobile user has fallen. Continue Reading
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25 Jan 2012
CIOs can’t stop staff using unapproved devices
Businesses are allowing unapproved devices to be used within their business as workers increasingly want to use their own computers at work before companies draw up policies. Continue Reading
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17 Jan 2012
Oracle integrates data management with Sun servers
Oracle is tackling the challenge of data management by providing pre-integrated systems based on Sun hardware. Continue Reading
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Photo Story
13 Jan 2012
The best smartphones for 2012
Fresh from CES, here are some of the handsets than you can expect to see a lot more of in 2012. Continue Reading
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12 Jan 2012
Oracle study shows data demands drive new data centre installations
Research from Oracle across 10 regions has found that an organisation's growth in data is becoming a boardroom issue. Continue Reading
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Photo Story
11 Jan 2012
CES 2012 - Rise of the ultrabooks
CES 2012 has been dominated by ultrabooks. The ultimate machines when it comes to mobile computing. Here are seven of the best. Continue Reading
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10 Jan 2012
CES 2012: Intel demos Windows 8 touchscreen ultrabooks
Intel used its keynote presentation at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to demonstrate the merits of ultrabooks from Acer, Toshiba, Asus and LG. Continue Reading
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10 Jan 2012
Data center checklist for IT power infrastructure design and setup
Set up a robust IT power infrastructure with this data center checklist. Besides, achieve a flawless IT power infrastructure design following these tips. Continue Reading
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04 Jan 2012
RIM shareholders support plan to appoint a new chairman
Shares in Blackberry maker Research In Motion gained 7% on Tuesday in response to news that the company plans to separate the roles of chairman and chief executive. Continue Reading
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29 Dec 2011
Top 10 gadgets of 2011
We pick our top 10 gadgets of 2011, with highlights including the rush to grab a cut-price HP Touchpad and the Nokia-Microsoft tie-up. Continue Reading
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16 Dec 2011
Investment bank JP Morgan goes live with FPGA Maxeler supercomputer
JP Morgan has gone live with a supercomputer for fixed income trading operations. The investment bank is using a Maxeler dataflow supercomputer for analysing and profiling intra-day trading risk. Continue Reading
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14 Dec 2011
IPV6 Transition – Why the rush ?
This report from Ovum warns that enterprises need to plan to move to the IPv6 internet addressing system even if they have IPv4 addresses available. Continue Reading
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14 Dec 2011
How open data creates new opportunities for the UK
The use of open data could be a critical factor in determining the success or failure of the UK’s growth agenda this report from the business advisory firm Deloitte reveals. Continue Reading
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13 Dec 2011
CIOs believe cloud, SaaS, consumerisation and mobility increase risk
Business models such as cloud computing and trends such as the consumerisation of IT, social media and mobility are exposing performance blind spots in IT management, a CIO survey has revealed. Continue Reading
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13 Dec 2011
Special report on EMC
This 8-page special report from Computer Weekly, packed with graphs and diagrams, is essential reading for anyone considering EMC as a supplier. Continue Reading
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12 Dec 2011
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? Continue Reading
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12 Dec 2011
Quocirca: The market landscape for print security
This report by Quocirca analyst Louella Fernandes provides an overview of the inherent risks when operating an insecure print environment, best practice and the current market. Continue Reading
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12 Dec 2011
Collaboration in the cloud: too good to be true?
