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HP unveils new offering for 'scale-out' setting
News Built for cloud computing and high performance environments, the new portfolio includes ProLiant SL server family and aims at cost and resource savings.
Tags: Data centers, Servers, Business applications, Hewlett-Packard Co., Singapore, HP Compaq ProLiant, Environment, Server, partnership, R&D
Why are IT systems so unreliable?
Insight perspective IT systems are notorious for failing just when they're needed most. Can organizations do anything to fix this?
Tags: Virtualization, Security Management, Business security, Application Availability, Service Availability, application virtualization, Tony Lock, performance, Hardware, software
Microsoft: Developer interest fueling OOXML
News Software giant has ramped up efforts on building developer tools for the Office Open XML document format, says a senior company executive.
Tags: Standards, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Developer, software company, public sector, software, industry, development tool
Cisco takes Letterman-style approach to push UCS savings
News Cisco Systems took to the Web in a David Letterman-type format to explain to a live audience why its new Unified Computing System is the winning solution for the enterprise.
Tags: Data centers, ROI/TCO, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., ROI, ROI/TCO, network, marketing, industry
Ethical hackers get industry association
News The Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers has been launched to provide a trade body and professional body for penetration testers.
Tags: Security, Risk Management, Aviva Plc., Industry Association, Information Security, Web Application, Infosecurity Europe, penetration testing, London, Hacker
Why tech should play like jazz
Blogs Al Jarreau, considered one of this generation's greatest jazz vocalists, was in town this week for a one-night concert a...
Novell aims to tighten cloud security
News Company demonstrates security service designed to extend security policies of businesses, to the cloud. Capabilities will exist as a product by early 2010.
Tags: Cloud computing, Network security, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Cloud, Ovum, Security, EMEA, Identity, Novell Inc.
Social apps showing developers the money
News As platform providers rush to provide interoperability to attract developers, apps riding on platforms of Web giants such as Facebook enjoy highest demand.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Web 2.0, Single Sign-on, Google OpenSocial, Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Developer, Web Application, Facebook Connect, API
SingTel to build 'green' data center
News Singapore carrier announces plans for a "multimillion dollar" data center facility, offering network infrastructure services and built to eco-friendly specifications.
Tags: LANs and WANs, Networking technology, SingTel, Singapore, performance, network, blade server, industry, data center, blade
SAP CEO defends support price hike
News SAP co-CEO, Leo Apotheker, has hit back at criticism of the German business software giant's plans to change its support offering and price increase.
Tags: Software, Business applications, SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, software company, business software company, business software, London, Silicon.com, U.S.
UK standards body taken to court over OOXML
News The U.K. Unix & Open Systems Users Group has launched a High Court challenge against the decision by the British Standards Institution to approve Microsoft's nascent document format.
Tags: Standards, Office suites, Office Open XML, Open Source, Standards Body, decision-making, Microsoft Office, industry, desktop, technical committee
Dell hits server efficiency targets a year early
News PC and server vendors are starting to comply with published industry standards for energy consumption, which should make comparing products easier.
Tags: Green IT, Servers, Power Supply, consortium, Server, energy efficiency, information technology company, marketing, blog, vice president
USB 3.0 will not be forked
News AMD expresses satisfaction after Intel released part of the draft specification for the next version of USB.
Tags: Network standards/protocols, Personal Computers, Intel Corp., NVidia Corp., Specification, USB, USB 2.0, vice president, industry, Dell Computer Corp.
IBM defends its Big Iron
News Mainframe computer sales are sliding, but Big Blue appoints a new manager to keep the powerful machines relevant with new software.
Tags: Personal Computers, Mainframe, IBM Corp., computer, programming language, revenue, analyst, Personal Computers
Wall Street Journal, AP take aim at Google
News Editor of the Journal says sites that aggregate news are "parasites" and says legal challenges are coming.
Tags: Copyright, Google Inc., Search Engine, Associated Press, CEO, Wall Street Journal, U.S., Web Site, agreement, spokesman
