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Virtualisation: Real-life tales of how to get it right
Comment Adoption rates of virtualisation have yet to match the hype surrounding it, here Andrew Donoghue hears from businesses who've already taken the plunge. Despite vendors touting the numerous benefits that virtualisation can bestow on... [20 Nov 2009]
Google sheds light on netbook plans for Chrome OS
News Google has taken the wraps off its Chrome OS for the first time. At an event held at its Mountain View HQ on Thursday, Google vice president of product management Sundar Pichai gave the assembled press a... [20 Nov 2009]
Photos: Qualcomm's Snapdragon-powered Android smartbook on show
Photo This week saw chipmaker Qualcomm taking the wraps off a range of hardware powered by its Snapdragon platform. Among the devices on show was this Lenovo smartbook (pictured above and below) which runs the Google Android OS. [20 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.11.09
Round-Up Wheezing. Coughing and spluttering. Unable to complete basic tasks without falling over. Due for a serious upgrade or a one-way trip to the skip around the back of the office. No, the Round-Up is not referring to that dodgy email server... [20 Nov 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: BlackBerry Storm 2
Photo Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for inspiration? Check out the latest in our series of gadget mini-reviews, courtesy of silicon.com's sister site CNET.co.uk, the home of technology reviews. [20 Nov 2009]
Salesforce.com plans social networking for business
News Salesforce.com has unveiled a technology that it says will bring the functionality of consumer technologies such as Facebook and Twitter to the business world. Salesforce Chatter, pencilled in for a launch in the second quarter of 2010,... [19 Nov 2009]
Outsourcers to fall victim to cloud computing rush?
News Could some of the big names in outsourcing be among the victims of the much-hyped shift to cloud computing? As businesses begin to host their IT systems in the cloud - instead of hiring outsourcers to maintain and integrate their systems... [19 Nov 2009]
Exclusive: Former MySQL boss Marten Mickos talks open source
Comment In an exclusive interview, former MySQL boss and silicon.com Agenda Setter, Marten Mickos talks to Tim Ferguson about the state of open source, Oracle's plans to buy Sun Microsystems and the value of working with people who are smarter... [19 Nov 2009]
Unified comms: What it needs to succeed
Comment Unified comms holds plenty of promise but businesses hoping to use it must first consider why uptake has been so slow, says Jim Mortleman. Vendors may be making a lot of noise about unified communications and collaboration (UCC) but the... [17 Nov 2009]
Does your business really need an office?
Comment In this age of mobile working, should businesses consider ditching their offices? Richard Leyland weighs up the pros and cons. At the recent Workplace Trends conference, one speaker dared to ask: "Do we even need an... [17 Nov 2009]
UK ID cards rollout hit by delay as launch date revealed
News The controversial ID project has hit another delay, with the government missing its own deadline to get the cards into the hands of Manchester residents. The Home Office announced today that people living or working in Manchester will... [16 Nov 2009]
Digital Dilemmas: Should your business be on Twitter?
Comment As the hype around microblogging builds, should your business join the tweet-fest or keep schtum? silicon.com's Natasha Lomas deconstructs this Digital Dilemma. So you've heard about Twitter. You might even know what the word 'tweet' means. [16 Nov 2009]
Protecting SharePoint With Double-Take for Windows 5.0
White Paper As the distributed workforce grows, the need for online collaboration and document management grows with it. Microsoft SharePoint streamlines online collaboration, making it possible to create project teams that are based anywhere there... [13 Nov 2009]
Internal Audit Perspectives: Increased Level of Supply Chain Risk Joins Growing Chain of Challenges
White Paper The current global financial crisis has many businesses grappling at the enterprise level with critical issues including financial stability, risk management, and sustainability. In these times, not much escapes scrutiny... [13 Nov 2009]
How to Defuse an Email Bomb
White Paper Email is now more critical to business than ever before. But email servers have never been more vulnerable. The mail bomb attacks discussed above are only a few of the growing ways server may come under attack. [13 Nov 2009]