IT decision-makers are looking to the cloud to support new IT delivery models such as software, platform and infrastructure as a service Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Dec 2011
The future of work: The next-generation workforce
Cisco provides insight into the mindset, expectations and behaviour of the world's next generation of workers and what this will mean for businesses. Continue Reading
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29 Nov 2011
Framework accelerates safety-critical defence systems development
Manufacturers and academics are collaborating in a 3.5 million project to create a software modelling framework that will speed up the development and certification of safety-critical systems used in aerospace and defence. Continue Reading
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24 Nov 2011
How Experian is retro-fitting its datacentre to boost efficiency
Experian's Fairham House datacentre in Nottingham uses blade servers, virtualisation and cold aisle containment to improve energy efficiency. Continue Reading
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23 Nov 2011
The reality behind the hype: Government cloud computing
This article from Gartner offers advice to public sector organisations thinking of deploying cloud computing and assess the progress made by governments in their use of the cloud. Continue Reading
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18 Nov 2011
MIT scientists take a step closer to artificial intelligence
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed an analogue silicon chip with 400 transistors that emulates the activity of a brain synapse in the first step to building truly intelligent systems. Continue Reading
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18 Nov 2011
Special report on EMC
This 8-page special report from Computer Weekly, packed with graphs and diagrams, is essential reading for anyone considering EMC as a supplier. Continue Reading
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17 Nov 2011
Biffa ups virtualisation in infrastructure refresh
Biffa Waste Services is reducing the number of physical servers it uses from over 150 to about 25 as it accelerates its existing virtualisation strategy. Continue Reading
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16 Nov 2011
Thai floods could impact revenues and prices, says Dell
Computer maker Dell says flooding in Thailand is causing a worldwide shortage of PC hard drives that will last into the first quarter of 2012 and could impact the company’s revenues. Continue Reading
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14 Nov 2011
Rethinking Managed Print Services (MPS)
This paper looks at the reasons why organisations operating a heterogeneous print environment should consider an independent MPS provider. Continue Reading
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11 Nov 2011
The market landscape for print security
This report is gives an overview of the security risks of the print environment , the market landscape, best practices for a print security strategy. Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Nov 2011
Quocirca: The market landscape for print security
This report by Quocirca analyst Louella Fernandes provides an overview of the inherent risks when operating an insecure print environment, best practice and the current market. Continue Reading
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03 Nov 2011
HP puts ARM at the heart of energy-efficient datacentres
Hewlett-Packard has introduced a line of servers using the Calxeda EnergyCore ARM Cortex low-energy processors which it claims will enable datacentres to host 2,800 servers in a single rack. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Nov 2011
The consumerisation of IT: it’s a trickle, not a tide, but you still need to be ready
If media headlines and supplier claims are to be believed, organisations today are faced with an unstoppable tide of many different types of personal device connected to the corporate network Continue Reading
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28 Oct 2011
HP announces U-turn to keep PC division after Whitman completes internal review
HP has reversed its decision to spin-off the company's PC division following an internal review by CEO Meg Whitman, who replaced form head Leo Apotheker in September. Continue Reading
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06 Oct 2011
Technology industry figures pay tribute to Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs
Apple's co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs has died, aged 56. Jobs battled with pancreatic cancer, and had liver transplant surgery in 2009. He stepped down as Apple CEO in August 2011 after his second bout of medical leave since the start of the year. Continue Reading
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04 Oct 2011
GPU cracks six-character password in four seconds
A £30 nVidia GeForce GT220 graphics card is capable of cracking strong passwords in a matter of hours. Continue Reading
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29 Sep 2011
Photos: The Amazon Kindle Fire tablet
There have been rumours for a long time that Amazon would release a tablet – and now here is the Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet, with minimum specs but maximum content. Continue Reading
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29 Sep 2011
The impact of the Olympics power drain on London-based datacentres
Power shortages and costs are becoming an increasing concern for companies with datacentres in London as the Olympics approaches. Continue Reading
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29 Sep 2011
Security firm selects Fujitsu IT services
Security company G4S has outsourced its IT infrastructure and services to Fujitsu and has agreed a £32.9m seven-year contract. Continue Reading
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28 Sep 2011
Amazon launches Kindle Fire tablet but experts doubt its use as a business device
Amazon has confirmed its much-anticipated entry into the tablet market with the US launch of its Kindle Fire device - but analysts doubt it will appeal to corporate IT buyers. Continue Reading
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28 Sep 2011
Microsoft starts roll-out of Mango update for Windows Phone 7
Microsoft has started rolling out the next major version of its Windows Phone 7 operating system, codenamed Mango. Continue Reading
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27 Sep 2011
Power protection for the data centre
All the servers in the world are useless without electricity. And securing the supply of power has become a key challenge for data centre managers. Swinburne University faced this challenge in the solution design for their data centres. Continue Reading
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26 Sep 2011
Boots launches mobile site to expand multichannel offering
Retailer Boots has launched a mobile version of its website to expand its multichannel portfolio. Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Sep 2011
Self-encrypting drives: SED the best-kept secret in hard drive encryption security
The SED solves many common data loss problems and is easy to use and manage with minimal impact on system performance – yet relatively few businesses and governments use SEDs. Continue Reading
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22 Sep 2011
Government pulls plug on ailing £11bn NHS IT programme
The troubled £11bn NHS National Programme for IT is to be axed, the government is expected to announce later today. Continue Reading
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22 Sep 2011
BASF extends BT network contract
Chemical group BASF has signed a €200m deal with BT for networking 900 BASF sites in more than 80 countries. The contract includes the provision of IP telephony and local network services (managed LAN services) at 300 sites in North and South America as well as in Asia. Continue Reading
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21 Sep 2011
HP webOS lay-offs could affect European employees
Hewlett-Packard could lay off European employees as part of the company's decision to discontinue its webOS hardware division, including the Touchpad tablet range. Continue Reading