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RSS figureNetwork Appliance Filers Competitive Fibre Channel Performance: Comparing NetApp FAS Storage With EMC CLARiiON Arrays Using Cached Read Performance
White Paper Because each system has its strengths and weaknesses, no single figure of merit captures the relative performance of storage systems across all workloads. Fibre Channel storage subsystems are complex computing systems. [13 Jun 2008]
Google: It pays to make ads work
News As advertisers figure out how to target ads better, though, they'll curtail spending on general ads, Schmidt predicted. Media companies should see Google not as an enemy but as an ally trying to make advertising work on the internet, chief... [12 Jun 2008]
Taxpayer "lost" £90m on QinetiQ sell-off
News The MoD attacked the figure of £90m as being without basis. The sell-off of the former Ministry of Defence (MoD) tech research firm, QinetiQ, saw the taxpayer missing out on almost £100m, a public spending watchdog has found. [10 Jun 2008]
Photos: A snapshot of what HP's got up its sleeve
Photo In this case, a ghostly figure has been added to a streetscape. This is Snapfish Labs, which shows off new applications developed for the HP-owned Snapfish online photo service. This particular application allows people to select photos in their... [09 Jun 2008]
Woolworths slashes costs with supply chain tech
Case Study Speaking at SAP's Sapphire conference in Berlin, Neale Almond, business systems manager at Woolworths, said the tech has contributed to a seven-figure cost saving through reduced transport and fuel costs and improved planning and productivity. [02 Jun 2008]
Windows exec plugs Vista's "green agenda"
News Vista has a five per cent share of the corporate market for operating systems in the UK - a figure that is "entirely what you would expect for an operating system at this stage". In addition, Curran said Microsoft has so far sold 140 million copies... [27 May 2008]
Broadband Blighty gets a rural flavour
News Northern Ireland Mobile users in Northern Ireland are more likely to access the internet through their phone with 23 per cent doing so, compared to the UK figure of 20 per cent. Wales There are more mobile-only households in Wales... [22 May 2008]
Editor's Blog: WFH, LOL?
Comment If you are one of those unlucky London commuters who travel more than three hours per day, that figure shoots up to 96 working days each year. The average UK commuter spends almost 29 working days each year travelling to work. [21 May 2008]
Credit crunch not hitting IT spend
News This figure is twice as large as that in last year's survey. The IT services market is set to shrug off any talk of recession, Gartner will tell a conference next month. The audience at Gartner's Outsourcing & IT Services Summit 2008, taking place... [21 May 2008]
Is SOA testing tough enough?
Comment That figure runs counter to the high-level findings that appear to show German organisations as more security conscious. But there is a catch, says Fran Howarth. The little question of security. Service-oriented architecture (SOA) represents a huge... [20 May 2008]
BBC iPlayer hits 75 million downloads
News Average users per week were 1.4 million - up 300,000 on March and almost double January's figure. The BBC iPlayer online on demand TV service has hit 75 million in streamed or downloaded programmes since it launched last year. [20 May 2008]
Breadcrumb Implementation - Technologies Overview
White Paper Normally the breadcrumb trail serves two purposes: help users to figure out where they are within the site, and offer links to move to previously viewed pages without using the 'back' button, or using the navigation bars. [16 May 2008]
Create Great Classroom Presentations
White Paper Great multimedia classroom presentations are more than just simple slide shows with stick figure clip art and colorful backgrounds. If they're well thought out, multimedia presentations can help teachers reach students that have a variety of... [13 May 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Licensed to bill
Comment If we accept that figure seriously, then it is quite remarkable that Fast proclaims on its homepage that in the past five years £1.8m has been levied in fines, and Fast has recovered no less than £5.5m. [07 May 2008]
Ballmer on Yahoo!: Price in mind and not "a dime" more
News Microsoft chief executive, Steve Ballmer, told employees he has a figure in mind as to what Yahoo! is worth but doesn't plan to pay "a dime above" that amount, according to The Wall Street Journal. But, at the same time, he concedes that there aren... [02 May 2008]
